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West Dunbartonshire Council · 28 August 2024
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Agenda West Dunbartonshire Council Date: Wednesday, 28 August 2024 ___________________________________________________________________ Time: 16:00 ___________________________________________________________________ Format: Hybrid meeting ___________________________________________________________________ Contact: Carol-Ann Burns, Senior Democratic Services Officer Email: carol-ann.burns@west-dunbarton.gov.uk committee.admin@west-dunbarton.gov.uk Dear Member Please attend a meeting of West Dunbartonshire Council as detailed above. Members will have the option to attend the meeting remotely or in person at the Civic Space, 16 Church Street, Dumbarton. The business is shown on the attached agenda. Yours faithfully PETER HESSETT Chief Executive Page 1
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Distribution:- Provost Douglas McAllister Councillor June McKay Councillor James Bollan Councillor John Millar Councillor Ian Dickson Councillor Karen Murray Conaghan Councillor Diane Docherty Councillor Lawrence O’Neill Councillor Fiona Hennebry Councillor Lauren Oxley Councillor Gurpreet Singh Johal Councillor Chris Pollock Councillor Daniel Lennie Councillor Martin Rooney Councillor David McBride Councillor Gordon Scanlan Councillor Jonathan McColl Councillor Hazel Sorrell Councillor James McElhill Councillor Clare Steel Councillor Michelle McGinty Councillor Sophie Traynor Chief Executive Chief Officers Date of issue: 15 August 2024 Audio Streaming Audio recordings of the meeting (including the attendance or contribution of any party participating or making a contribution) will be published on the Council’s website and the Council’s host’s webcast/audio stream platform. You should be aware that the Council is a Data Controller under the General Data Protection Regulation. Data collected during this audio stream will be retained in accordance with the Council’s Privacy Notice* and Retention Schedules including, but not limited to, for the purpose of keeping historical records and making those records available via the Council’s internet site. Page 2
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WEST DUNBARTONSHIRE COUNCIL WEDNESDAY, 28 AUGUST 2024 AGENDA 1 STATEMENT BY CHAIR – AUDIO STREAMING 2 APOLOGIES 3 DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST Members are invited to declare if they have an interest in any of the items of business on the agenda and the reasons for such declarations. 4 RECORDING OF VOTES The Council is asked to agree that all votes taken during the meeting will be carried out by roll call vote to ensure an accurate record. 5 MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING 7 – 11 Submit for approval, as correct record, the Minutes of Meeting of West Dunbartonshire Council held on 19 June 2024. 6 MINUTES OF MEETING OF AUDIT COMMITTEE 13 – 14 Submit for information, and where necessary ratification, the Minutes of Meeting of the Audit Committee held on 21 February 2024. 7 OPEN FORUM The Council is asked to note that no open forum questions have been submitted by members of the public. 8 GLASGOW CITY REGION CITY DEAL – UPDATE 15 – 18 Submit report by the Chief Officer – Regulatory and Regeneration advising of the progress with the implementation of the Exxon Infrastructure Project, and providing an update on Glasgow City Region City Deal Programme. Page 3
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9 AUDITED 2022/23 ANNUAL ACCOUNTS Subject to audit completion Submit report by the Chief Officer – Resources in relation to the above. 10 DRAFT 2023/24 ANNUAL ACCOUNTS 19 – 229 With reference to the Minutes of Meeting of West Dunbartonshire Council held on 19 June 2024, submit report by the Chief Officer – Resources providing a copy of the draft 2023/24 Annual Accounts and information regarding the 2023/24 outturn as set out in the draft accounts. 11 GENERAL SERVICES CAPITAL BUDGETARY CONTROL 231 – 251 REPORT 2024/25 TO PERIOD 3 (30 JUNE 2024) Submit report by the Chief Officer – Resources providing an update on the General Services capital financial performance to 30 June 2024. 12 GENERAL SERVICES REVENUE BUDGETARY CONTROL 253 – 284 REPORT TO 30 JUNE 2024 (PERIOD 3) Submit report by the Chief Officer – Resources providing an update on the 2024/25 Revenue Budget position at 30 June 2024 and the forecast position of the General Fund Reserve as at 31 March 2025. 13 POLICY FOR ELECTION POSTERS 285 – 294 Submit report by the Chief Officer – Roads and Neighbourhood providing a proposed revision to the Arrangements in Force at the Poll prohibiting the use of election posters. 14 FESTIVE CLOSURE AND PUBLIC HOLIDAYS VARIATIONS 295 – 306 Submit report by the Chief Officer – People and Technology setting out the proposed changes to public holiday allocation for local government and craft/quasi-craft employees, and proposed variation of the festive closure arrangements agreed by Council in December 2023. 15/ Page 4
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15 NOTICE OF MOTIONS (a) Motion by Councillor Jim Bollan – Proposal to close services during the holiday period, 2024/2025. Council agrees to withdraw the proposal to close WDC services for two weeks across the Xmas/New Year holiday period, 2024/2025. Within the context of the flexible working, many employees will have to use well over twenty and in some cases 25 percent of their annual leave, which is not proportionate and unfair. Council further agrees to use £8,000 from reserves to fund the resulting gap in the budget for 2024/2025. (b) Motion by Councillor Gordon Scanlan – Child Poverty This Council recognises that tacking child poverty must be a priority for all elected members and that the 2 child cap policy imposed by the UK Government is contributing to the stark levels of poverty we are witnessing within our community and our nation. Council notes with disappointment that our newly elected Labour MP Douglas McAllister voted against the SNP’s amendment to the King’s Speech, which would remove this archaic policy and immediately lift 300,000 children across the UK out of poverty. Council calls on the UK Labour government with its huge majority and total power and control of the UK Parliament to immediately remove this policy from its programme of government and lift hundreds of thousands of children out of poverty. Page 5