Agenda
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A Special meeting of the Redesign Board will take place on Wednesday, 1 May 2019 at 3.30pm in Committee Room 2, Highland Council Headquarters, Glenurquhart Road, Inverness.
You are invited to attend the meeting and a note of the business to be considered is attached.
Yours faithfully
Stewart Fraser
Head of Corporate Governance
BUSINESS
1. Apologies for Absence
2. Declarations of Interest
Members are asked to consider whether they have an interest to declare in relation to any item on the agenda for this meeting. Any Member making a declaration of interest should indicate whether it is a financial or non-financial interest and include some information on the nature of the interest. Advice may be sought from Officers prior to the meeting taking place.
3. Exclusion of the Public
The Board is asked to resolve that, under Section 50A(4) of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973, the public should be excluded from the meeting for the following item on the grounds that it involves the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in Paragraphs 6, 8 & 9 of Part 1 of Schedule 7A of the Act.
4. Implementing the Redesign Review into Trades Services
There will be tabled to Members only Report No RDB/6/19 by the Head of Policy and Reform (Project Sponsor).
The Board is asked to agree the recommendations as detailed in the report.
Minutes
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Minutes of Meeting of the Redesign Board of the Highland Council held in Committee Room 2, Council Headquarters, Glenurquhart Road, Inverness on Wednesday, 1 May 2019 at 3.30pm.
Present:
Mr B Lobban (Chair), Mr L Fraser, Mr A Jarvie , Mr G MacKenzie, Mr C Smith, Mr P MacPherson, GMB
Officials in attendance:
Mr M MacLeod, Head of Planning and Environment/Council Redesign Lead
Mrs C McDiarmid, Head of Policy and Reform
Ms S Beswick, Strategic Procurement Manager (Category Management)
Miss J Maclennan, Principal Administrator
Business
1. Apologies for Absence
Apologies for absence were intimated on behalf of Mr G Adam, Mr R Bremner, Mrs C Caddick, Mrs H Carmichael, Mr A Christie, Dr I Cockburn, Mrs M Davidson, Mr J Gibson (UNISON), Mr A MacKinnon, Ms M Smith, Mr A Sinclair and Mrs C Wilson.
2. Declarations of Interest
Item 4 – Mr L Fraser (financial)
3. Exclusion of the Public
The Board RESOLVED that, under Section 50A(4) of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973, the public be excluded from the meeting for the following item on the grounds that it involved the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in Paragraphs 6, 8 & 9 of Part 1 of Schedule 7A of the Act.
4. Implementing the Redesign Review into Trades Services
Declaration of Interest: Mr L Fraser declared a financial interest in this item as a Sub-Contractor for the Housing Service but, given the amounts were insignificant, having applied the test outlined in Paragraphs 5.2 and 5.3 of the Councillors’ Code of Conduct, concluded that his interest did not preclude his involvement in the discussion.
There had been circulated to Members only Confidential Report No RDB/6/19 by the Head of Policy and Reform (Project Sponsor).
Following discussion, the Board AGREED the recommendations as detailed in the report, subject to the amendment to extend the timescale for procuring the framework agreement so that, having tendered in June 2019, award letters would be issued in November for the new framework to be in place by December 2019. This timescale would also be adjusted on the agreed targets for the project board.
The meeting ended at 4 pm.