Policy And Resources Committee - 13/06/2016

At a MEETING of the POLICY AND RESOURCES COMMITTEE held at Dundee on 13th June, 2016.

Present:-

BAILIES

COUNCILLORS

Councillor Ken GUILD, Convener, in the Chair.

The minute of meeting of this Committee of 9th May, 2016 was held as read.

Unless marked thus * all items stand delegated.

I DECLARATION OF INTEREST

No declarations of interest were made.

II ESTABLISHMENT OF RECESS SUB-COMMITTEE

There was submitted Agenda Note AN52-2016 intimating that the Councils Recess commenced on 2nd July, 2016 and ended on 13th August, 2016.

To facilitate the smooth continuous conduct of the Councils business, it was proposed that a Recess Sub-Committee of the Council be set up to deal with matters of an urgent nature which the Chief Executive or Head of Democratic and Legal Services believed could not wait for the next ordinary meeting of the Committee concerned during that period and that its operating arrangements be as follows:-

(i) Membership - 4 members of the Administration, 2 members of the Labour Group and either the Conservative, Liberal Democrat or Independent member.

(ii) Chair - Leader of the Administration or nominee.

(iii) Substitutes - in terms of Standing Order No 45(3) it shall be competent for substitutions to be intimated and effected for individual meetings.

(iv) Quorum - 3 members.

(v) Dates - to be arranged on a Monday when required.

(vi) Remit - to deal with any urgent business arising during the recess period.

(vii) Power - full delegated powers to deal with business laid before it.

Notwithstanding the above, it may be necessary in view of their quasi-judicial nature to arrange meetings of the Personnel Appeals Sub-Committee and Licensing Committee.

The Committee approved accordingly.

III POLICY AND REGULATION OF INVESTIGATORY POWERS (SCOTLAND) ACT 2000 AND REGULATION OFINVESTIGATORY POWERS ACT 2000

There was submitted Report No 210-2016 by the Executive Director of Corporate Services advising the Committee of the use made by the Council of the powers under the Regulation of Investigatory Powers (Scotland) Act and the use of powers under the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 since 2015.

The Committee:-

(i) noted the use which the Council had made of powers contained in the Regulation of Investigatory Powers (Scotland) Act 2000 and in related powers contained in the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000;

(ii) agreed that the use of these powers would be subject to an annual report by June every year to make the Committee aware of the Councils activities in this area;

(iii) appointed the Legal Manager as the Senior Responsible Officer overseeing the operation of this legislation;

(iv) approved the Councils continued proportionate use of the powers, where necessary, in the areas of crime prevention and detection or preventing disorder, in the interests of public safety or for the purpose of protecting public health. In particular, the Council would continue to use the powers to prevent and detect anti‑social behaviour; and

(v) approved and adopted the updated internal guidance note on the use of RIPSA.

IV LOCAL CODE OF CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

There was submitted Report No 150-2016 by the Chief Executive reviewing an update of the Councils Local Code of Corporate Governance.

The Committee:-

(i) approved the review and updated Local Code of Corporate Governance detailed in Appendix 1 of the report; and

(ii) approved the implementation of the improvements listed in Appendix 3 of the report.

V ANNUAL TREASURY MANAGEMENT ACTIVITY 2015/2016

After considering Report No 190-2016 by the Executive Director of Corporate Services reviewing the Treasury Management activities for the period 1st April, 2015 to 31st March, 2016, the Committee noted the information contained therein and approved the limits set out in Appendix 1 of the report.

VI DUNDEE INTEGRATED JOINT BOARD - STRATEGIC AND COMMISSIONING PLAN

There was submitted Report No 199-2016 by the Chief Officer relative to the above.

The Committee:-

(i) noted that the Dundee Integration Joint Board Strategic and Commissioning Plan (2016-2021) (Appendix 1 to the report) and Supporting Documents (Appendices 2 and 3 to the report) were adopted by the Integration Joint Board on 15th March, 2016;

(ii) noted the description of the development of the Plan and the description of the content of the Plan as outlined in sections 4 and 5 of the report;

(iii) noted that any informal or formal reviews of the Plan would be made available to the Policy and Resources Committee as outlined in paragraph 5.8 of the report; and

(iv) noted that the Partnerships Annual Performance Report would be made available to the Policy and Resources Committee.

VII DUNDEE FAIRNESS COMMISSION

On a reference to Article VI of the minute of meeting of this Committee of 9th November, 2015 there was submitted Report No 209-2016 by the Chief Executive presenting the recommendations of the Dundee Fairness Commission.

The Committee:-

(i) endorsed all of the recommendations in the Fairness Commission report (Appendix 1 to the report);

(ii) invited all community planning partners to endorse the recommendations and commit to their delivery;

(iii) instructed the Chief Executive and community planning colleagues to produce a costed comprehensive and ambitious action plan within six months, together with annual progress reports until 2022;

(iv) agreed to present the report to the UK and Scottish Governments and press for the legislative changes recommended by the Fairness Commission;

(v) agreed to ensure that the voices of people living with unfairness in the city were engaged in the Action Plan co-creating with the Council and community planning partners, initiatives to make Dundee a fairer city; and

(vi) appointed Councillor Black and a Councillor from another political party and gender to the role of Fairness Champions for Dundee City Council.

VIII OVERVIEW OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT IN SCOTLAND 2016

There was submitted Report No 187-2016 by the Executive Director of Corporate Services providing elected members with a summary of the above national report that had been undertaken by Audit Scotland on behalf of the Accounts Commission.

The Committee:-

(i) noted the key messages arising from the Audit Scotland overview report; and

(ii) noted the action points for elected members arising from the Audit Scotland overview report.

Ken GUILD, Convener.