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ABERDEEN CITY COUNCIL
COMMUNITIES, HOUSING AND INFRASTRUCTURE
COMMITTEE
ORDERS OF REFERENCE
1.
To be accountable for all services provided by the Communities,
Housing and Infrastructure Service, except where delegated to the
Planning Development Management Committee.
2.
To receive and scrutinise performance information for the
Communities, Housing and Infrastructure Service, except where
delegated to the Planning Development Management Committee.
3.
To take financial decisions concerning the Communities, Housing and
Infrastructure Service budget where there will not be an adverse
impact.
4.
To ensure that it delivers the services within the overall
resources and management strategies as set by the Council and
overseen by the Finance, Policy and Resources Committee; and to
ensure that it achieves maximum value for money and Best Value in
service delivery; except where delegated to the Planning
Development Management Committee.
5.
To develop and approve service policies.
6.
In respect of Aberdeen Exhibition and Conference Centre Ltd and its
subsidiary companies, the Committee shall receive from the
governance hub twice yearly progress reports on matters such as
operational performance (including financial performance), people
performance, risk management and
service quality (including single outcome agreement achievements,
customer feedback, and health and safety); and an annual
presentation on the ALEO business plan, which will be used to
approve funding for the subsequent year.
7.
In respect of the Council’s responsibilities in relation to
the Scottish Police Authority, the Police Service of Scotland and
the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service under the Police and Fire
Reform (Scotland) Act 2012, the Committee will:-
(a)
comment on the strategic police plan and the strategic fire and
rescue plan when consulted by the relevant national authority;
(b)
respond to consultation by the Chief Constable on the designation
of a local commander and by the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service on
the designation of a local senior officer;
(c)
be involved in the setting of priorities and objectives for the
policing of Aberdeen and for the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service
for the undertaking of its functions in Aberdeen;
(d)
specify policing measures the Council wishes the local commander to
include in a local policing plan;
(e)
approve a local police plan submitted by the local commander and to
approve a local fire and rescue plan prepared by the local senior
officer and submitted by the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service;
(f)
monitor service provision and delivery in Aberdeen and provide
feedback to the local commander and the local senior officer;
(g)
consider reports, statistical information and other information
about the policing of Aberdeen and the undertaking of the Fire and
Rescue function in Aberdeen provided in response to the
Council’s reasonable requests;
(h)
agree, with the local commander, modifications to an approved local
police plan at any time; and
(i)
liaise with the local commander and local senior officer with
regard to the undertaking by them of the community planning duties
of the Chief Constable and the Scottish Fire and Rescue
Service.
8.
The Committee will consider such reports on the following tier 2
and 3 organisations, and any tier 4 organisation, as may be
submitted from the governance hub:-
·
North East Scotland Transport Partnership (NESTRANS)
·
Strategic Development Planning Authority (SDPA)
·
Visit Aberdeen
·
Grampian Venture Capital Fund Ltd
·
Aberdeen City and Shire Economic Forum (ACSEF)
·
Aberdeen Heat and Power (AHP)
·
Grampian Housing Association
·
Care and Repair
·
Aberdeen Lads Club
·
Fersands and Fountain Project
·
Middlefield Community Project
·
St Machar Parents Support Project
9.
Representatives from external organisations are required, when
requested, to attend and contribute to meetings.
