Housing, Dundee Contract Services And Environment Services Committee - 19/03/2007

At a MEETING of the ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES AND SUSTAINABILITY COMMITTEE held at Dundee on 19th March, 2007.

Present:-

BAILIES

COUNCILLORS

Councillor Julia M STURROCK, Convener, in the Chair.

The minute of meeting of this Committee of 19th February, 2007 was held as read.

Unless marked thus * all items stand delegated.

I AIR QUALITY UPDATING AND SCREENING ASSESSMENT 2006

Reference was made to Article VII of the minute of meeting of 24th October, 2005 and Article V of the minute of meeting of 18th April, 2005.

There was submitted Report No 115-2007 by the Head of Environmental Health and Trading Standards informing of the contents of the 2006 Air Quality Updating and Screening Assessment for Dundee. 

The Committee agreed:-

(i)                     to note the principal findings of the 2006 Air Quality Updating and Screening Assessment and its submission to the statutory consultees, the Scottish Executive and Scottish Environmental Protection Agency;

(ii)                    to note that the findings of the Updating and Screening Assessment supported the need for the declaration of an Air Quality Management Area (AQMA) for Nitrogen Dioxide at locations identified in previous reports; and

(iii)                    to note that in relation to fine particles (PM10) the Council had sought the advice of the Scottish Executive and SEPA on how best to proceed with the ongoing assessment of this pollutant.

II SMOKING PROHIBITION

There was submitted Report No 151-2007 by the Head of Environmental Health and Trading Standards informing on the impact in Dundee of implementing The Prohibition of Smoking in Certain Premises (Scotland) Regulations 2006, introduced on 26th March, 2006.

The Committee agreed the content of the report.

III PURCHASE OF VEHICLE

There was submitted Report No 191-2007 by the Head of Waste Management seeking authority for the purchase of an additional vehicle which was required for the supervision of the continued expansion of the collection of recycling materials.

The Committee agreed:-

(i)                     to the purchase of 1 (one) - Ford Tourneo Connect - 9183.66) from Arnold Clark Glasgow; and

(ii)                    to note that the vehicle would be procured via the ABC light-vehicle framework.

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 3, 6 and 9 of Part I of Schedule 7A of the Act.

IV CIVIC GOVERNMENT (SCOTLAND) ACT 1982 - DEFECTIVE STAIR LIGHTING

There was submitted Agenda Note AN83-2007 detailing Notices which had been served on the owners of properties requiring works to be carried out.

The Committee noted that the Head of Environmental Health and Trading Standards would carry out the works should the owners not comply within the timescales.

Julia M STURROCK, Convener.