Project Effect on Expenditure

Strone Maukinhill Recreation Centre £52,303 increase; and

(c) That the Architect’s Instructions which require approval in respect of Greenock Waterfront be remitted to the Waterfront Working Group for consideration.

398 SERVICE LEVEL AGREEMENT WITH CITY OF GLASGOW COUNCIL - 398 CALIBRATION AND TEST CENTRE

SUBMITTED: Report by the Chief Consumer Protection and Trading Standards Officer advising of the arrangements in place for the provision of local standards, working standards and testing equipment for use by officers of the Consumer Protection and Trading Standards Department.

DECIDED: That authority be delegated to the Chief Consumer Protection and Trading Standards Officer to sign the service level agreement with Glasgow City Council’s Calibration and Test Centre on behalf of The Inverclyde Council.

399 SCALE OF FEES CHARGEABLE FROM 1 APRIL 1997 - CONSUMER 399

PROTECTION AND TRADING STANDARDS DEPARTMENT

SUBMITTED: Report dated March 1997 by the Chief Consumer Protection and Trading

Standards Officer requesting approval of the scale of fees chargeable from 1 April 1997 by theConsumer Protection and Trading Standards Department for services rendered under statuteenforced by the Department.

DECIDED: That the Committee adopt the scale of fees and charges as detailed in the

Appendix to the report.

400 CLIENT REPORT 400

SUBMIITED: Report dated 20 March 1997 by the Director of Leisure and Recreation advising of the ground maintenance contractor’s performance in general terms, to identify the present on-going works and to forecast items which will be addressed in the coming months.

NOTED

401 SPORTS PERSONALITY OF THE YEAR AWARDS 401

SUBMITTED: Report dated 18 March 1997 by the Director of Leisure and Recreation

advising of the outcome of the Sports Personality of the Year Awards.

DECIDED:

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

(b) That it be remitted to the Director of Leisure and Recreation to organise the Inverclyde

Sports Personality of the Year Awards on an annual basis.

402 PERFORMING ANIMALS 402

SUBMITTED: Report dated 20 March 1997 by the Director of Leisure and Recreation seeking the Committee’s views on the use of Council facilities by organisations and other bodies who have performing animals as part of their entertainment package.
DECIDED: That consideration of the report be continued and that it be remitted to the Director of Leisure and Recreation to seek further information on the proposed use of performing animals by Chipperfields Circus.

403 LEISURE UPDATE REPORT 403

SUBMITTED: Report dated 19 March 1997 by the Director of Leisure and Recreation advising the Committee of the forthcoming events at Sport Centres, Community Centres and parks and open spaces and providing information on vandalism, service developments and similar other issues.

NOTED

404 PROPOSED FEES AND CHARGES 1997/98 404

SUBMITTED: Report dated 20 March 1997 by the Director of Leisure and Recreation outlining proposals for the level of fees and charges in respect of all leisure activities for

1997/98.

DECIDED:

(a) That the levels of fees and charges outlined in the report and the (revised) Leisure Pass Scheme(s) be agreed; and

(b) That it be remitted to the Personnel Working Group on Terms and Conditions to consider the proposal that Council employees who live outwith Inverclyde should be able to purchase a leisure pass.

405 PARKLEA GREENHOUSE COMPLEX “BRANCHING OUT” PROJECT 405

SUBMITTED: Report dated 20 March 1997 by the Director of Leisure and Recreation advising of a request from the “Branching Out” Project for use of an additional 650m²of ground to site a glass house store and class room accommodation with dual access road.

DECIDED:

(a) That the additional ground of 650m²be allocated to the “Branching Out” Project, any related costs to be met in full by the project; and

(b) That consequent applications for erection of the glass house store and class room accommodation should be dealt with by the Director of Planning.

406 RESOLUTION: EXCLUSION OF PUBLIC AND PRESS 406

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 the respective paragraphs of Part I of Schedule 7(A) of the Act as are set opposite each item:

Item Paragraphs(s)

Battery Park 6&9

Waterfront Leisure Complex -
Computerised Management System 6&8

Waterfront Leisure Complex -
Return of Tenders: Ice Skates 6&8

Waterfront Leisure Complex

Revenue Budget Proposals 8

Waterfront Leisure Complex

Supply of Specialist Equipment and Services 6 & 8

Waterfront Leisure Complex - Update 6&8

Fitness Centres 6&8

Leisure Management Facilities - Statistical Information 9

Strone Maukinhill Recreation Centre,

Blairmore Crescent, Greenock 6

407 BATTERY PARK 407

SUBMITTED: Report dated 19 March 1997 by the Director of Property and Technical

Services explaining the increase in expenditure which has arisen over the course of the Battery

Park pavilion project.

DECIDED:

(a) That the reasons for the increase in the value of the contract be noted; and

(b) That the Policy and Strategy Committee be requested to approve the additional funding

required for the project.

408 WATERFRONT LEISURE COMPLEX - COMPUTERISED MANAGEMENT SYSTEM 408

SUBMITTED: Joint report dated 21 March 1997 by the Directors of Leisure and Recreation and Information Technology on the installation of a computerised management system at the Waterfront Leisure Complex.

DECIDED: That following a detailed assessment of the market the computerised management system offered by Microcache in the sum of £28,700 be accepted.

409 WATERFRONT LEISURE COMPLEX - PURCHASE OF ICE SKATES 409

SUBMITTED: Report dated 27 March 1997 by the Director of Central Services advising of the acceptance of the tender in the sum of £33,374.52 from New English for the purchase of ice skates for the Waterfront Leisure Complex using the procedure under Standing Order 66.

NOTED

410 WATERFRONT LEISURE COMPLEX - REVENUE BUDGET PROPOSALS 410

SUBMITTED: Report dated 20 March 1997 by the Director of Leisure and Recreation

advising of the estimated revenue costs associated with the operation of the Waterfront Leisure

Complex for the first year of opening.

NOTED

411 WATERFRONT LEISURE COMPLEX - SUPPLY OF SPECIALIST EQUIPMENT AND 411
SERVICES

SUBMITTED: Report by the Director of Leisure and Recreation seeking approval to invite and accept tenders from suppliers and contractors of specialist equipment and services including persons who are not currently on the approved contractors list but are to be asked to tender in connection with the fitting out and equipping of the Greenock Waterfront Leisure Complex.

DECIDED:

(a) That companies named in the Appendix to the report be allowed to submit tenders for the supply of specialist services and equipment where required;

(b) That authority be delegated to the Director of Central Services in consultation with the Director of Leisure and Recreation and other appropriate Officers, the Convener and Vice-Convener of the Committee and a Member of the Minority Groups to approve the suppliers and contractors to be invited to submit tenders for the remaining specialist areas noted in the Appendix to the report; and

(c) That authority be delegated to the Director of Central Services in consultation with the Convener and Vice-Convener of the Committee and a Member of the Minority Groups to accept the lowest tender in respect of the supply of specialist equipment and services under each of the headings noted in the Appendix to the report.

412 WATERFRONT LEISURE COMPLEX-UPDATE 412

SUBMITTED: Report dated 19 March 1997 by the Director of Leisure and Recreation outlining the present position at the Waterfront Leisure Complex.

NOTED

413 FITNESS CENTRES 413

SUBMITTED: Report dated 19 March 1997 by the Director of Leisure and Recreation on four

tenders received for the provision of fitness centres at Greenock Sports Centre, Boglestone

Community Centre and Gourock Outdoor Pool.

DECIDED:

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

(b) That it be remitted to the Director of Central Services to accept the tender submitted by

Pulse for the construction and installation of fitness studios in (i) Greenock Sports Centre in

the sum of £248,662, (ii) Boglestone Community Centre in the sum of £1 83,888 and

(iii) Gourock Outdoor Pool in the sum of £225,054 and that the Director of Leisure and

Recreation in consultation with other appropriate Officers enter into post-tender negotiations

with Pulse to enable outstanding matters to be resolved to a form which can be acceptable to the Council; and

(c) That the Director of Leisure and Recreation agree with Pulse a programme of work to allow for the construction and installation of the fitness studios at a time which least affect operational use.

414 LEISURE MANAGEMENT FACILITIES - STATISTICAL INFORMATION 414

SUBMITTED: Report dated 10 March 1997 by the Director of Leisure and Recreation advising of the number of users and associated income for facilities run under the leisure management contracts within the Department of Leisure and Recreation.

NOTED

415 STRONE MAUKINHILL RECREATION CENTRE. BLAIRMORE CRESCENT 415

GREENOCK

There was submitted a report by the Director of Legal Services on the position relating to the contract for the construction of the Strone Maukinhill Recreation Centre, all as detailed in the Appendix.