City Governance Committee - 08/06/2026

At a MEETING of the CITY GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE held at Dundee on 8th June, 2026.

 

Present:-

 

Lord Provost Bill CAMPBELL

Depute Lord Provost Nadia EL-NAKLA

 

BAILIES

 

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

 

COUNCILLORS

 

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

 

Councillor Mark FLYNN, Convener, in the Chair.

 

The minute of meeting of this Committee of 11th May, 2026 was held as read.

 

Unless marked thus * all items stand delegated.

 

I DECLARATION OF INTEREST

 

There were no declarations of interest.

 

II STRATEGIC RISK REGISTER ANNUAL REPORT 2025/2026

 

There was submitted Report No 122-2026 by the Executive Director of Corporate Services, presenting an update on the Councils Strategic Risk Register.

 

The Committee agreed:-

 

(i) to note the content of the report;

 

(ii) to remit the report to the Scrutiny and Audit Committee for further consideration; and

 

(iii) to note that for future reviews of the Councils Strategic Risk Register, these would be removed to Scrutiny and Audit Committee and members of the Committee would then refer any appropriate matters to City Governance Committee for consideration.

 

III LOCAL CODE OF CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

 

There was submitted Report No 123-2026 by the Executive Director of Corporate Services, presenting to Committee the Councils Local Code of Corporate Governance.

 

The Committee agreed:-

 

(i) to approve the annual compliance review and updated Local Code of Corporate Governance as detailed in Appendix 1 to the report; and

 

(ii) to note the progress against the 2025/2026 Improvement Action Plan in Appendix 2 to the report; and

 

(iii) to approve the areas for improvement listed in Appendix 3 to the report for 2026/2027.

 

IV GAELIC LANGUAGE PLAN 2026/2031

 

There was submitted Report No 120-2026 by the Chief Executive, presenting the Committee with a revised Gaelic Language Plan for Dundee for 2026/2031 and updating the Committee on the process of producing a Gaelic Language Plan.

 

The Committee agreed:-

 

(i) to note the content of the revised Gaelic Language Plan 2026/2031 attached in Appendix 1 to the report; and

 

(ii) to agree that the Plan is submitted to Brd na Gidhlig for approval.

 

V USE OF REGULATION OF INVESTIGATORY POWERS (SCOTLAND) ACT 2000 AND REGULATORY POWERS ACT 2000

 

There was submitted Report No 125-2026 by the Executive Director of Corporate Services, advising the Committee of the use made by the Council of the powers under the Regulation of Investigatory Powers (Scotland) Act 2000 and the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 from 1st April, 2025 to 30th April, 2026.

 

The Committee agreed:-

 

(i) to note the use which the Council had made of powers contained in the Regulation of Investigatory Powers (Scotland) Act 2000 and related powers contained in the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 between 1st April, 2025 to 30th April, 2026 as detailed in Appendix 1 to the report; and

 

(ii) to approve the Council's continued proportionate use of the powers, where necessary, in the areas of crime prevention and detection or preventing disorder, in the interests of public safety and for the purpose of protecting public health. In particular, the Council was asked to agree to continue to use the powers to prevent and detect anti-social behaviour.

 

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 paragraphs 3, 6 and 9 of Part I of Schedule 7A of the Act.

 

VI EDEN PROJECT SCOTLAND UPDATE AND NEXT STEPS

 

There was submitted Report No 118-2026 by the Executive Director of City Development, providing an update on Eden Project Scotland.

 

The Committee agreed to the recommendations as listed:-

 

(i) to note the progress made on the Eden Project Scotland project by partners, in particular, the completion of the development phases of the project;

 

(ii) to approve the award of a grant to support Eden Project Scotland Ltd with the acquisition of the land required for the project; and

 

(iii) to approve the terms for a lease for the premises and adjacent land at 102 Foundry Lane.

 

 

 

 

Mark FLYNN, Convener.