Draft Minutes of Meeting
West Dunbartonshire Council · 14 August 2024
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CORPORATE SERVICES COMMITTEE At a Hybrid Meeting of the Corporate Services Committee held in the Civic Space, 16 Church Street, Dumbarton on Wednesday, 14 August 2024 at 2.00 p.m. Present: Councillors Ian Dickson, David McBride, Jonathan McColl, Michelle McGinty, Karen Murray Conaghan, Lauren Oxley, Martin Rooney, Gordon Scanlan and Clare Steel. Attending: Peter Hessett, Chief Executive; Alan Douglas, Chief Officer – Regulatory and Regeneration; Amanda Graham, Chief Officer – Citizen, Culture and Facilities; Laurence Slavin, Chief Officer – Resources; Victoria Rogers, Chief Officer – People and Technology; Lauren Crooks, Strategic Communication, Culture & Performance Manager; Stephen Daly, Citizen & Digital Manager; Alison McBride, Strategic People and Change Manager; Michelle Lynn, Assets Co-ordinator; Arun Menon, Business Support Manager; Lisa MacGregor, People & Change Partner; Adrian Gray, Finance Business Partner; Nigel Ettles, Principal Solicitor; and Scott Kelly, Committee Officer. Apologies: Apologies for absence were intimated on behalf of Councillors Daniel Lennie and June McKay. Councillor Michelle McGinty in the Chair STATEMENT BY CHAIR – AUDIO STREAMING Councillor McGinty, Chair, advised that the meeting was being audio streamed and broadcast live to the internet and would be available for playback. DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST It was noted that there were no declarations of interest in any of the items of business on the agenda. RECORDING OF VOTES The Committee agreed that all votes taken during the meeting would be carried out by roll call vote to ensure an accurate record.
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MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING The Minutes of Meeting of the Corporate Services Committee held on 22 May 2024 were submitted and approved as a correct record. OPEN FORUM The Committee noted that no open forum questions had been submitted by members of the public. CORPORATE SERVICES CAPITAL BUDGETARY CONTROL REPORT TO 30 JUNE 2024 (PERIOD 3) A report was submitted by the Chief Officer – Resources providing an update on the Corporate Services capital programme to 30 June 2024. After discussion and having heard the Chief Officer – Resources and the Assets Co- ordinator in further explanation and in answer to a Member’s questions, the Committee agreed:- (1) to note the current position of the 2024/25 capital budget for Corporate Services; (2) to note a projected adverse project life variance of £0.040m (0.14% of the overall revised budget); (3) to note an in-year variance of £0.162m due to reprofiling of projects; and (4) to approve additional prudential borrowing of £0.040m to fund the adverse variance noted in (3) above for the Agresso Development Project. CORPORATE SERVICES BUDGETARY CONTROL REPORT TO 30 JUNE 2024 (PERIOD 3) A report was submitted by the Chief Officer – Resources advise the Committee on the performance of the Corporate Services budget for the period to 30 June 2024. Having heard the Chief Officer – Resources in further explanation of the report, the Committee agreed to note that the revenue account currently showed a projected annual favourable variance of £0.101m (0.28% of the total budget). The meeting closed at 2.10 p.m.