Do we take the word "minutes" as plural or singular?

The word 'minutes' is plural.

I was aware the word 'minutes' is plural.
I am referring to a report of the meeting, not the time.
Sometimes I feel unnatural to say "Here are the minutes," when I give the minutes to the people who have taken part in the meeting. By the same token, I am not sure if I should say the minutes were tabled and confirmed or was tabled and confirmed.

healerI was aware the word 'minutes' is plural.

Precisely.

It is plural whether it refers to a number of sub-divisions of an hour or the record of a meeting.

Thank you very much!

Minutes is an aggregate noun so it is most times written in plural.

Here are the minutes.

The minutes have been confirmed.

So, what about if it is a single document (a single record of one ) as in this sentence:

In one minute(s)?, it was stated that.... while in the other minute(s)?................