CORPORATE BUSINESS COMMITTEE

 

TUESDAY 23 JUNE 1998 - 2.00 pm

 

Present:-  Provost Allan, Councillors Clocherty, O'Rourke, Jackson, Nimmo, Mulholland, Sir Simpson Stevenson, Rebecchi, Welch and Hunter, Councillor Sir Simpson Stevenson, Convener, in the Chair.

 

In attendance:-  The Chief Executive, the Assistant Chief Executive (Contract Services), the Assistant Chief Executive (Economic Development and Urban Regeneration), Mr A Grant (for the Director of Central Services), the Director of Finance, the Director of Information Technology, the Director of Legal Services and the Director of Personnel Services.

 

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

 

   683      RESOLUTION:  EXCLUSION OF PUBLIC AND PRESS                                                                    683

 

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 item of business on the grounds that

consideration of the item involved the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in paragraph 8 of Part I of Schedule 7(A) of the Act.

 

   684      REVENUE BUDGET 1997/98:  CONTRACT SERVICES DIVISION                                                   684

 

SUBMITTED:  Report dated 22 June 1998 by the Chief Executive on the current position of the 1997/98 Revenue Budget in respect of  the Contract Services Division of the Council.

The report detailed a number of areas of business activities within the Contract Services Division where anticipated targets had not been achieved, identified deficiencies in the methods of operation within the Division and set out a number of conclusions identifying the specific issues which required action to remedy the position.

As a consequence of the overall position, the Committee was asked to reconsider the previous decision of the Policy and Strategy Committee at its meeting on 5 February 1998 (para 140(d)) regarding the transfer of the anticipated 1997/98 and 1998/99 Contract Services surpluses to the Housing Revenue Account.

DECIDED:

(a)  That in view of the latest projected position in respect of Contract Services, there be no refund to the Housing Revenue Account subject to the suspension of  Standing Orders;

(b)  That the report be otherwise noted;

(c)  That it be noted that a review of systems within the Contract Services Division will be made;  and

(d)  That it be noted that appropriate action will be taken in respect of the failings identified within the report.