COMMUNITY AND PROTECTIVE SERVICES COMMITTEE

 

THURSDAY 16 SEPTEMBER 1999 - 3.00pm

 

Present:-  Councillors Calvert, Robertson (A), Morrison (M), Roach, McCormick, Blair, White and Hunter, Councillor Morrison (M), Convener, in the Chair.

 

In attendance:-  The Executive Director Community and Protective Services, Mr A Puckrin (for the Executive Director Resource Services), Mr H McNeilly (for the Executive Director Legal, Information and Support Services), the Director of Central Services, the Director of Leisure Services, the Chief Environmental Services Officer, the Head of Property Services, the Head of Parks, Transport and Cleansing Services, the Head of Community Support Services and the Head of Trading Standards.

 

The following paragraphs are submitted for information only, having been dealt with under the powers delegated to the Committee.

 

   942      CAPITAL  PROGRAMME 1999/2000: FINANCIAL PROGRESS                                                       942

 

SUBMITTED:  Report dated 23 August 1999 by the Executive Director Resource Services detailing the financial position in respect of the current and proposed projects included in the 1999/2000 Capital Programme.

NOTED

 

   943      REVENUE BUDGET 1999/2000                                                                                                            943

 

SUBMITTED:  Report dated 26 August 1999 by the Executive Director Resource Services on the current position of the Revenue Budget as at 21 July 1999 and advising of a projected overspend of £55,000 due to a projected shortfall in leisure pass income and reduced rental income from McDonalds at the Waterfront.

DECIDED:

(a)  That the contents of the report be noted; and

(b)  That it be remitted to the Director of Leisure Services in consultation with Resource Services to prepare a report to the next meeting of the Committee identifying possible courses of action in respect of the £55,000 projected shortfall in income.

 

   944      CAPITAL PROGRAMME 1999/2000:  TECHNICAL PROGRESS                                                       944

 

SUBMITTED:  Report dated 24 August 1999 by the Executive Director Community and Protective Services advising of the progress on site of current projects.

NOTED

 

   945      KNOCKNAIRSHILL CEMETERY:  REQUEST TO TENDER                                                              945

 

SUBMITTED:  Report dated 26 August 1999 by the Executive Director Community and Protective Services advising that £157,000 was being allocated for Phases 2B/3, the amount being £11,000 less than the projected expenditure.

DECIDED:  That it be remitted to the Director of Central Services in consultation with other Officers to arrange for the invitation of competitive tenders for the development of Phases 2B and 3 of Knocknairshill Cemetery.

 

   946      LICENSING OF BUTCHERS SHOPS IN SCOTLAND - CONSULTATION ON DRAFT                 946

              REGULATIONS                                                                                                                                          

 

SUBMITTED:  Report dated 27 August 1999 by the Executive Director Community and Protective Services requesting the Committee to consider submitting a response to the Draft Regulations which would require all butchers shops which sell unwrapped ready to eat food in the same shop as raw meat to obtain a licence from their local council to allow them to trade.

DECIDED: 

(a)  That the introduction of licensing of butchers shops be welcomed as a positive measure to improve food safety in Scotland; and

(b)  That it be delegated to the Chief Environmental Services Officer to indicate Inverclyde Council’s support for the extension of licensing to all high risk premises handling or preparing raw meat and unwrapped ready to eat foods.

 

   947      ANNUAL STATISTICAL RETURN TO DEPARTMENT OF TRADE AND INDUSTRY                    947

 

SUBMITTED:  Report dated 24 August 1999 by the Executive Director Community and Protective Services advising the Committee of the Annual Statistical Return made to the Department of Trade and Industry under the terms of the Weights and Measures Act 1985.

DECIDED: 

(a)  That the submission of the statutory Annual Statistical Return be approved; and

(b)  That the activities carried out by Trading Standard Services be noted.

 

   948      BOGLESTONE COMMUNITY CENTRE:  REQUEST TO TENDER                                                   948

 

SUBMITTED:  Report dated 25 August 1999 by the Executive Director Community and Protective Services requesting permission to seek tenders for the upgrading of Boglestone Community Centre at an estimated cost of £575,000 including professional fees.

DECIDED:

(a)  That it be remitted to the Director of Central Services in consultation with other Officers to invite competitive tenders for the general upgrading of the Boglestone Community Centre;

(b)  That subject to the capital expenditure being approved by the Policy and Strategy Committee for the project, authority be granted to the Director of Central Services to accept the lowest tender received in accordance with the Financial Regulations and the Standing Orders relating to Contracts.

 

   949      WATERFRONT LEISURE COMPLEX : UPDATE                                                                                949

 

SUBMITTED:  Report by the Executive Director Community and Protective Services advising of the action taken to promote and develop the complex.

NOTED

 

   950      LEISURE MANAGEMENT FACILITIES STATISTICAL INFORMATION                                        950

 

SUBMITTED:  Report dated 26 August 1999 by the Executive Director Community and Protective Services advising of the number of users of facilities run under the Leisure Management Contract in respect of Leisure Services for the period from 19 July 1999 to 22 August 1999.

DECIDED:  That the contents of the report be noted and the action taken to ensure target attendances be approved.

 

   951      SUMMER PLAYSCHEMES AND ACTIVITIES 1999                                                                          951

 

SUBMITTED:  Report dated 20 August 1999 by the Executive Director Community and Protective Services providing information on the various play centres, activities groups, special events and statistical information relative to the 1999 children’s programmes during the schools summer holiday period.

DECIDED:

(a)  That the contents of the report be noted;

(b)  That it be remitted to the Head of Community Support Services to undertake an overall review of the arranged activities to achieve best value; and

(c)  That it be remitted to the Head of Community Support Services to submit a further report outlining options for next year’s playschemes.

 

   952      BRINGING THE MOD TO INVERCLYDE                                                                                           952

 

SUBMITTED:  Letter from Councillor White requesting that the Committee consider inviting An Comunn to hold one of their national MODs in Inverclyde.

DECIDED:  That it be remitted to the Executive Director Community and Protective Services to approach the MOD Festival organisation on the feasibility of the festival being held in Inverclyde and to report on the outcome of discussions in due course.

 

   953      RESOLUTION:  EXCLUSION OF PUBLIC AND PRESS                                                                    953

 

On the motion of the Convener it was agreed unanimously that, in terms of Section 50(A)(4) of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 as amended, 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 paragraph 9 of Part I of Schedule 7(A) of the Act.

 

   954      SUMMER PLAYSCHEMES AND ACTIVITIES 1999:  INCOME INFORMATION                           954

 

SUBMITTED:  An Appendix to the earlier report showing the income generated by the playschemes.

NOTED

 

   955      LEISURE MANAGEMENT FACILITIES:  INCOME INFORMATION                                               955

 

SUBMITTED:  Report dated 26 August 1999 by the Executive Director Community and Protective Services advising of the income from facilities run under the Leisure Management Contract in Leisure Services for the period from 19 July 1999 to 22 August 1999.

DECIDED:  That the contents of the report be noted and that the action taken to ensure the achievement of target income be approved.

 

   956      REVENUE BUDGET 1999/2000:  DSO                                                                                                  956

 

SUBMITTED:  Report dated 26 August 1999 by the Executive Director Resource Services setting out the position of the DSO Revenue Budget as at 21 July 1999.

NOTED