Policy And Resources Committee - 09/12/2019

At a MEETING of the POLICY AND RESOURCES COMMITTEE held at Dundee on 9th December, 2019.

Present:-

BAILIES

COUNCILLORS

Councillor John ALEXANDER, Convener, in the Chair.

The minute of meeting of this Committee of 18th November, 2019 was held as read.

Unless marked thus * all items stand delegated.

I DECLARATION OF INTEREST

No declarations of interest were made.

II ANNUAL PROCUREMENT REPORT

There was submitted Report No 409-2019 by the Executive Director of Corporate Services submitting the Annual Procurement Report for the Council which provided an update on the progress made of work undertaken in the year 2018/2019 and detailed the future planned activity of the Corporate Procurement Team.

The Committee:-

(i) noted progress made within the Corporate Procurement Team and approved the planned actions and activities to realise the savings and benefits targeted included in the Annual Procurement Report appended to the report;

(ii) approved the priorities outlined in Key Future Workstreams detailed in Section 5 of the Annual Procurement Report; and

(iii) noted the Annual Procurement Report would be published on the Council's website.

III DELIVERY OF DUNDEE MONEY ACTION PROJECT (DMA)

On a reference to Article XIII of the minute of meeting of this Committee of 13th February, 2017 when the Big Lottery Fund Scotland Report was approved, following which, Dundee City Council, as lead partner, entered into a three year contract to provide support services to increase levels of financial capability and money advice within Dundee, there was submitted Report No 408-2019 which outlined the progress made to date on the delivery of the Dundee Money Action Project (DMA) and sought approval on the priority actions for the next two years.

The Committee:-

(i) noted and approved the contents of the report;

(ii) noted the achievements of Dundee Money Action and agreed to the priority actions for inclusion in DMA's Project Action Plan to be taken forward by DMA's Project Management Board; and

(iii) agreed the Council continued negotiations with the National Lottery Community Fund (NLCF) to extend the current Dundee Money Action Contract subject to the Council's legal team reviewing the contract.

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 paragraph 6 of Part I of Schedule 7A of the Act.

IV WASTE TO ENERGY PLANT

There was submitted Agenda Note AN81-2019 relative to the above.

The Committee approved the recommendations contained therein.

John ALEXANDER, Convener.