Policy And Resources Committee - 14/02/2005

At a MEETING of the POLICY AND RESOURCES COMMITTEE held at Dundee on 14th February, 2005.

Present:-

BAILIES

COUNCILLORS

Councillor Jill SHIMI, Convener, in the Chair.

The minute of meeting of this Committee of 10th February, 2005 was held as read.

Unless marked thus * all items stand delegated.

I MINUTE OF BEST VALUE SUB-COMMITTEE

The minute of meeting of the Best Value Sub-Committee of 21st December, 2004, a copy of which is appended hereto, was submitted for information and record purposes.

II BEST VALUE REVIEW OF THE COUNCIL'S OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY SERVICE

Bailie Borthwick declared a non-financial interest in this item by virtue of his employment with Age Concern Scotland.

There was submitted Report No 12-2005 by the Chief Executive relative to the above.

The Committee approved the undernoted:-

(i) a member/officer review of the Council's Occupational Therapy Service be added to the list of best value reviews previously approved by this Committee;

(ii) an overview group be chaired by the Chief Executive; that member representation on the overview group consist of three members from the Administration, two from the SNP Group and one from the Conservative Group; and that representatives from the trade unions, NHS and the voluntary sector be also invited to take part in the group;

(iii) a working group of lead officers and representatives, chaired by a Corporate Officer, be established to undertake detailed work on behalf of the overview group and, in particular, to visit other local authorities to establish best practice for joined-up working and delivery of occupational therapy services;

(iv) the scope, objectives, membership and consultation processes of the review be as detailed in Section 6 and Appendices 1 and 2 of this report, and the review be scheduled for completion by December 2005.

III CENTRAL WATERFRONT PARTNERSHIP

On a reference to Article IX of the minute of meeting of this Committee of 8th March, 2004, there was submitted Report No 57-2005 by the Director of Planning and Transportation reporting back on progress and discussions with Scottish Enterprise Tayside and the Tay Road Bridge Joint Board regarding the overall development of the Central Waterfront and proposing the establishment of a public sector partnership to carry out this role.

The Committee:-

(i) agreed the content of the proposed Partnership Agreement at Appendix 1;

(ii) approved the establishment of a Partnership Board and Officers Steering Group as shown in Appendix 2 of the report;

(iii) nominated Councillor Morrow (Chair) and Councillor Grant to sit on the Partnership Board;

(iv) agreed that the two Council officers on the Partnership Board be the Director of Economic Development and the Director of Planning and Transportation;

(iv) noted the establishment of a Project Director's post to be filled by way of a secondment of an appropriate Council member of staff.

JILL SHIMI, Convener.

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