ABERDEEN CITY COUNCIL
Town House,
ABERDEEN, 20th June, 2006
COUNCIL MEETING
The Members of ABERDEEN CITY COUNCIL are requested to meet here in the Town House on WEDNESDAY, 28th JUNE, 2006 at 2.00pm.
HAZEL SPALDING
HEAD OF DEMOCRATIC SERVICES
B U S I N E S S
1. Admission of Burgesses
MINUTES OF COUNCIL
2. (a) Minute of Meeting of Aberdeen City Council of 10th May, 2006 (circulated separately)
MINUTES OF STANDING COMMITTEES
3. Pamphlet of Minutes (circulated separately) - for information
OTHER MINUTES
* 4. (a) Minute of Meeting of The Aberdeen City Alliance of 16th March, 2006 for information
(b) Minute of Meeting of the Guildry and Mortifications Funds Board of 19th June, 2006 (for approval) (to follow)
REFERENCES TO COUNCIL
QUESTIONS
6. (a) Councillor Kiddie
“Will the Chief Executive indicate the cost of employing Tribal Management Consultants to undertake work on city regeneration?
What use was made of their work and how much has this been duplicated by the work of the latest company DTZ?”
(b) Councillor Clyne
(1) Who authorised a contractor to install a large number of metal containers on an amenity site on Laws Drive?
(2) Did the Council realise that these unsightly containers would generate an amount of traffic at all hours, to the annoyance of the residents?
(3) Did the Council realise that the site would attract hordes of children to use the container site as an adventure playground?
(4) If an accident were to happen who would be held responsible, the contractor or the Council who used their powers to bypass normal planning considerations?
(5) When the Council reorganised into a corporate asset it was the intention to put either a notional or actual value on property and land in the Council’s ownership, depending on the use. Was that ever carried out?
(6) As the contractor did not have storage premises in the city, was a notional cost placed on the amenity site and was that cost reflected in the bid?
(7) Would having to include the cost of storage in the city disadvantage a city based contractor in their bid?
(8) It is alleged that when a resident asked an official why they were not consulted, the reply was that “you would have objected”. Does this reply sum up the Council’s attitude to consultation?
(9) As the residents have been told that the contract will take eighteen months to complete, would it not be possible to use storage sites within the Council’s ownership?
(10) I have been asked to suggest other areas in Kincorth hold the containers. Does the Council believe that you solve a problem by shifting to another open site?
(11) Because I will not agree to inconvenience residents in other parts of Kincorth with the same problems that has disturbed the residents of Laws Drive, has the Council told the residents of Laws Drive that I am to blame for the containers not being removed?
GENERAL BUSINESS
7. (a) Chief Executives Annual Report
Would Members please note that this report has been circulated separately.
* (b) Corporate Plan Progress Report: Critical Success Factors - Report by Corporate Director for Strategic Leadership
(c) Lemon Tree Board – Appointment of Replacement Member
(d) Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route – Report by Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route Managing Agent, Strategic Leadership (to follow)
(f) National Transport Strategy Consultation - Report by Head of Planning and Infrastructure (to follow)
* (g) Council Diary 2007 - Report by Head of Democratic Services
(h) "A Shared Approach to Building a Better Scotland" - Consultation Document - Report by Corporate Director for Continuous Improvement (to follow)
(i) Draft Annual Accounts 2005/2006
(1) Report by City Chamberlain (to follow)
(2) Draft Annual Accounts (circulated under separate cover)
Would Members please take the Draft Annual Accounts to the Meeting.
(j) NESTOUR - Appointment of Substitute Members (Would Members please note that the Council's representatives on NESTOUR are The Lord Provost; and Councillors June Lamond and Porter)
(l) Disposal of Assets - Report by Head of Resources Development and Delivery (to follow)
MOTIONS
8. (a) Councillor Kiddie
“Aberdeen City Council agrees to ask the appropriate Committee to investigate the effect on voluntary organisations of the 1% budget increase with particular regard to service cuts”
(b) Councillor Cormack
"That Aberdeen City Council agree in principle to the establishment of a green burial site in the City and that a report be prepared on possible locations. (This has been requested by the Older People's Monitoring Group)".
(c) Councillor Clyne
"The Burgesses of Guild and the Seven Incorporated Trades of Aberdeen City represent a huge resource to the City in terms of their accumulated experience of the world of work and business. So as to explore how this might be used to support able young people entering the world of work, the Chief Executive is instructed to discuss with the Dean of Guild and Deacon Convener the possibility of establishing a small pilot "buddying" scheme between members of the two incorporations and final year students of Aberdeen College, the Robert Gordon University and the University of Aberdeen and to report back to the Economic Development Sub-Committee of Aberdeen City Council."
REPORTS NOT FOR PUBLICATION
REFERENCES TO COUNCIL
* 9. (a) (i) Resources Management Committee of 6th June, 2006 - External Support for Housing Repairs and Voids Management Projects and Service Redesign Training - Report by Head of Service Design and Development
(ii) Supplementary Information - Report by Head of Service Design and Development (to follow)
GENERAL BUSINESS
* 10. (a) Craft Operatives Agreement - Report by Corporate Director for Neighbourhood Services (Central)
(This report was referred simpliciter to the Council by the Resources Management Committee at its meeting on 6th June, 2006)
(b) Recruitment of Programme Director for Marischal Project - Report by Corporate Director for Strategic Leadership (to follow)
* (c) Building Materials - Tender Acceptances Report - Report by Purchasing Manager, Resources Management
(d) Guildry Award Scheme - Report by Assistant to the Chief Executive (to follow)
(e) Future of Council Property Sites - Report by Head of Resource Development and Delivery (to follow)
(f) Option Appraisal for Kittybrewster - Report by Head of Resources Development and Delivery (to follow)
(g) Procurement Initiative – Report by Purchasing Manager, Resources Management (to follow)
* circulated herewith
Should you require any further information about this agenda, please contact Martin Allan (Ext. 3057) or Christine Gunn (Ext. 2869).
