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Monday night saw the latest set of meetings of the City Council and the service committees, you can read the agendas here.
I spoke on a number of issues at the meetings. At the Leisure, Arts and Communities Committee I congratulated the Convener on bringing forward a report which highlighted that a variety of facilities would be shut over the Christmas and New Year holidays. Clearly this recognised that the customers - the people of Dundee - and the staff would want to celebrate Christmas and not 'Winter Light Night.' On the ongoing saga of 'Winter Light Night' I was pleased to see my colleague Councillor Mohammed Asif's comments in the Courier and Evening Telegraph highlighting the need for common sense.
There was a long discussion on the review of Council House rents. The SNP-Administration are proposing to consult on a single option which proposes raising council house rents by 4%. This proposed increase is way above the current rate of inflation. Labour tried to put forward an alternative which would have included more options, we supported a Liberal Democrat proposal which was defeated to allow for two options to be put forward. It will be interesting to see what Dundee's council house tenants make of the SNP proposal.
I welcomed a report in the Social Work and Health which proposes a change to the initial way in which people receive home care. It is important to try to maintain the independence of service users.
In the Policy and Resources Committee there was an interesting debate about the future of the V&A project in Dundee. This is slowly moving on. It is important that the council does what it can to promote this project but at the same time the council must be clear that there are no blank cheques.
I spoke on a number of issues at the meetings. At the Leisure, Arts and Communities Committee I congratulated the Convener on bringing forward a report which highlighted that a variety of facilities would be shut over the Christmas and New Year holidays. Clearly this recognised that the customers - the people of Dundee - and the staff would want to celebrate Christmas and not 'Winter Light Night.' On the ongoing saga of 'Winter Light Night' I was pleased to see my colleague Councillor Mohammed Asif's comments in the Courier and Evening Telegraph highlighting the need for common sense.
There was a long discussion on the review of Council House rents. The SNP-Administration are proposing to consult on a single option which proposes raising council house rents by 4%. This proposed increase is way above the current rate of inflation. Labour tried to put forward an alternative which would have included more options, we supported a Liberal Democrat proposal which was defeated to allow for two options to be put forward. It will be interesting to see what Dundee's council house tenants make of the SNP proposal.
I welcomed a report in the Social Work and Health which proposes a change to the initial way in which people receive home care. It is important to try to maintain the independence of service users.
In the Policy and Resources Committee there was an interesting debate about the future of the V&A project in Dundee. This is slowly moving on. It is important that the council does what it can to promote this project but at the same time the council must be clear that there are no blank cheques.
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