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North Lanarkshire Council · 30 August 2024
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Enterprise and Fair Work Committee - Friday, 30 August 2024 1 Friday, 30 August 2024 at 10:00 AM. A Meeting of the ENTERPRISE AND FAIR WORK COMMITTEE PRESENT Councillor McVey, Convener; Councillor McKay, Vice- Convener; Councillors Bustard, Crichton, Currie, Di Mascio, Docherty, Duffy, Duffy-Lawson, Goldie, Jarvie, Leckie, McCrory, B McCulloch, McPake, Mitchell, Nolan, Roarty, Robinson, Thomas and Williams. ALSO PRESENT In accordance with Standing Order 64(A) Councillors McBride, Toner and Smith attended as substitutes for Councillors Dunbar, Masterton and Sullivan respectively. CHAIR Councillor McVey (Convener) presided. IN ATTENDANCE Chief Officer (Place), Chief Social Work Officer (Education, Families, Justice & Integrated Practice), Enterprise Manager and Democratic Manager. APOLOGIES Councillors Dunbar, Masterton and Sullivan 1 Declarations of Interest In Terms of the Ethical Standards In Public Life Etc. (Scotland) Act 2000 Councillor Jarvie, by virtue of being the a member of Business Gateway Steering Group , declared a connection amounting to a declarable interest in respect of agenda item 2 “Business Gateway Performance Update" and further declared that she considered that the interest was so sufficiently remote that it did not preclude her participation in consideration of the item. Councillor Duffy declared a connection amounting to a declarable interest, by virtue of being a member of Routes to Work Limited, in respect of paragraph 5 “Re -appointment of Category B Directors - Routes to Work Ltd” and left the meeting during consideration of the item. 2 Business Gateway Performance Update There was submitted a report by the Chief Officer (Place) (1) providing an overview of the final outturn of the Lanarkshire Business Gateway outsourced contract for the period from 1 March 2023 to 29 February 2024; (2) setting out details of the insourcing of the service and the implementation of the new National Service Specification, and (3) intimating that delivery of an insourced operating model will ensure that Business Gateway services are fully aligned and integrated with other Council business facing services. Decided: (1) that the final outturn position of the Business Gateway contract as at 29 February 2024 be acknowledged;
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Enterprise and Fair Work Committee - Friday, 30 August 2024 2 (2) that it be acknowledged that the Business Gateway Lanarkshire service was now being delivered via an inhouse model, and (3) that the update on the new service specification that is now being delivered across Lanarkshire be acknowledged. 3 Economic Regeneration Delivery Plan and Performance Framework – Annual Progress Updates There was submitted a report by the Chief Officer (Place) (1) providing an update on the progress being made towards the implementation and delivery of North Lanarkshire's Economic Regeneration Delivery Plan (ERDP) and the associated action plan; (2) presenting the latest ERDP performance framework update which is used to monitor wider ERDP performance over the short, medium and longer term, and (3) advising that figures within the performance framework are reported on a cumulative basis to show progress against the longer term ambitions of the ERDP Decided: (1) that progress made towards the delivery of the 2023/24 ERDP Action Plan, which was approved by this Committee in February 2023, be acknowledged, and (2) that the wider progress and performance against the ERDP 2019 to 2023, 2023 to 2028 and beyond be acknowledged. 4 City Deal Programme Update There was submitted a report by the Chief Officer (Place) (1) advising of the current status of North Lanarkshire City Deal Infrastructure Programme and its sub projects; (2) providing details of the approved changes to the City Deal Programme, and (3) advising that the East Airdrie Link Road Outline Business Case had been approved by the Glasgow City Region Cabinet. Decided: (1) that the status and progress of North Lanarkshire City Deal infrastructure sub projects and revised Programme be acknowledged; (2) that the decision by Glasgow City Region on 6 August 2024 to remove the Ravenscraig North sub project from the City Deal Programme (dualling of A723) and reprofile the Airbles Road Improvements sub project to 2028 and 2029 be acknowledged, and (3) that the approval of the East Airdrie Link Road Outline Business Case by the Glasgow City Region Cabinet be acknowledged. 5 Re-appointment of Category B Directors - Routes to Work Ltd There was submitted a report by the Chief Social Work Officer (Education, Families, Justice & Integrated Practice) seeking the re-appointment of four Category B directors to Routes to Work Limited who are reaching the three-year limit on their appointment by the Council and are willing to be re-appointed, as set out in section 2.3 of the report Decided: that the four Category B directors be re-appointed to the Board of Directors of Routes to Work Limited.
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Enterprise and Fair Work Committee - Friday, 30 August 2024 3 6 Contract Awards Below Committee Approval Threshold There was submitted a report by the Chief Officer (Assets and Procurement) intimating that the contract highlighted within Appendix 1 to the report had been awarded by him in accordance with the General Contract Standing Orders since the last Committee reporting cycle. Decided: that the contract awarded since the last Committee reporting cycle be acknowledged.