Scrutiny Committee - 10/02/2016

At a MEETING of the SCRUTINY COMMITTEE held at Dundee on 10th February, 2016.

Present:-

BAILIES

COUNCILLORS

Councillor Kevin KEENAN, Convener, in the Chair.

The minute of meeting of this Committee of 9th December, 2015 was held as read.

Unless marked thus * all items stand delegated.

I DECLARATION OF INTEREST

Councillor McCready declared a non-financial interest in Article III by virtue of being a Council representative on Leisure and Culture Dundee.

II EXTERNAL INSPECTION REPORT FOR WHICH GRADES ARE GOOD OR BETTER

There was submitted Report No 32-2016 by the Executive Director of Children and Families Services providing a summary of a recent external inspection report which did not require in-depth scrutiny.

The Committee:-

(i) noted the summary of the Care Inspectorate Report on East Port House Offender Accommodation Service which received grades of very good with no recommendations or requirements to be made; and

(ii) remitted to the Executive Director of Children and Families Services to ensure that the two areas for improvement included in the report were acted upon.

III CORPORATE PERFORMANCE SELF-ASSESSMENT 2015/2016 - REPORT FOR SIX MONTHS TO 30TH SEPTEMBER, 2015

There was submitted Report No 22-2016 by the Chief Executive advising elected members of the performance of Dundee City Council for the first six months of the financial year to 30th September, 2015, as defined by the key quarterly performance indicators.

The Committee:-

(i) noted that performance levels for the first six months of the financial year had generally been maintained or improved; and

(ii) remitted to all Chief Officers to review the contents of Appendix 1 as it related to their service and consider if there were any indicators for which performance could be improved over the course of the year 2015/2016.

IV INTERNAL AUDIT REPORTS

There was submitted Report No 37-2016 by the Senior Manager, Internal Audit providing the Committee with a summary of the internal audit reports finalised since the last meeting of this Committee.

The Committee agreed to note the information contained within the report.

Kevin KEENAN, Convener.