Policy And Resources Committee - 25/09/2000

At a MEETING of the POLICY AND RESOURCES COMMITTEE held at Dundee on 25th September 2000.

Present:-

COUNCILLORS

Councillor Sturrock, Convener, in the Chair.

The minute of meeting of this Committee of 11th September 2000 was held as read.

Unless marked thus * all items stand delegated.

I LEADERSHIP ISSUES AND PARTNERSHIP WORKING ARRANGEMENTS ARISING FROM THE MCINTOSH RECOMMENDATIONS

There was submitted Report No 612-2000 by the Director of Corporate Planning relative to the above.

The Committee approved the recommendation in the report that the contents of the report be agreed and that the partnership agreement and member/officer protocol be welcomed.

II BEST VALUE - THE NEXT STEPS

There was submitted Report No 609-2000 by the Director of Corporate Planning relative to the above.

The Committee agreed that the responses to the questions in the consultation paper provided in Section 7 of the report be forwarded as this Council's submission.

III MODERNISATION FUND

Reference was made to the minute of meeting of this Committee of 15th May 2000 wherein it was agreed that a bid be submitted by the Council to the Scottish Executive's modernising government fund for an on-line "What's On" booking and ticketing service.

The Committee noted that the bid had completed the first phase of assessment by the Scottish Executive successfully and that a more detailed business plan for the bid was being submitted on 29th September, 2000 and that a report on the bid would follow feedback from the Scottish Executive thereon.

JULIA STURROCK, Convener.