Decision details

With reference to article (TBC) of the minute of the Council Budget meeting of 3 March 2020, the Committee had before it a report by the Chief Operating Officer which presented considerations for future operational delivery models for Bon Accord Care and Sport Aberdeen in line with the instruction given at the meeting in March.

The report recommended:-

that Committee –

(a)       note the impact that Covid 19 has had on the Arms Length External Organisations (ALEOs) financial operating environment and continuing uncertainty as to their going concern;

(b)       note the outcome of the initial assessment from having considered the options for future operational delivery for Bon Accord Care and Sport Aberdeen;

(c)        instruct the Head of Commercial and Procurement Services, in conjunction with the Chief Officer Health and Social Care, to produce a joint commissioning plan between Bon Accord Care and Sport Aberdeen taking into account their operational delivery models and to present that to the next meeting of the Committee; and

(d)       instruct the Head of Commercial and Procurement Services, in consultation with the Chief Officer – Finance, to present considerations for a wider scope of operational delivery models involving all the  Council’s Tier 1 ALEOs given the emerging operating environment for them, and to present that to the next meeting of the Committee.

The Committee resolved:-

(i)         to approve the recommendations; and

(ii)        to agree that the Head of Commercial and Procurement Services write a letter to both the Scottish Government and the UK Government highlighting the economically catastrophic effect Covid-19 has had on Sport Aberdeen and requesting they provide financial assistance to offset the impact of enforced closures, and invite Alistair Robertson (Chief Executive) Sport Aberdeen to contribute to that letter.