Policy And Resources Committee - 13/01/2003

At a MEETING of the POLICY & RESOURCES COMMITTEE held at Dundee on 13 January 2003.

Present:-

COUNCILLORS

Councillor Julia Sturrock, Convener, in the Chair.

The minute of meeting of this Committee of 16th December 2002 was held as read.

Unless marked thus * all items stand delegated.

I MONITORING OFFICER

Reference was made to Article IV of the Minute of Meeting of the City Council of 4 May 1995 wherein Mr Alex Stephen, Chief Executive was designated Monitoring Officer in terms of Section 5 of the Local Government and Housing Act 1989 with effect from 5th May 1995.

There was submitted Agenda Note AN13-2003 intimating that with the advent of the new corporate governance regime the Chief Executive recommended that the duties of Monitoring Officer be henceforth carried out by Ms Patricia McIlquham, Director of Support Services.

The Committee approved accordingly.

II SUPPORT SERVICES DEPARTMENT SERVICE PLAN

After considering Report No 33-2003 by the Director of Support Services relative to the Departments performance against indicators and targets set in the 1999/2002 Service Plan, the Committee approved the plan.

III LOCAL GOVERNMENT FINANCE SETTLEMENT 2003/04, 2004/05 AND 2005/6

On a reference to Article IV of the Minute of Meeting of the Finance Committee of 13 January 2003 there was submitted Report No 62-2003 by the Director of Finance advising members of the recent announcements made by the Minister for Finance and Public Services in respect of the Local Government Finance Settlement for 2003/04, 2004/05 and 2005/06 and setting out the procedure for fixing the 2003/04 Revenue Budget and Council Tax.

The Committee:-

(a) noted the Council's Aggregate External Finance settlement for 2003/04, 2004/05 and 2005/06, as recently announced by the Minister for Finance and Public Services.

(b) noted the current projected position on the Revenue Budget and Council Tax for 2003/04.

(c) agreed the procedures to be followed for setting the 2003/04 Revenue Budget and Council Tax as set out in Paragraph 12 and Appendix A of this report.

IV NEW OPPORTUNITIES FUND PE AND SPORT BID UPDATE

On a reference to Article VII of the Minute of Meeting of this Committee of 9 September 2002 there was submitted Report No 45-2003 by the Director of Leisure & Arts, Director of Education, Director of Neighbourhood Resources and Director of Social Work informing the Committee of the response from the new Opportunities Fund to the initial application by Dundee City Council for funding under the PE and Sport programme.

The Committee noted the position and approved the revised bid outlined in the report.

The Committee resolved under Section 50(A)(4) of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 that the press and public be excluded from the meeting for the undernoted item of business on the grounds that it involved the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in paragraphs 6, 8 and 9 of Part 1 of Schedule 7(A) of the Act.

V REPLACEMENT TELEPHONE NETWORK

There was submitted Report No 32-2003 by the Director of Support Services briefing the Committee on the technical and financial appraisal of options for the replacement of the Council's telephone network and its future development.

The Committee approved the recommendations detailed in the report.

Julia Sturrock, Convener.