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Agenda
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Members
Councillors Robertson (Argyll & Bute Council); O’Donnell (East Dunbartonshire Council); Lafferty (East Renfrewshire Council); McIlwee (Inverclyde Council); Williams (Renfrewshire Council); and Casey (West Dunbartonshire Council).
Convener – Councillor Williams.
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Present
Councillors Robertson (Argyll & Bute Council); O'Donnell (East Dunbartonshire Council); Williams (Renfrewshire Council); and Casey (West Dunbartonshire Council).
Chair
Councillor Williams, Convener, presided.
In Attendance
J Hunter, Chief Officer, (North Strathclyde Community Justice Authority); C Sneddon (Argyll & Bute Council); L Gaff (East Renfrewshire Council); A Howard (Inverclyde Council); P Macleod, A Scott, G Borland and E Currie (all Renfrewshire Council); and N Firth and J Irvine (both West Dunbartonshire Council).
Partners
F MacKinnonn (Sacro) and J Ryan (Action for Children).
Items Of Business
Apologies
Apologies from members.
Councillor McIlwee (Inverclyde Council).
Declarations of Interest
Members are asked to declare an interest in any item(s) on the agenda and to provide a brief explanation of the nature of the interest.
There were no declarations of interest intimated prior to commencement of the meeting.
Note of inquorate meeting held on 4 September, 2015.
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There was submitted the note of the inquorate meeting held on 4 September, 2015.
DECIDED: That the note of the inquorate meeting be noted.
Report by Treasurer and Chief Officer.
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There was submitted a joint revenue budget monitoring report by the Treasurer and Chief Officer in respect of the Authority. The report intimated that expenditure on core services was anticipated to be £305,374 over budget and expenditure on non-core services was anticipated to be £91,899 under budget, which resulted in an anticipated £213,475 net overspend for the Authority.
Argyll, Bute and Dunbartonshire Criminal Justice Social Work Partnership was projecting an overspend of £166,236; East Renfrewshire Council was projecting an overspend of £48,934; Inverclyde Council was projecting a break-even position and Renfrewshire Council was projecting an underspend of £1,695. Any over-spend at the year-end was required to be met by the relevant local authority.
DECIDED: That the report be noted.
Report by Treasurer and Chief Officer.
3
There was submitted a joint administration grant revenue budget monitoring report by the Treasurer and the Chief Officer in respect of the Authority. The report intimated that expenditure against the administration grant was currently projected to result in an underspend of £8,337. Details of the projected expenditure were attached to the report.
DECIDED: That the report be noted.
Report by Treasurer and Chief Officer. Accounts issued to members under separate cover as accounts have not been laid before Parliament.
4
Under reference to item 3 of the Minute of the meeting of this meeting held on 12 June, 2015 there was submitted a report by the Treasurer and the Chief Officer relative to the audited annual accounts for the Authority 2014/15. The report intimated that the Audit Certificate issued by Audit Scotland provided an unqualified opinion that the abstract of the accounts presented a true and fair view of the financial position of the Authority as at 31 March, 2015, in accordance with the accounting policies detailed in the accounts. A report on the 2014/2015 audit by Audit Scotland was also attached to the report and indicated that there were no matters arising from the audit which required reporting to members.
DECIDED: That the audited accounts be approved and the report by Audit Scotland be noted.
Report by Planning Officer.
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There was submitted a report by the Planning Officer relative to the North Strathclyde Community Justice Authority Action Plan 2015/16. The report intimated that the Authority was required to produce annual action plans to progress the overarching strategy of the 2014/17 area plan. There were 12 actions in the action plan which would be undertaken as a partnership and 19 associated activities, the majority of which were the responsibility of the Chief Officer or Planning Officer of the Authority.
DECIDED:
(a) That the report be noted; and
(b) That authority be delegated to the Chief Officer, in consultation with the Convener, to amend the action plan if required.
Report by Chief Officer.
6
There was submitted a report by the Chief Officer relative to the North Strathclyde Community Justice Authority Annual Report for 2014/15. The report intimated that the Management of Offenders etc (Scotland) Act 2005 stated that Community Justice Authority (CJA) annual reports should be submitted as soon as practical after the end of each financial year. Accordingly, the Scottish Government had set a deadline of 30 September, 2015 for submission of the 2014/15 annual reports. The format for the Authority Annual Report 2014/15 contained seven main sections and these were detailed in the report.
The Chief Officer had submitted the Annual Report 2014/15 to the Scottish Government by the deadline and the report sought homologation for this action.
DECIDED:
(a) That the report be noted; and
(b) That the Annual Report 2014/15 be approved and that the action taken by the Chief Officer in submitting the Annual Report 2014/15 to the Scottish Government by the deadline date of 30 September, 2015 be homologated.
Report by Chief Officer. (Appendix not available - copy to follow).
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Under reference to item 12 of the Minute of the reconvened meeting of this Authority held on 11 December, 2015 there was submitted a report by the Chief Officer relative to a ‘one-one’ grant from the Scottish Government to be spent during the 2015/16 financial year and to be used specifically to develop Bail Supervision and Diversion Services.
The report intimated that the Chief Officer had been working with senior officers from Sacro and the three constituent authorities, together with the Scottish Prison System, to develop a proposal for additional services to women.
It was noted that further meetings were required to discuss this proposal and it was proposed that authority be delegated to the Chief Officer, in consultation with the Convener, to allocate the ‘one-off’ funding of £107,563 to Sacro following consideration of the service proposal and that the constituent authorities be advised of the outcome of the further discussions. This was agreed.
DECIDED:
(a) That authority be delegated to the Chief Officer, in consultation with the Convener, to allocate the ‘one-off’ funding of £107,563 to Sacro following consideration of the service proposal; and
(b) That constituent authorities be advised of the outcome of the further discussions.
Report by Chief Officer.
8
There was submitted a report by the Chief Officer relative to the debate of the Criminal Justice (Scotland) Bill in the Chamber of the Scottish Parliament on 19 November, 2015.
The report detailed issues raised in the debate and intimated that the Minister accepted that the concerns raised were relevant and undertook to look at those parts of the Bill prior to Stage 2.
DECIDED: That the report be noted.
Report by Chief Officer.
9
There was submitted a report by the Chief Officer relative to additional work days undertaken by the Training and Development Officer.
The report intimated that for the past five years the Training and Development Officer had provided 10 days training per month as part of a national pool of trainers from other Community Justice Authorities. Due to staff turnover and the demands to deliver the core national training, the officer had accumulated a significant number of additional unpaid days which had now reached a total of 59 full days. The report proposed that the excess days be purchased back from the officer at a cost of £10,964 and that this be taken from the surplus funds in the Training and Development budget. It was further proposed that the Chief Officer investigate the possibility of obtaining this funding from those bodies that the additional work had been undertaken for. This was agreed.
DECIDED:
(a) That the report be noted;
(b) That the proposal to pay the Training and Development Officer for the extra 59 days worked since 2011 be approved; and
(c) That the Chief Officer investigate the possibility of obtaining this funding from those bodies that the additional work had been undertaken for.
Note that the next meeting of the Authority will be held on Friday, 11 March, 2016 at 10.30 am in Renfrewshire House.
10
DECIDED: That it be noted that the next meeting of the Authority would be held at 10.30 am on Friday, 11 March, 2016 in Renfrewshire House.
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