Agendas, reports and minutes

A meeting of the Redesign Board will be held in the Council Chamber, Council Headquarters, Glenurquhart Road, Inverness (with remote video conferencing options available) on Monday, 8 November 2021 at 2.00pm.

Members are advised that following completion of business, a Workshop will be convened from 3.00pm in respect of Roads/Engineering Services, led by the Executive Chief Officer Infrastructure, Economy & Environment.

A separate invite is issued for the Workshop.

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

Yours faithfully

Stewart Fraser
Head of Corporate Governance 

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 the Previous Meeting

There are circulated Minutes of the Previous Meeting held on Friday, 20 August 2021.

4. Property Asset Rationalisation

There is circulated Report No RDB/6/21 dated 1 November 2021 by the Executive Chief Officer, Property & Housing.

Members are asked to:

i.    consider and approve the list of offices in scope for review and potential rationalisation at Appendix 1 of the report; and 
ii.    consider and approve the strategic approach to the review and rationalisation of the Councils Office Portfolio as set out in this report.

5. Amenities Project Update

There is circulated Report No RDB/7/21 dated 22 October 2021 by the Executive Chief Officer, Communities & Place.

Members are asked to:

i.    note the 6 project objectives and the progress made to date across all workstreams;
ii.    note the Scottish Government’s allocation of funding for play park renewal for financial year 2021-22, options on the apportionment of the funding across Highland will be presented to Communities and Place Committee on the 10 November 2021 along with a proposed approach to developing a Highland play parks strategy, with updates to be provided to the Redesign Board; and
iii.    agree the schedule and timeline set out in section 5.8.2 of the report, for place-based workshops/engagement sessions to support Objective 5.3 – (community involvement – place-based approach) with follow up actions facilitated through Ward Business Meetings.

6. HR System Replacement

Related to previous work managed through the Board on Workforce Planning, Members are advised that a report on the HR System Replacement will be put to the 24 November 2021 Corporate Resources Committee, and that Board Members not on the Corporate Resources Committee will be issued with the report as soon as this is made available.