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At present, the Executive and COSLA are having some discussions on that. To date, there is no transparency as to what local government's base budget is.
If Margaret Ewing or other members wish to debate Elgin's traffic problems further, I am sure that they will have the opportunity to do so on a similar occasion at a future date. Meeting closed at 17:46.
Private financiers such as Halifax plc and the Bank of Scotland, which are very interested in the scheme, would get a minimum annual rate of return of 8 per cent.
The staff worked to their physical limits to get roads cleared and gritted. Many of them sacrificed their holidays and having Christmas and new year with their families to do that.
A small voluntary organisation that runs a holiday play scheme for a few days in the summer holiday, or a conference crèche facility or the crèche at the local church, would find the cost of compliance with regulation prohibitive.