Fair Work, Economic Growth & Infrastructure Committee - 22/09/2025

At a MEETING of the FAIR WORK, ECONOMIC GROWTH AND INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE held at Dundee on 22nd September, 2025.

 

Present:-

 

Lord Provost Bill CAMPBELL

Depute Lord Provost Kevin CORDELL

 

BAILIES

 

Will DAWSON	Kevin KEENAN	Fraser MACPHERSON
Willie SAWERS	Helen WRIGHT	Christina ROBERTS

 

COUNCILLORS

 

Heather ANDERSON	Lee MILLS	George McIRVINE
Jimmy BLACK	Steven ROME	Wendy SCULLIN
Nadia EL-NAKLA	Lynne SHORT	Pete SHEARS
Mark FLYNN	Roisin SMITH	Daniel COLEMAN
Stewart HUNTER	Siobhan TOLLAND	Michael CRICHTON
Ken LYNN	Georgia CRUICKSHANK	Craig DUNCAN
	Dorothy McHUGH

 

Councillor Steven ROME, Convener, in the Chair.

 

The minute of meeting of this Committee of 18th August, 2025 was held as read.

 

Unless marked thus * all items stand delegated.

 

I DECLARATION OF INTEREST

 

Bailie Roberts declared an interest in the item of business at Article V of this minute by virtue of being a blue badge holder and took no part in the proceedings.

 

Councillor Flynn declared an interest in the item of business at Article VIII of this minute by virtue of being Chair of the Tay Cities Region Joint Committee and took no part in the proceedings.

 

Councillor Rome declared an interest in the item of business at Article VIII of this minute by virtue of being a member of the Tay Cities Region Joint Committee and took no part in the proceedings.

 

II BROOK STREET, BROUGHTY FERRY (VARIATION OF BUS/COACH BAYS) ORDER 2025

 

This item was withdrawn.

 

III DUNDEE CITY COUNCIL (ROODYARDS ROAD, DUNDEE) (STOPPING-UP) ORDER 2025

 

There was submitted Report No 267-2025 by the Executive Director of City Development, seeking approval to stop-up and remove from the List of Public Roads the full length of Roodyards Road utilising the powers of the Roads (Scotland) Act to enable the potential for future development as the road currently served no properties.

 

The Committee agreed:-

 

(i) to approve the promotion of a Stopping-up Order for Roodyards Road.

 

IV DUNDEE PLAY SUFFICIENCY ASSESSMENT

 

There was submitted Report No 227-2025 by the Executive Director of City Development, seeking approval of the Play Sufficiency Assessment, a statutory requirement of the preparation of the Dundee Local Development Plan (LDP).

 

The Committee agreed:-

 

(i) to approve the Dundee Play Sufficiency Assessment as set out in Appendix 1 to the report;

 

(ii) to remit the Head of Planning and Economic Development to publish the Dundee Play Sufficiency Assessment;

 

(iii) to note that the Play Sufficiency Assessment would be submitted to Scottish Ministers as part of Dundee City Councils documentation for the Local Development Plan Gate Check Examination;

 

(iv) to note that the assessment indicated at 2.6.2 that funding to renew and improve playparks thus far equated to 45.5% of the total number of playparks in the city;

 

(v) to note that the Scottish Government commitment was to renew or upgrade every playpark in Scotland within the current parliamentary term; and

 

(vi) to instruct the Chief Executive to write to Natalie Don-Innes MSP, Minister for Children, Young People and the Promise, asking for an assurance that necessary funding would be received within that timescale to ensure that the 2021 manifesto promise was kept in full and allowed for sufficient funding to ensure every playpark in Dundee reached that upgraded standard.

 

V DISABLED PERSONS PARKING PLACES

 

There was submitted Report No 268-2025 by the Executive Director of City Development, considering the requests for disabled parking bays which required to be added or removed from the Dundee City Council (Disabled Persons Parking Places) (On-Street) Order 2011.

 

The Committee agreed:-

 

(i) to approve the preparation of a Traffic Regulation Variation Order to affect the changes to the on-street disabled parking bay provision in the relevant Traffic Regulation Order for Dundee.

 

VI TENDERS RECEIVED BY HEAD OF DESIGN AND PROPERTY

 

There was submitted Report No 269-2025 by the Executive Director of City Development, detailing tenders received and seeking approval on acceptance thereon.

 

(a) DALLFIELD MSD - REPLACEMENT WATER STORAGE TANKS AND PUMPS

 

The Committee agreed to accept the tender from Construction Services for the works detailed in the sum of 1,679,567.92, together with allowances of 135,967.59, giving a total expenditure of 1,815,535.51.

 

VII SOURCING STRATEGIES BY HEAD OF SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORT AND ROADS

 

There was submitted Report No 280-2025 by the Executive Director of City Development, presenting sourcing strategies and seeking approval to commence with the procurement exercise in respect of each project.

 

The Committee agreed:-

 

(i) to approve the commencement of a procurement exercise in respect of the commissions described, based on the sourcing strategy detailed in Appendix 1 to the Report;

 

(ii) to delegate authority to the Executive Director of City Development to award a contract to Trapeze based on the recommendation in Appendix 1 to the Report; and

 

(iii) to note that the contract awards in relation to the public and school bus service tenders detailed in Appendix 1 to the report would be brought back to Committee for consideration in due course.

 

VIII TAY CITIES REGION DEAL - UPDATE ON THE RESHAPING THE DEAL PROCESS

 

There was submitted Report No 291-2025 by the Executive Director of City Development, providing an update on the delivery of the Tay Cities Region Deal, focused on the status of projects in Dundee. It also outlined the ongoing Reshaping the Deal process being undertaken to ensure the successful delivery of the second half of the Deal.

 

The Committee agreed:-

 

(i) to note the progress made to date on the delivery of the Tay Cities Region Deal;

 

(ii) to note that the Tay Cities Joint Committee had agreed a process to reshape the second half of the Deal in order to meet the original agreed outcomes; and

 

(iii) to remit the Executive Director of City Development to update Members following completion of the Reshaping the Deal Process in Summer 2026.

 

 

 

 

Steven Rome, Convener.