agreed uplifts on an annual basis and would be paid in perpetuity, and recommending an expansion of the Community Mental Health Team to fulfil the requirements placed on the Council as a result of the resource transfer.

DECIDED:

(a) That the resource transfer amount of £257,500 be accepted;

(b) That the staffing of the expanded Community Mental Health Team as outlined in the report be agreed and remitted to the Corporate Business Committee for detailed consideration and approval; and

(c) That the process of implementation be initiated in order that the full resource transfer sum for the current financial year may be secured.

774 REGISTRATION : VARIATION - BANK STREET HOSTEL, 14-16 BANK STREET, 774

GREENOCK - QUARRIERS

SUBMITTED: Report by the Director of Social Work seeking the Committee's approval of changes in the registration information under the Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968, Section 62, in respect of the Bank Street Hostel, 14-16 Bank Street, Greenock.

DECIDED:

(a) That the report be noted and the variation approved; and

(b) That it be remitted to the Director of Central Services to issue a new Certificate of Registration to Quarriers.

775 REGISTRATION : VARIATION - MACLEHOSE COURT, 1 ELDON STREET, GREENOCK - 775

MARGARET BLACKWOOD HOUSING ASSOCIATION LTD

DECIDED:

(a) That the report be noted and the variation approved; and

(b) That it be remitted to the Director of Central Services to issue a new Certificate of Registration to Margaret Blackwood Housing Association Ltd.

776 REGISTRATION : VARIATION - THE QUEEN'S RESIDENTIAL CARE HOME, ASHBURN 776

GATE, GOUROCK - M & D CARE HOMES LTD

DECIDED:

(a) That the report be noted and the variation approved; and

(b) That it be remitted to the Director of Central Services to issue a new Certificate of Registration to Mr Allan White on behalf of M & D Care Homes Ltd.

777 REGISTRATION : VARIATION - LANGHOUSE RESIDENTIAL HOME, LANGHOUSE 777

ROAD, INVERKIP - R & T CAMPBELL

SUBMITTED: Report by the Director of Social Work seeking the Committee's approval of changes in the registration information under the Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968, Section 62, in respect of Langhouse Residential Home, Langhouse Road, Inverkip.

DECIDED:

(a) That the report be noted and the variation approved; and

(b) That it be remitted to the Director of Central Services to issue a new Certificate of Registration to Roslyn and Thomas Campbell.

778 REVISED MAINTENANCE RATES FOR ESTABLISHMENTS OUTWITH INVERCLYDE 778

SUBMITTED: Report by the Director of Social Work requesting the Committee to approve maintenance rates for persons from Inverclyde who are permanent residents in registered residential establishments outwith Inverclyde.

DECIDED: That the Committee approve the recommended rates applying to residents in establishments outwith Inverclyde, who are funded by Inverclyde Council.

779 HRA CAPITAL PROGRAMME 1997/98 - TECHNICAL PROGRESS 779

SUBMITTED: Report dated 4 July 1997 by the Director of Property and Technical Services on the technical progress of the HRA Capital Programme 1997/98.

DECIDED:

(a) That the technical progress of the HRA Capital Programme 1997/98 be noted;

(b) That the Committee approve the following expenditure reduction and increase in terms of the relevant Financial Regulations:-

Project Effect on Expenditure

Broadfield External Rendering/Insulation,

Phase 2

Deletion of houses at 53 and 55 Northfield Avenue £23,000 reduction

Kelburn Terrace, Phase 3

Cost of supplying and laying carpets £20,421 increase; and

(c) That in respect of Phase I of the Strone Farm Project (Gabriel Street, Greenock), approval be given only for those sums authorised and approved under the contract and that it be remitted to the Director of Property and Technical Services to submit a further detailed report in early course on the additional expenditure incurred which is currently estimated at £150,000.

780 HRA CAPITAL PROGRAMME 1997/98 - FINANCIAL POSITION 780

SUBMITTED: Report dated 11 July 1997 by the Director of Finance on the financial position of the HRA Capital Programme 1997/98.

NOTED

781 PRIVATE SECTOR HOUSING (NON-HRA) CAPITAL PROGRAMME 1997/98 - FINANCIAL 781

POSITION

SUBMITTED: Report dated 4 July 1997 by the Director of Finance on the financial position of the Private Sector Housing (Non-HRA) Capital Programme 1997/98.

NOTED

782 WINDOW REPLACEMENT PROGRAMME : BIRKMYRE TRUST HOUSES, KILMACOLM 782

SUBMITTED: Report dated 26 June 1997 by the Director of Housing and Customer Services on proposals for the replacement of the timber windows in the five remaining Birkmyre Trust houses in Kilmacolm, which are owned by the Council.

DECIDED: That it be remitted to the Director of Central Services in consultation with the appropriate Officers to arrange for the invitation of competitive tenders for the works.

783 SOUTH CRAIGIEKNOWES - FAIRRIE STREET/GILMOUR STREET AREA, GREENOCK 783

SUBMITTED: Report dated 4 July 1997 by the Director of Housing and Customer Services on the results of the consultation exercise which had taken place with the tenants of 15-19 Gilmour Street and 6-14 Fairrie Street, Greenock regarding the proposal to dispose of the properties to the private sector

DECIDED:

(a) That it be remitted to the Director of Housing and Customer Services to commence discussions with the private sector in relation to the proposed disposal of 15-19 Gilmour Street and 6-14 Fairrie Street;

(b) That the tenants be rehoused on the basis outlined in the report; and

(c) That qualifying tenants receive home loss payments and displacement allowances totalling £27,136, to be funded from the 1997/98 Capital Programme.

784 KILBLAIN COURT - CAR PARKING CONTROL 784

SUBMITTED: Report dated 26 June 1997 by the Director of Housing and Customer Services on amended proposals for car parking control measures at Kilblain Court, Greenock.

DECIDED:

(a) That the car parking control measures at Kilblain Court comprise:-

( i) the installation of a rising kerb in the existing position;

( ii) the creation of 2 disabled car parking spaces;

(iii) the creation of 24 secure car parking spaces (with the possible allocation of 4 disabled car parking spaces within this provision to be investigated); and

(iv) the operation of the rising kerb between the hours of 4 pm and 10 am on a daily basis; and

(b) That any additional costs be met from the Housing Revenue Account.

785 CHANGE TO CHARGING POLICY - THE INVERCLYDE CENTRE 785

SUBMITTED: Report dated 2 July 1997 by the Director of Housing and Customer Services seeking approval for a change to the charging policy for residents within the Inverclyde Centre which would require the Department of Housing and Customer Services to assume liability for the heating costs for the Centre with residents being responsible for the rent element and for domestic and non-heating energy costs only.

DECIDED: That as from rent week commencing 24 July 1997, residents of the Inverclyde Centre, excluding the Salvation Army, be charged for rent and domestic and non-heating energy costs only.

786 REVERSAL OF PROPOSAL TO EXTEND SINGLE ROOM RENTS 786

SUBMITTED: Report dated 2 July 1997 by the Director of Housing and Customer Services advising that the Secretary of State for Social Security had announced on 18 June 1997 that the proposal of the previous Government to restrict the Housing Benefit for single people between the ages of 25 and 59 to the average rent for a single non self-contained room would be revoked and that local authorities had been advised that regulations would be introduced as soon as possible to effect this change.

NOTED

787 RECONCILIATION OF FINANCE AND HOUSING SYSTEMS 787

SUBMITTED: Report dated 3 July 1997 by the Director of Housing and Customer Services advising of an accounting transaction required to reconcile the financial ledger and housing rents systems.

DECIDED: That approval be given to the accounting transaction in the sum of £10,280.50 required to reconcile the financial ledger and housing rents systems.

788 RESOLUTION: EXCLUSION OF PUBLIC AND PRESS 788

On the motion of the Vice-Convener, it was agreed unanimously that, in terms of Section 50(A)(4) of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973, the public and press be excluded from the meeting during consideration of the undernoted items of business on the grounds that consideration of the items involved the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in the respective paragraphs of Part I of Schedule 7(A) of the Act as are set opposite each item:-

Item Paragraph(s)

6/8 Mansion Avenue, Port Glasgow - Proposed

Demolition - Use of Emergency Powers Procedure 12

House Condition Survey - Report on Tenders 6 & 8

John Street Painting Contract - Increased Costs 6, 8 & 9

Item Paragraph(s)

Request to Write-Off Debt 6

Organisational Arrangements for the Introduction

of Supervised Attendance Orders at Greenock

Sheriff and Inverclyde District Courts 1

John Street Painting Contract - Use of Emergency

Powers Procedure 6 & 8

Lynedoch Court, Greenock - Controlled Door Entry

System and CCTV Installation - Report on Tenders 6 & 8

Kelburn, Port Glasgow - Housing Special Project -

Demolition of 25-36 Kelburn Terrace - Report on

Tenders 6 & 8

Measured Term Contract for Maintenance of Stair/

Close/Courtyard Lighting 1997/98 - Report on Tenders 6 & 8

Repossession of House 2

Ground at Trafalgar Street and Regent Street, Greenock 4 & 6

11 Torrance Road, Greenock - Request for Landlord's

Consent to form Driveway 2

Community Alarm Unit - Central Control System-

Report on Tenders 6 & 8

789 6/8 MANSION AVENUE, PORT GLASGOW - PROPOSED DEMOLITION - USE OF 789 EMERGENCY POWERS PROCEDURE

SUBMITTED: Report dated 18 July 1997 by the Director of Central Services advising of the use of the emergency powers procedure set out in Standing Order 66 to authorise the demolition of the property at 6/8 Mansion Avenue, Port Glasgow and to negotiate a settlement with the Council's Insurers.

NOTED

790 HOUSE CONDITION SURVEY - REPORT ON TENDERS 790

SUBMITTED: Report dated 17 July 1997 by the Director of Housing and Customer Services on four tenders received to carry out the Inverclyde Local House Condition Survey.

DECIDED: That it be remitted to the Director of Central Services to accept the tender submitted by Adamsons Chartered Surveyors in accordance with the recommendations set out in the report.

791 JOHN STREET PAINTING CONTRACT - INCREASED COSTS 791

There was submitted a report by the Director of Property and Technical Services explaining the circumstances which had given rise to increased costs in respect of the John Street painting contract. The Committee agreed to note the reasons for the increased costs together with the remedial action proposed to ensure that such a situation does not occur again, all as detailed in the Appendix.

792 REQUEST TO WRITE-OFF DEBT 792

SUBMITTED: Report by the Director of Social Work requesting the Committee's approval to write-off the debt owed to the Council by the relative of an elderly person previously in residential care.

DECIDED: That the sum of £691.30 owed to the Council be written off without prejudice to any future recovery of the debt, should that prove possible.

793 ORGANISATIONAL ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE INTRODUCTION OF SUPERVISED 793 ATTENDANCE ORDERS AT GREENOCK SHERIFF AND INVERCLYDE DISTRICT COURTS

SUBMITTED: Report by the Director of Social Work on proposals for the establishment of an integrated Supervised Attendance and Community Service Order Team to ensure that Supervised Attendance Orders, which are to be introduced at Greenock Sheriff and Inverclyde District Courts, will be integrated with other criminal justice services delivered by the Department.

DECIDED:

(a) That approval be given to the establishment of an integrated Supervised Attendance and Community Service Order Team;

(b) That the existing post of Community Service Organiser be re-designated to Assistant Service Manager (Criminal Justice Service Provision);

(d) That the report be referred to the Corporate Business Committee for consideration of the staffing requirements.

794 JOHN STREET PAINTING CONTRACT - USE OF EMERGENCY POWERS PROCEDURE 794

SUBMITTED: Report dated 11 July 1997 by the Director of Central Services advising of the use of the emergency powers procedure set out in Standing Order 66 to homologate action taken in instructing the erection of scaffolding to carry out the John Street painting contract and authorising the additional expenditure incurred.

NOTED

795 LYNEDOCH COURT, GREENOCK - CONTROLLED DOOR ENTRY SYSTEM AND CCTV 795 INSTALLATION - REPORT ON TENDERS

SUBMITTED: Report dated 10 July 1997 by the Director of Housing and Customer Services on five tenders received for the installation of a controlled door entry system and CCTV equipment at Lynedoch Court, Greenock.

DECIDED:

(a) That it be remitted to the Director of Central Services to accept the lowest tender, that by

G D Chalmers Ltd in the corrected sum of £58,195.75; and

(b) That additional professional and Clerk of Works supervision be approved at a total cost of £11,419.57.

796 KELBURN, PORT GLASGOW - HOUSING SPECIAL PROJECT - DEMOLITION OF 25-36 796 KELBURN TERRACE - REPORT ON TENDERS

SUBMITTED: Report dated 4 July 1997 by the Director of Housing and Customer Services on five tenders received for the demolition of the properties at 25-36 Kelburn Terrace, Port Glasgow.

DECIDED: That it be remitted to the Director of Central Services to accept the lowest tender, that by Burnthills Demolition Ltd in the sum of £113,437.50.

797 MEASURED TERM CONTRACT FOR MAINTENANCE OF STAIR/CLOSE/COURTYARD 797 LIGHTING 1997/98 - REPORT ON TENDERS

SUBMITTED: Report dated 4 July 1997 by the Director of Housing and Customer Services on five tenders received for the maintenance of stair, close and courtyard lighting in 1997/98.

DECIDED: That it be remitted to the Director of Central Services to accept the lowest tender, that by the Contract Services Division, Inverclyde Council.

798 POSSIBLE REPOSSESSION OF HOUSE 798

There was submitted a report by the Director of Legal Services requesting the Committee's authority to initiate proceedings for the ejection of an occupier of a house, which was agreed, all as detailed in the Appendix.

799 GROUND AT TRAFALGAR STREET AND REGENT STREET, GREENOCK 799

There was submitted a report by the Director of Legal Services requesting the Committee's approval to write-off outstanding loans granted by Inverclyde District Council over properties at Trafalgar Street and Regent Street, Greenock on which payments had ceased around 1981/83. The Committee agreed to write-off the loans and authorise other action, all as detailed in the Appendix.

800 11 TORRANCE ROAD, GREENOCK - REQUEST FOR LANDLORD'S CONSENT TO FORM 800 DRIVEWAY

SUBMITTED: Report dated 3 July 1997 by the Director of Housing and Customer Services on a request received from the tenant of 11 Torrance Road, Greenock for landlord's consent to form a driveway adjacent to his house to allow disabled access to the house.

DECIDED: That landlord's consent be granted subject to such conditions as are considered appropriate by the Director of Housing and Customer Services.

801 COMMUNITY ALARM UNIT - CENTRAL CONTROL SYSTEM - REPORT ON TENDERS 801

There was submitted a report by the Director of Social Work on tender bids received for the provision of an alternative central control system for the community alarm services within Inverclyde and the Committee agreed to accept a tender, all as detailed in the Appendix.