Housing, Dundee Contract Services And Environment Services Committee - 20/11/2000

At a MEETING of the ENVIRONMENTAL AND CONSUMER PROTECTION COMMITTEE held at Dundee on 20th November, 2000.

Present:-

COUNCILLORS

Councillor Neil GLEN, Convener, in the Chair.

The minute of meeting of this Committee of 16th October, 2000 was held as read.

Unless marked thus * all items stand delegated.

I MINUTE OF MEETING OF SUB-COMMITTEE OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL AND CONSUMER PROTECTIONCOMMITTEE OF 18TH OCTOBER, 2000

The minute of the above meeting was submitted for information.

II CIVIC GOVERNMENT (SCOTLAND) ACT 1982 - SECTION 87(1) BUILDINGS IN NEED OF REPAIR

The Director of Environmental and Consumer Protection reported that notices had been served on the owners of the undernoted property requiring works to be carried out.

(i) 10 Molison Street, Dundee ? 1) rear rone is fractured and leaking; and 2) rear sink waste branch fractured and leaking.

G/1 - Mrs Jessie Grieve and V McWilliams

G/2 - K Allardice, 16 Scotscraig, Boat Road, Newport on Tay, Fife DD6 8EU

1/1 - Robert Allan, per McKenzie & Co., 67 Lyon Street, Dundee DD4 6QP

1/2 - Charles Patterson, c/o 4 Fintry Drive, Dundee DD4 9PD

2/1 - Diane McRae, 8B Ellieslea Road, Broughty Ferry, Dundee DD5 1JH

2/2 - Elizabeth Milne

3/1 - Angus Garmany

3/2 - Mr and Mrs Ian Reid

(ii) 12 Molison Street, Dundee - rear rainwater conductor/sink waste fractured and leaking.

G/1 - Alison Moyes

G/2 - David Downie, 57 Old Halkerton Road, Forfar DD8 1HJ

1/1 - Lesley Lochrie

1/2 - Stephen Baird, per Messrs Holmes & Holmes, 127 Albert St., Dundee DD4 6PR

2/1 - Susan Millar

2/2 - Mr and Mrs A Mitchell

3/1 - Avril Duncan

3/2 - Andrew Cord

The Committee authorised the Director to carry out the works should the owners not comply within the time allocated in the notices.

III CIVIC GOVERNMENT (SCOTLAND) ACT - SECTION 90 - DEFECTIVE STAIRLIGHTING

The Director of Environmental and Consumer Protection reported that notices had been served on the owners of the undernoted properties requiring works to be carried out.

(i) 319 Hilltown, Dundee - stairlighting not working.

1/1, 1/3, 3/1, 3/2 - Keith Smith, per Rent Dundee, 124 Logie St, Dundee DD2 2PY

1/2 - Broughty Ferry Properties Ltd., 124 Logie Street, Dundee DD2 2PY

2/1 - Terence Callachan

2/2 - Wali Mohammed, 87 Kinghorne Road, Dundee DD3 6PX

2/3 - Joseph Duncan

3/3 - Norman Ellis and Lynn Garthley

(ii) 45 Lyon Street, Dundee ? stairlighting not working.

G/1 - Mr V Duke

G/2 - Mr S Scanlon

1/1 - Ms Angela Piggot, c/o Mr S P Baird, 47 Dens Road, Dundee DD3 7JD

1/2 - Mr B Murdoch

2/1 - Ms L McMaster, ?Between the Winds?, Millnain, Strathpeffer, Ross Shire

N14 9AD

2/2 - Ms L Harvey

3/1 - Mr A Hunter

3/2 - Mr G Campbell

The Committee authorised the Director to carry out the works should the owners not comply within the time allowed in the notices.

IV PURCHASE OF A HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY SYSTEM

There was submitted Report No. 739-2000 by the Director of Environmental and Consumer Protection seeking approval for Scientific Services to purchase a High Pressure Liquid Chromatography system.

The Committee agreed that the offer from Agilent Technologies UK Ltd in the sum of 27,104.94, be accepted.

V DEPARTMENT OF TRADE AND INDUSTRY MATCH FUNDING BID - MOTOR VEHICLE SERVICING UNIT

Reference was made to Article III of the minute of meeting of this Committee of 21st August, 2000, informing the Committee of the successful bid for 75,000 of match funding from the Department of Trade and Industry to set up a motor vehicle servicing unit, to tackle problems associated with this trade sector. The Committee noted that Dundee was the Lead Authority for the administration of this project, which would operate across the whole of Scotland.

In order to operate this project, a number of second hand vehicles will have to be purchased to allow tests to be undertaken of garage servicing etc. Due to the special nature of this project the vehicles will be purchases through the trade, or at auction, and may be resold or reregistered after quite a short period.

The Committee therefore agreed to authorise the Director of Environmental and Consumer Protection to purchase such vehicles outwith normal tender procedures, subject to the total expenditure not exceeding 18,000 and the expenditure on any one vehicle not exceeding 4,000, and to dispense with the requirement to report to Committee on the vehicles purchased.

VI THE CLEAN AIR ACT 1993 - NCR (FINANCIAL SYSTEMS DIVISION), MYREKIRK ROAD, DUNDEE

There was submitted Report No. 732-2000 by the Director of Environmental and Consumer Protection seeking approval for chimney height and exemption from the requirement to fit arrestment plant for grit and dust.

The Committee agreed to grant chimney height approval for NCR (Financial Systems Division), Block 2, Craigowl Road, Dundee, at a height of no less than 8m above ground level, and approved the application for exemption from the requirement to fit arrestment plan for grit and dust.

The Committee resolved under Section 50(A)(4) of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 that the public be excluded from the meeting for the undernoted item of business on the grounds that it may lead to the disclosure of exempt information as defined in Paragraph 3 of Part 1 of Schedule 7A of the Act.

VII ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACT 1990, SECTION 80

The Committee noted that following a complaint from a resident in the Sibbald Street area of the City, the Director of Environmental and Consumer Protection, in consultation with the Convener and the spokespersons of the Majority and Minority Groups, approved the issue of a Noise Abatement Notice in respect of a household alarm at 2 Sibbald Street.

NEIL GLEN, Convener.