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There was submitted an update report by the Director of Environment & Infrastructure Services relative to the performance of services delivered by Integrated Facilities Management (Hard & Soft Services) from 1 April to 22 June 2018.
Councillor Shaw, seconded by Councillor Nicolson, moved that the operational performance update report be approved.
Councillor Dowling, seconded by Councillor Brown, moved as an amendment: (a) that the Finance Board notes that the uptake of free school dinners is below the annual target and below performance in the same period in 2017/18. The Board also notes that the level of Pupil Equity Fund per school is impacted by the rates of free school dinner uptake.
The Board further notes that changes in the process for applying for free school dinners means that application forms must be requested from and then returned to the Council, rather than via individual schools.
Council will consider how to make the free school dinners application process accessible to parents within school settings, and a report will be brought forward to the next meeting of the Finance Board outlining how this matter will be taken forward; and
(b) the Finance Board notes that the percentage of street lighting faults that are dealt with internally and reported beyond the 7 day timescale is not presented in Performance Updates. A report will be brought forward to the next meeting of the Finance Board outlining how this matter will be taken forward.
In terms of Standing Order 27, the mover and seconder of the amendment agreed to replace “Finance Board” with “appropriate Board” in the last sentence of part (a) and thereafter the mover and seconder of the motion agreed to include part (a) of the amendment only within the motion.
On the roll being called the following members voted for the amendment as set out in part (b): Councillors Begg, Brown, Dowling, Harte, Sharkey and Strang.
The following members voted for the motion as amended: Provost Cameron and Councillors Audrey Doig, McNaughtan, Nicolson, Paterson, Shaw and Steel.
6 members having voted for the amendment and 7 members having voted for the motion as amended, the motion as amended was accordingly declared carried.
DECIDED:
(a) That the operational performance update report be approved;
(b) That it be noted that the uptake of free school dinners was below the annual target and below performance in the same period in 2017/18, that the level of Pupil Equity Fund per school was impacted by the rate of free school dinner uptake, and that changes in the process for applying for free school dinners meant that application forms must be requested from and then returned to the Council, rather than via individual schools; and
(c) That it be agreed that the Council consider how to make the free school dinners application process accessible to parents within school settings and that a report be brought forward to the next meeting of the appropriate Board outlining how this matter would be taken forward.