Dundee City Council - 24/04/2017

At a MEETING of the DUNDEE CITY COUNCIL held at Dundee on 24th April, 2017.

 

Present:-

 

Lord Provost Bob DUNCAN

 

Depute Lord Provost Christina ROBERTS

 

BAILIES

 

Willie SAWERS

Helen WRIGHT

Ian BORTHWICK

 

Derek J SCOTT

 

 

COUNCILLORS

 

Ken GUILD

Stewart HUNTER

Laurie BIDWELL

John ALEXANDER

Ken LYNN

Lesley BRENNAN

Jimmy BLACK

Vari McDONALD

Tom FERGUSON

David BOWES

Gregor MURRAY

Brian GORDON

Bill CAMPBELL

Alan G ROSS

Richard McCREADY

Kevin CORDELL

Lynne SHORT

Norma McGOVERN

Will DAWSON

Kevin KEENAN

Fraser MACPHERSON

 

Mohammed ASIF

 

 

Lord Provost Bob DUNCAN, Convener, in the Chair.

 

I DECLARATION OF INTEREST

 

No declarations of interest were made.

 

II MINUTES

 

The undernoted minutes were submitted and noted:-

 

Minute of Licensing Committee dated 2nd March, 2017.

Minute of City Council dated 13th March, 2017.

Minute of Community Safety and Public Protection Committee dated 13th March, 2017.

Minute of Neighbourhood Services Committee dated 13th March, 2017.

Minute of Policy and Resources Committee dated 13th March, 2017.

Minute of Licensing Board dated 16th March, 2017.

Minute of Development Management Committee dated 20th March, 2017.

Minute of Children and Families Services Committee dated 27th March, 2017.

Minute of City Development Committee dated 27th March, 2017.

Minute of Licensing Committee dated 30th March, 2017.

 

III CIVIC GOVERNMENT (SCOTLAND) ACT 1982 - LICENSING ARRANGEMENTS

 

After considering Agenda Note AN31-2017, the Council agreed that authority be delegated to the Head of Democratic and Legal Services to convene a meeting of three members at his discretion to hear any urgent request for the immediate suspension of a licence under Paragraph 12 of Schedule I to the Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982 between the Local Government Elections on 4th May, 2017 and the first meeting of the Licensing Committee after the statutory meeting of the Council and for all future years in which there were ordinary elections to the Council.

 

The Council further agreed that authority be delegated to the Head of Democratic and Legal Services to deal with any applications currently dealt with by the Convener under delegated powers during the same period and for all future years in which there were ordinary elections to the Council.

The Committee resolved under Section 50(A)(4) of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 that the press and public be excluded from the meeting for the undernoted item of business on the grounds that it involved the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in paragraph 1 of Part I of Schedule 7A of the Act.

 

IV APPOINTMENT - LEISURE & CULTURE DUNDEE BOARD

 

There was submitted Agenda Note AN32-2017 relative to the above. It was reported that there was a vacancy on the Board of Trustees of Leisure & Culture Dundee for a charity trustee who was neither an elected member nor official of the Council (Independent Charity Trustee).

 

Following consideration of expressions of interest, the Nominations Committee of Leisure & Culture Dundee agreed, at its meeting on 27th March, 2017, to recommend to the Council the appointment of George Laidlaw as an Independent Charity Trustee with immediate effect and Caroline Docherty and Stewart Maxwell with effect from the AGM in November, 2017. This would enable all nominated candidates to go through the same induction programme.

 

The Council approved accordingly.

 

 

 

 

Lord Provost Bob DUNCAN, Convener.