Environment Committee - 12/09/2011

At a MEETING of the ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE held at Dundee on 12th September, 2011.

Present:-

BAILIES

COUNCILLORS

Councillor Bob DUNCAN, Convener, in the Chair.

The minute of meeting of this Committee of 22nd August, 2011 was held as read.

Unless marked thus * all items stand delegated.

I TRADING OPERATIONS FINANCIAL OPERATING STATEMENT AND OPERATIONAL PERFORMANCE FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED 30TH JUNE, 2011

There was submitted Report No 390-2011 by Director of Environment advising the Committee on the financial position and operational performance of trading operation within the Environment Department for the three months ended 30th June, 2011.

The Committee agreed to:-

(i) note the current financial position and operational performance for trading operations; and

(ii) note that the trading operation should exceed the statutory requirement of break-even for the third year of the current three year rolling period, which commenced at the start of financial year 2009/2010.

II FORMER WASTE MANAGEMENT AND DUNDEE CONTRACT SERVICES DEPARTMENTS SERVICE PLAN REVIEW 2011

There was submitted Report No 281-2011 by Director of Environment reviewing the performance of the former Waste Management and Contract Services Departments, now integrated into the Environment Department, in relation to their Service Plans 2010/2012 and adding new actions flowing from this review and assessments carried out in the past year (2010/2011).

The Committee agreed to:-

(i) note the content of the report and instruct the Director of Environment to continue to seek improvement on the level of performance and delivery of these services within the Environment Department; and

(ii) approve the actions identified in the review to be included in the Environment Department's Service Plan.

Bob DUNCAN, Convener.