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THE INVERCLYDE COUNCIL
CORPORATE BUSINESS COMMITTEE
TUESDAY 18 AUGUST 1998 - 3.00 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, Mr A S Grant
(for the Director of Central Services), Mr A Barnes, Mr G Moodie and
Mr G MacGillivray (Contract Services), the Director of Finance, the Director
of Information Technology, the Director of Legal Services, Mr A Moore (for the
Director of Personnel Services), Mr D Stoddart (for the Director of
Property and Technical Services) and Mr F Williamson (for the Director of
Planning).
The following paragraphs
are submitted for information only, having been dealt with under the powers
delegated to the Committee.
831 ADDITIONAL
AGENDA ITEM 831
The Convener referred to a report by the Director
of Information Technology on tenders received for the supply of hardware. The Convener indicated that consideration of
the item was urgent to allow the contract to be concluded as soon as possible and moved that the item
be added to the Agenda. This was
unanimously agreed in terms of the relevant Standing Order.
832 ST COLUMBA'S HIGH SCHOOL - DEMOLITION OF
DINING BLOCK 832
Mr Grant advised of a remit
from the Education Services Committee requesting the Committee to approve a
financial contribution of £22,000 from the Office Accommodation Budget towards
the demolition of one dining block at St Columba's High School, Gourock, the
total cost of the project being £75,000.
DECIDED: That the Committee
approve a financial contribution of £22,000 to the project for the demolition
of one dining block at St Columba's High School.
833 COSLA
- SCOTTISH OFFICE JOINT STAFFING WATCH 833
SUBMITTED: Report dated
12 May 1998 by the Director of Personnel Services advising the Committee
on the workforce profile of The Inverclyde Council as at 13 June 1998.
NOTED
834 DEPARTMENT
OF SOCIAL WORK - RESOURCE TRANSFER:
PROPOSED 834
ESTABLISHMENT
SUBMITTED: Report dated
7 August 1998 by the Director of Personnel Services on a recommendation
from the Social Work and Housing Committee, seeking approval in principle for
the establishment of the posts of Assistant Service Manager (Users
& Carers), Resource Worker
(Disability), Resource Worker (Mental Health - Elderly), Assistant Resource
Worker (Small Group Day Care) and appropriate administrative support to include
support for posts previously agreed by Committee earlier this year under the
Resource Transfer Mechanism.
DECIDED:
(a) That the Committee approve the establishment
of the following posts:-
(i) Assistant Service Manager (Users &
Carers) - Grade PO2 (£21,939-£23,997);
(ii) Resource Worker (Disability) - Grade
AP4/5-QSW (£16,770-£21,378);
(iii) Resource Worker (Mental Health - Elderly) -
Grade AP4/5-QSW (£16,770-£21,378);
(iv) Assistant Resource Worker (Small Group Day
Care) - Grade AP2/3 (£13,215-£16,233);
(vi) Two full-time equivalent posts of
Administrative/Clerical Assistant - Grade GS1/2 (£7,512-£11,313); and
(b) That all posts be met from the Resource
Transfer monies already allocated to the Council on a permanent basis.
835 BASIC
GRADE CLERICAL POSTS - GRADING STRUCTURE 835
SUBMITTED: Report dated
1 August 1998 by the Director of Personnel Services recommending to the
Committee a revised grading structure for basic clerical posts within the
Council.
DECIDED: That the Committee
agree that:-
(i) The grade for basic clerical posts be set as
GS1/2 (£7,512-£11,313);
(ii) The grading scheme detailed in
Appendix 3 of the report be implemented with effect from 1 April
1996;
(iii) Employees holding posts graded GS1
(£7,512-£10,761) who transferred to Inverclyde Council from the former
Strathclyde Regional Council and who are currently studying for or will this
year commence studying for a recognised qualification "be
red-circled" and upon gaining the qualification be placed according to the
conditions of service that transferred with them;
(iv) The recognised qualifications listed in
Appendix 2 of the report be adopted by the Council for recognition
purposes and that the list be subject to review by the Director of Personnel
Services as and when required;
(v) The bar at the top of GS1 for employees in
the Library Service be removed with effect from 1 April 1998; and
(vi) A request for additional funding of £19,900
be remitted to the Policy and Strategy Committee for approval.
836 SKILLSEEKERS
AND SKILLBASE TRAINEES - TRAINING ALLOWANCE 836
SUBMITTED: Report dated
3 August 1998 by the Director of Personnel Services seeking the
Committee's approval to increase the Council's contribution to the training
allowance paid to skillseekers and skillbase trainees.
DECIDED: That the Committee
agree that with effect from 1 July 1998 the training allowance payable to
trainees in both the Skillseekers and Skillbase programmes be set at £63.99 per
week.
837 DISCRIMINATION,
HARASSMENT AND VICTIMISATION - POLICY AND 837
PROCEDURES
SUBMITTED: Report dated
31 July 1998 by the Director of Personnel Services recommending the
acceptance of a document governing Policy and Procedures on Discrimination,
Harassment and Victimisation in the workplace.
DECIDED: That the Committee
approve the Policy and Procedures on Discrimination, Harassment and Victimisation
in the workplace as detailed in the document appended to the report.
838 LEASE
OF FORMER CHANGING AREAS: HECTOR McNEIL
BATHS, GREENOCK 838
SUBMITTED: Report dated
16 July 1998 by the Director of Property and Technical Services on the current
position with respect to the lease of Hector McNeil Baths to various theatre
groups for the pupose of storage and construction of scenery.
NOTED
839 ACCOMMODATION
WORKS 1998/99 839
SUBMITTED: Report dated
5 August 1998 by the Director of Property and Technical Services advising
of the use of the emergency powers procedure under Standing Order 66 in
respect of the work required to support the installation of the new computer
room and network cabling.
NOTED
840 CAPITAL
PROGRAMME 1998/99 - TECHNICAL PROGRESS 840
SUBMITTED: Report dated
27 July 1998 by the Director of Property and Technical Services on the
technical progress of the Capital Programme 1998/99.
DECIDED:
(a) That the contents of the report be
noted; and
(b) That the Committee approve the following
expenditure increase in terms of the relevant Financial Regulations:-
Project Effect
on Expenditure
Strone/Maukinhill Recreation Centre £19,069
increase
Claim for loss and expense by contractor
841 CAPITAL
PROGRAMME 1998/99 - FINANCIAL POSITION 841
SUBMITTED: Report dated
29 July 1998 by the Director Finance on the current position of the
Capital Programme 1998/99.
NOTED
842 REVENUE
BUDGET 1998/99 842
SUBMITTED: Report by the
Director of Finance advising of the current position of the 1998/99 Revenue
Budget as at 24 June 1998.
NOTED
843 RESOLUTION: EXCLUSION OF PUBLIC AND PRESS 843
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 Paragraph(s)
Revenue Budget 1998/99: Contract
Services Division 8
Contract Services Division 1998/99:
Budget Savings 8
Strone/Maukinhill Recreation Centre, Greenock 6 & 12
Battery Park Café 8
Polar Bar 8
New Lease of Premises - Church Street, Port Glasgow 2,
6 & 9
New Lease of Premises - Roxburgh Street, Greenock 2, 6 & 9
Lease of Premises - William Street, Greenock 2, 6
& 9
Relocation of Company from Lynedoch Industrial Estate, Greenock 2 & 6
Ground at Rear of Kempock Street, Gourock 2, 6
& 9
Balrossie Drive, Kilmacolm 6
& 9
Rankin Park, Greenock 2,
6 & 9
Rent Reviews 2,
6 & 9
Supply and Delivery of Hardware:
Report on Tenders 6
844 REVENUE
BUDGET 1998/99: CONTRACT SERVICES
DIVISION 844
SUBMITTED: Report dated
4 August 1998 by the Director of Finance on the position of the Revenue
Budget 1998/99 as at 24 June 1998 and advising of a projected shortfall in
the Division's budget.
DECIDED:
(a) That the Committee note the contents of the
report; and
(b) That appropriate action be taken by the
Contract Services Division to address the projected shortfall.
845 CONTRACT
SERVICES DIVISION 1998/99: BUDGET
SAVINGS 845
SUBMITTED: Report by the
Assistant Chief Executive (Contract Services) detailing the current position of
proposed savings as part of 1998/99 budget process.
DECIDED: That the Committee
note:-
(i) That the year start budget includes provision
of £134,470 for an unidentified surplus and that capital charges of at least
£350,000 have been excluded;
(ii) The likely outcome of the savings exercise
and the current projected shortfall of £71,300 in addition to £134,470
unidentified savings; and
(iii) That the Contract Services Division in
consultation with the Director of Finance will submit regular Monitoring
Reports during 1998/99 and that the Contract Services Division in consultation
with the Chief Executive will submit a further report addressing the surplus
shortfall of £205,770 to the next meeting of the Committee.
846 STRONE/MAUKINHILL
RECREATION CENTRE, GREENOCK 846
SUBMITTED: Report dated
7 August 1998 by the Director of Legal Services advising the Committee of
the final outcome of the court action and arbitration raised by
A Robertson & Co (Builders & Contractors) Ltd against The
Inverclyde Council, in relation to the cancellation by the former Inverclyde
District Council of the contract for the construction of the Strone/Maukinhill
Recreation Centre.
NOTED
847 BATTERY
PARK CAFE 847
SUBMITTED: Report by the
Assistant Chief Executive (Contract Services) advising the Committee on the
progress of the catering operations at Battery Park and requesting the
Committee to consider options for its future operation.
DECIDED: That the provision
of the Catering Service at the Battery Park be operational from April to
October or such other dates as Officers consider appropriate for special events
where commercially opportune.
848 POLAR
BAR, WATERFRONT LEISURE COMPLEX, GREENOCK 848
SUBMITTED: Report by the
Assistant Chief Executive (Contract Services) on the progress of the operations
at the Polar Bar at the Waterfront leisure complex.
NOTED
849 NEW
LEASE OF PREMISES - 5 CHURCH STREET, PORT GLASGOW 849
SUBMITTED: Report dated
3 August 1998 by the Director of Property and Technical Services advising
of the use of the emergency powers procedure under Standing Order 66 to
grant consent to Mr Kirwan to lease premises at 5 Church Street, Port
Glasgow on the basis of a two-year lease with a tenant's option to terminate
the lease after six months in the first year at a rental of £3,300 per annum on
the appropriate terms and conditions.
NOTED
850 NEW
LEASE OF PREMISES - 176 ROXBURGH STREET, GREENOCK 850
SUBMITTED: Report dated
17 July 1998 by the Director of Property and Technical Services on an
application by Mr Frank Kelly and Mr John Miller for the lease of premises at
176 Roxburgh Street, Greenock.
DECIDED: That it be
remitted to the Director of Property and Technical Services to offer the lease
of the premises at 176 Roxburgh Street, Greenock to Mr Frank Kelly
and Mr John Miller on the basis of a monthly tenancy at a rental of £310
per month on the appropriate terms and conditions.
851 LEASE
OF PREMISES - 9 WILLIAM STREET, GREENOCK 851
SUBMITTED: Report dated
22 July 1998 by the Director of Property and Technical Services seeking
the Committee's approval to grant a lease to Inverclyde Regeneration
Partnership.
DECIDED: That it be
remitted to the Director of Property and Technical Services to offer the lease
of the premises at 9 William Street, Greenock to Inverclyde Regeneration
Partnership. The lease shall subsist for
five years from 1 February 1998 to 31 January 2003 with an option in
favour of the tenant to terminate the lease on giving 28 days written
notice on 1 February 2000 on the basis of a rental of £8,900 per annum
exclusive of VAT on the appropriate terms and conditions.
852 AMPHENOL
LTD: RELOCATION OF COMPANY FROM LYNEDOCH
INDUSTRIAL 852
ESTATE, GREENOCK
SUBMITTED: Report by the
Director of Property and Technical Services advising the Committee of the
current circumstances and proposals of major industrial tenant
Amphenol Ltd currently located at Lynedoch Industrial Estate, Greenock.
NOTED
853 GROUND
AT REAR OF 64 KEMPOCK STREET, GOUROCK 853
It was agreed that this
item be withdrawn from the Agenda.
854 BALROSSIE
DRIVE, KILMACOLM 854
There was submitted a
report by the Director of Property and Technical Services on an offer received
in respect of property in Balrossie Drive, Kilmacolm and the Committee agreed
to take action, all as detailed in the Appendix.
855 RANKIN
PARK, GREENOCK 855
There was submitted a
report by the Director of Property and Technical Services on the outcome in
respect of the marekting of Rankin Park, Greenock and the Committee agreed to
take action, all as detailed in the Appendix.
856 RENT
REVIEWS 856
SUBMITTED: Report dated
30 July 1998 by the Director of Property and Technical Services on rent
reviews provisionally agreed with five tenants of premises as indicated in the
Appendix to the report.
DECIDED: That the rent
reviews be approved.
857 SUPPLY
AND DELIVERY OF HARDWARE: REPORT ON
TENDERS 857
SUBMITTED: Report dated 17
August 1998 by the Director of Information Technology on tenders received for
the provision of hardware.
DECIDED: That it be
remitted to the Director of Central Services to accept the tender submitted by
CRS Computers Ltd for the supply of hardware on a call-off basis for a three
year period from 1 September 1998.
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