Agendas, reports and minutes

A meeting of the Re-Design Board of the Highland Council will take place on Tuesday, 18 October 2016 at 2.00pm in Committee Room 1, Highland Council Headquarters, Glenurquhart Road, Inverness. 

You are invited to attend the meeting and a note of the business to be considered is attached.

Yours faithfully

Michelle Morris
Depute Chief Executive/
Director of Corporate Development 

BUSINESS

1. Apologies for Absence

2. Declarations of Interest

Members are asked to consider whether they have an interest to declare in relation to any item on the agenda for this meeting. Any Member making a declaration of interest should indicate whether it is a financial or non-financial interest and include some information on the nature of the interest. Advice may be sought from Officers prior to the meeting taking place.

3. Minutes of Previous Meeting

There are circulated Minutes of the previous Meeting held on Tuesday, 30 August 2016 for approval.

4. The Future Management of Catering, Cleaning and Facilities Management/ Janitorial Services 

There is circulated Report No. RDB/12/16 dated 10 October 2016 by the Director of Care and Learning which summarises the Business Case for options for the future management of Catering, Cleaning and Facilities Management/Janitorial Services and invites the Board to consider and discuss the proposed options and to select one option to recommend to the Council for implementation.

In this regard, the report previously circulated for the Board Workshop on 4 October (Appendix 1) and the Business Case (Appendix 2) have also been attached as background papers.

The Board is asked to consider and discuss the relative merits of each of the final two options outlined in the report and also consider each option in the wider context of budget and redesign priorities.

The Board is also asked to conclude which option they would like implemented and recommend this option to the full Council for decision and implementation.