City Governance Committee - 09/06/2025

At a MEETING of the CITY GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE held at Dundee on 9th June, 2025.

 

Present:-

 

Lord Provost Bill CAMPBELL

Depute Lord Provost Kevin CORDELL

 

BAILIES

 

Will DAWSON	Willie SAWERS	Helen WRIGHT
Christina ROBERTS	Kevin KEENAN	Derek SCOTT

 

COUNCILLORS

 

Heather ANDERSON	Steven ROME	George McIRVINE
Jimmy BLACK	Lynne SHORT	Wendy SCULLIN
Nadia EL-NAKLA	Roisin SMITH	Pete SHEARS
Stewart HUNTER	Siobhan TOLLAND	Daniel COLEMAN
Ken LYNN	Georgia CRUICKSHANK	Michael CRICHTON
Lee MILLS	Dorothy McHUGH	Craig DUNCAN

 

Bailie Willie Sawers, Depute Convener, in the Chair.

 

The minute of meeting of this Committee of 12th May, 2025 was held as read.

 

Unless marked thus * all items stand delegated.

 

I DECLARATION OF INTEREST

 

There were no declarations of interest.

 

II FUTURE OF BALMOSSIE FIRE STATION

 

This item was placed on the agenda at the request of Depute Lord Provost Cordell who asked that the Committee instructs the Chief Executive of Dundee City Council to write to Scottish Fire and Rescue Service outlining the City Council's opposition to any downgrading or closure of Balmossie Fire Station.

 

Thereafter, the Committee resolved as follows:-

 

Committee instructs the Chief Executive of Dundee City Council to write to the Scottish Fire & Rescue Service, as part of the SFRS's ongoing options appraisal and consultation exercise, outlining the city council's opposition to any downgrading or closure of Balmossie Fire Station.

 

The submission should further outline Dundee City Council's belief that this would be a retrograde step and one that would raise safety concerns, not only in Broughty Ferry, but throughout Dundee and the wider areas surrounding the city.

 

III RISK MANAGEMENT ANNUAL REPORT 2024/2025

 

There was submitted Report No 176-2025 by the Executive Director of Corporate Services, presenting the annual report of Risk Management and the review of the risks in the Councils Corporate Risk Register.

 

The Committee agreed:-

 

(i) to note the content of the report; and

 

(ii) to remit the report to the Scrutiny Committee for further consideration.

 

IV USE OF REGULATION OF INVESTIGATORY POWERS (SCOTLAND) ACT 2000 AND REGULATION OF INVESTIGATORY POWERS ACT 2000

 

There was submitted Report No 169-2025 by the Executive Director of Corporate Services advising of the use made by the Council of the powers under the Regulation of Investigatory Powers (Scotland) Act 2000 and the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 from 1st April, 2024 to 30th April, 2025.

 

The Committee agreed:-

 

(i) to note the use which the Council had made of powers contained in the Regulation of Investigatory Powers (Scotland) Act 2000 and related powers contained in the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 between 1st April, 2024 to 30th April, 2025 as detailed in Appendix 1 to the report;

 

(ii) to approve the Council's 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 and for the purpose of protecting public health; and

 

(iii) to agree to continue to use the powers to prevent and detect anti-social behaviour.

 

V SOURCING STRATEGY AND PROPOSED TENDER AWARD FOR ELECTRONIC SOCIAL CARE SCHEDULING AND MONITORING TOOL

 

There was submitted Report No 153-2025 by the Executive Director of Corporate Services, presenting a summary of a sourcing strategy as outlined in Section 5 of the report and seeking approval to a direct award of a further contract regarding the use of CM2000 system in Social Care and Dundee Health and Social Care Partnership. 

 

The Committee agreed to approve the commencing of a direct award in respect of the software solution described, based on the sourcing strategy summarised in the report. 

 

VI TENDER FOR LEISURE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

 

There was submitted Report No 177-2025 by the Director, Leisure and Culture Dundee, seeking approval to undertake a compliant procurement process leading to the direct award of a Leisure Management System contract.

 

The Committee agreed:-

 

(i) to approve the sourcing strategy as outlined in Section 5 of the report; and

 

(ii) to agree to the direct award via GCloud 14 Framework for provision of a leisure management system to Gladstone MRM Ltd.

 

 

 

 

Willie SAWERS, Depute Convener.