Issue - meetings

(i)       in relation to RS03 (Road Safety Promotion), to suggest that the Roads Team could also liaise with Police Scotland in respect of the Junior Cop initiative which had been discussed at the Communities, Housing and Public Protection Committee;

(ii)       in relation to RS05 (Driver Education) - Implementation of vehicle activated signs at existing and new sites, to request that officers circulate information on the selected sites to Members outwith the meeting, once these were determined;

(iii)      to approve the schemes listed in appendices A & B as the detailed proposals for expenditure within each budget heading; and

(iv)      to instruct the Chief Officer - Operations and Protective Services, following consultation with the Head of Commercial and Procurement Service, to undertake or instruct appropriate procedures in accordance with the Council’s procurement regulations to procure the works referred to in the appendices for the Road Safety and Road Safety Infrastructure funds as part of the capital budget programme for the financial year 2023/24 and award contracts relating thereto.

With reference to article 12 of the minute of its previous meeting, the Committee had before it a report by the Director of Resources which outlined the remaining proposed Road Safety programme for the approved 2023/2024 capital budgets, and sought approval for the schemes detailed in the report and associated appendix.

The report recommended:-

that the Committee –

(a)      approve the schemes listed in appendices A & B as the detailed proposals for expenditure within each budget heading; and

(b)      instruct the Chief Officer - Operations and Protective Services, following consultation with the Head of Commercial and Procurement Service, to undertake or instruct appropriate procedures in accordance with the Council’s procurement regulations to procure the works referred to in the appendices for the Road Safety and Road Safety Infrastructure funds as part of the capital budget programme for the financial year 2023/24 and award contracts relating thereto.

The Committee resolved:-

(i)       in relation to RS03 (Road Safety Promotion), to suggest that the Roads Team could also liaise with Police Scotland in respect of the Junior Cop initiative which had been discussed at the Communities, Housing and Public Protection Committee;

(ii)       in relation to RS05 (Driver Education) - Implementation of vehicle activated signs at existing and new sites, to request that officers circulate information on the selected sites to Members outwith the meeting, once these were determined; and

(iii)      to approve the recommendations.