Policy And Resources Committee - 15/10/2001

At a MEETING of the POLICY AND RESOURCES COMMITTEE held at Dundee on 15th October 2001.

Present:-

COUNCILLORS

Councillor STURROCK, Convener, in the Chair.

The minute of meeting of this Committee of 10th September 2001 was held as read.

Unless marked thus * all items stand delegated.

I BEST VALUE SUB-COMMITTEE

The minute of meeting of the Best Value Sub-Committee of 8th September 2001, a copy of which is appended hereto, was submitted for information and record purposes.

II SUPPORT SERVICES DEPARTMENT SERVICE PLAN 1999/2002 - REVIEW OF PERFORMANCE 2000/2001

There was submitted Report No 638-2001 by the Director of Support Services reviewing the department's performance against the indicators and targets set in the 1999/2002 Service Plan.

The Committee noted accordingly.

III A NEW APPROACH TO DEBT MANAGEMENT

There was submitted Report No 682-2001 by the Director of Corporate Planning advising the Committee of proposals for an alternative to the system of poindings and warrant sales.

The Committee:-

(i)noted the overall package of recommendations for a new approach to debt management;

(ii)approved the specific comments on the 'questions for consultation' as set out in Appendix I to this report;

(iii)remitted to the Director of Corporate Planning to ask the Scottish Executive to clarify the extent to which they would support the new approach by providing resources for education, welfare rights, money advice/debt counselling, legal support and alternative low cost financial services; and

(iv)remitted to the Director of Corporate Planning to ask the Scottish Executive to ensure that the legislation required to implement the new approach was implemented timeously in order to be coterminous with the abolition of poindings and warrant sales.

IV PROGRESSING COMMUNITY PLANNING IN DUNDEE

There was submitted Report No 661-2001 by the Director of Corporate Planning summarising progress made to date on the development of community planning in Dundee.

The Committee approved the undernoted recommendations:-

(a)the Dundee Partnership becomes the vehicle for the implementation of community planning in Dundee;

(b)the revised vision and themes for the Community Plan as set out in sections 6.4 and 6.5 be adopted;

(c)the community planning management framework be instituted through the following three groups and the remit and membership of each be agreed as detailed in Appendix 1 -

                      the Dundee Partnership Forum

                      the Dundee Partnership Management Group

                      the Dundee Partnership Co-Ordinating Group;

(d)a programme of meetings for the period to December 2002 be agreed (Appendix 2); and

(e)a short life working group be established to finalise the Dundee Partnership Community Involvement Strategy.

V PURCHASE OF E-WORK SOFTWARE

There was submitted Report No 674-2001 by the Director of Information Technology detailing offers received for the supply of e-work software.

The Committee agreed to accept the tender amounting to 43,200 from Consilium.

COUNCILLOR STURROCK, Convener.