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At the moment, support payments are made on a production basis, which tends not to be best for individual businesses. People have to think, "Can I do this now or will it prevent a payment from coming?"
I am sure that some buildings are better than others and that, if the member believes that Balfron High School is among the best of those buildings, she will carry that belief, no matter what the evidence is to the contrary.
We are saying that having done that, they should trust the board to make the best use of the money. If the judgment of the board is that the best use is made by carrying some of it forward to the next year, that should be allowed.