Article Highland Council's budget leader resigns just weeks before the local authority is due to deliver its tax and spending plans for the year By Scott Maclennan | Updated: 13:39, 01 February 2021 Get the Inverness Courier sent to your inbox every week and swipe through an exact replica of the day's newspaper Last year's budget launch by Highland Council with then budget leader Councillor Alister Mackinnon and chief executive Donna Manson. In a shock move Councillor Alister Mackinnon has resigned as Highland Councilâs budget leader and as the chairman of the corporate resources committee, citing personal reasons. In a brief statement the leader of Highland Council, Margaret Davidson, thanked him for his work over his three years in charge of the local authority's finances and said that budget proposals will be delivered on time on March 4.