Policy And Resources Committee - 07/06/2021

At a MEETING of the POLICY AND RESOURCES COMMITTEE held remotely on 7th June, 2021.

Present:-

BAILIES

COUNCILLORS

The minute of meeting of this Committee of 10th May, 2021 was held as read.

Unless marked thus * all items stand delegated.

Councillor ALEXANDER, Convener, in the Chair.

I DECLARATION OF INTEREST

There were no declarations of interest.

II LOCAL GOVERNMENT BENCHMARKING FRAMEWORK - PUBLIC PERFORMANCE REPORT FOR 2019/2020

There was submitted Report No 106-2021 by the Chief Executive advising elected members of the performance of Dundee City Council, including functions delegated to the Integration Joint Board, for the financial year 2019/2020, as defined by the performance indicators compiled by the Improvement Service for the Local Government Benchmark Framework (LGBF). In particular, the report described the Councils performance in relation to the other peer local authorities in its Family Group which had similar characteristics such as urban density and deprivation.

The Committee:-

(i) noted the results contained in the report;

(ii) remitted the Council Management Team to review the selected areas of improvement in Section 7 of the report;

(iii) agreed to the publication of the Local Government Benchmarking Framework report on the Councils website; and

(iv) remitted the report to the Scrutiny Committee for further scrutiny.

III COMMUNICATION STRATEGY 2018/2021 UPDATE

There was submitted Report No 160-2021 by the Chief Executive giving an update on progress during 2020/2021 on the Councils Communication Strategy 2018/2021 and associated action plan.

The Committee:-

(i) noted the progress being made on the strategy; and

(ii) agreed the 2021/2022 action plan appended at Appendix 3 of the report.

IV SERVICE PLAN FOR CHIEF EXECUTIVE SERVICE 2021/2024

There was submitted Report No 162-2021 by the Chief Executive presenting the Service Plan for the Chief Executives Service for the period 2021/2024.

The Committee approved the Service Plan appended to the report.

V SCHEME OF DELEGATION OF POWERS TO OFFICERS - EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF CITY DEVELOPMENT

Reference was made to the Scheme of Delegation of Powers to Officers, wherein the Executive Director of City Development was authorised:-

to negotiate and enter into contracts for the sale or lease of commercial and industrial property held on the City Development Account up to a rental value of 25,000 per annum or a capital value of 25,000.

There was submitted Agenda Note AN16-2021 advising that, to improve efficiency of officers time and to expedite transactions for home owners, it was recommended that the same powers be delegated to the Executive Director of City Development, in consultation with the Executive Director of Neighbourhood Services, for the purpose of garden ground transactions.

The Committee approved accordingly.

John ALEXANDER, Convener.