Decisions

The Committee resolved:-

to note that this had been deferred to the December meeting of the Committee.

The Committee resolved:-

(i)            to request that an update presentation be provided to the Committee in regard to the progress on Digitally Enabled Policing, which would include details on the amount of police officers trained to use the device; and

(ii)          to otherwise thank Inspector Jon Millar for this presentation and to note the information provided. 

The Committee resolved:-

(i)            to note that Diesel, one of the search and rescue dogs for the fire service, as well as his handler Gary Caroll, were due to be recognised at the House of Lords at the Animal Action Awards due to their specialist skills which had been used by the UK International Search and Rescue team in order to assist in disasters across the world; and

(ii)          to otherwise note the performance data provided in appendix A in relation to the SFRS 2019-20 Performance Report. 

The Committee resolved:-

to note the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service Strategic Plan 2019-22 Consultation Update.   

The Committee resolved:-

(i)            to request that a report be brought back to this Committee in regard to Cuckooing;

(ii)          to convey thanks to all staff throughout Police Scotland for their continued efforts and hard work; and

(iii)         to endorse the content of the report. 

The Committee resolved:-

(i)            to note the findings of the “Report of a joint inspection of services for children and young people in need of care and protection in Aberdeen” – September 2019;

(ii)          to note the requirement of the Community Planning Partnership to prepare a plan detailing the action it intends to take in response to the Inspection Report, to submit this to the Care Inspectorate within 6 weeks of publication (15 October 2019) and for this to be shared with members via a Service Update;

(iii)         to request that a finalised report be submitted to the December meeting for information; and

(iv)         to extent thanks to all staff involved with the Joint Inspection Report

The Committee resolved:-

(i)            to request that information on the Scottish Government Update on new Building Regulations be circulated to members which would include a summary of changes to Building Regulations; and

(ii)          to otherwise note the contents of the report and agree to receiving a future update in Autumn 2021. 

The Committee resolved:-

(i)            to note the contents of the report and appendix; and

(ii)          to agree to six monthly assurance reporting with the next update to the May meeting in 2020.

The Committee resolved:-

(i)            to request that Scottish Government guidance on caravan sites be circulated to members in due course;

(ii)          to note that an update report would continue to be submitted to this Committee, following the Scotland Public Health reform which was due in 2020;

(iii)         to note the achievements in relation to the Grampian Joint Health Protection Plan; and

(iv)         to note the Grampian Joint Health Protection Plan would be reviewed in 2020.

The Committee resolved:-

(i)            to welcome the content of the Child Protection Committee’s Annual Report 2018-19, including the Child Protection Improvement Programme for 2019-21;

(ii)          to endorse the positive impact and effectiveness of child protection improvement initiatives;

(iii)         to note the effective working across child protection; and

(iv)         to note the use of statistical information to inform practice and improvement initiatives relating to child protection.

The Committee resolved:-

(i)            to note that in regard to item 15 on the planner, (Generic Emergency Plan), that the report due to come to Committee next cycle would be a consolidated document, which would consolidate various different documents that officers were currently using;

(ii)          to agree to remove items 7 (Police Scotland Performance Report Full Year), 11 (Building Standards Activity Report), 12 (Child Protection Committee Annual Report), 13 (Scottish Fire and Rescue Strategic Plan 2019-22), 14 (Scottish Fire and Rescue Q1 Public Protection Report and 16 (Scottish Government Consultation Update; and

(iii)         to otherwise note the information contained within the business planner.

The Committee resolved:-

(i)            to pay tribute to Councillor Sandy Stuart, who had sadly passed away and to recognise his positive input as a former member of the Committee; and

(ii)          to otherwise approve the minute as a correct record. 

(i)        to note that officers had provided assurances that there would be a degree of flexibility in terms of the timescales for the formal consultation period;

(ii)       to instruct the Chief Officer – Operations and Protective Services to determine whether trade unions had been notified of the timescales for formal consultation and that a response in this regard be circulated to members and trade union advisers; and

(iii)      to otherwise note the report.

(i)        that in relation to incident (reportable employee) frequency rates at section 3.11 of the report, that officers incorporate benchmark figures from other local authorities in future reports, if available; and

(ii)       to otherwise note the report.

(i)        to note the content of this report; and

(ii)       to instruct the Chief Operating Officer to continue to monitor the impact of the actions detailed in this report and to provide a service update to Members and Trade Union Advisers in one calendar year.

(i)       to instruct officers to circulate details to members in relation to Respiratory Protective Equipment (RPE), specifically (1) why policies and procedures were not yet in place; and (2) whether there was a system in place to check the condition of the equipment;      

(ii)      that ‘Asbestos Incidents’ be added to the agenda as a standing item for three committee cycles, noting that if there were no incidents of this nature, a report would not be required; and

(iii)      to otherwise note the report.

(i)        to approve the new approach to internal recruitment and internal movement of staff as set out within this report and instruct the Chief Officer (Organisational Development) to implement the approach;

(ii)       to note that following consideration of this report, and consultation with trade unions, the redeployment process and the managing recruitment and selection guidance will be updated to align with the approach and circulated to this committee as a service update;

(iii)      to note that the Chief Officer (Organisational Development) would circulate details of the external recruitment costs and current redeployment figures to members of the committee; and

(iv)      to instruct the Chief Officer (Organisational Development) to submit an update report on the new approach to internal recruitment and internal movement of staff to this committee in one-year time.

there were no referrals from Council, Committees or Sub Committees.

there were no notices of motion.

(i)        in respect of item 10 (Policy Review), to note that there were no policies to be reported; and

(ii)       to note the reason for the reporting delay in relation to item 8 (EAS Scheme/Occupational Health/ Sickness Absence six monthly report); and

(iii)      to otherwise note the planner.

to approve the minute as a correct record.

there were no requests for deputation.

there were no declarations of interest.

there was no exempt business.

there was no urgent business.