ADMINISTRATION AND LEGAL SERVICES
INFORMATION BULLETIN
JUNE/JULY 2009
INDEX
Title / Page No/sCouncil House Sales / 3
Road Orders / 4
Taxi Licensing / 5-7
Civic Licensing / 8-9
Liquor Licensing / 10-12
Tenders / 13-14
Tender Exceptions / 15
Comments and Complaints/ Ombudsman System / 16
Consultation Documents / 17-18
Freedom of Information (FOI) / 19-20
Trust Grants / 21
Constituent Enquiries raised by Elected Members / 22
Civic Events / 23
COUNCIL HOUSE SALES
The 1987 Housing (Scotland) Act extends tenants Right to Buy their Council homes. As a result of the Housing (Scotland) Act 2001, substantial changes were made to the Right to Buy. These changes came into force on 30th September, 2002 but the rights of tenants remaining in their existing homes are unaffected. The table shows the number of properties sold by the Council in this period.
The number of Council houses sold through the right to buy scheme.
Town / NoAlloa / 2
Sauchie / 1
Any enquiries regarding Council House Sales please contact:
Admin & Legal Services, Tel: 01259 452094 or e-mail:
ROAD ORDERS
Road Orders are part of the legal process of placing speed, access, or parking restrictions on roads and footpaths. As the roads authority for the area, it is the Council’s responsibility to formalise all changes to the general pattern of access or use of public roads.
Name of Order / Proposed Date / Made Date / Type of Order / Areas Affected /The Clacmannanshire Council (Paton Street, Alloa)
(Weight Restriction) Order 2009 / 10/06/2009 / 20/07/2009 / Weight Restriction / Paton Street and Fenton Street, Alloa
The Clackmannanshire Council (Laurelbank, Menstrie)
(Temporary Road Closure) Order 2009 / 18/06/2009 / 18/06/2009 / Temporary Closure / Laurelbank, Menstrie
The Clackmannanshire Council (Various Street, Clackmannan)
(Waiting Restrictions) Order 2009 / 22/06/2009 / 12/08/2009 / Waiting Restrictions / Main Street/Cattlemarket, Clackmannan
The Clackmannanshire Council (High Street, Alloa)
(Temporary Road Closure) Order 2008 / 23/06/2009 / 23/06/2009 / Temporary Closure / High Street, Alloa
The Clackmannanshire Council
(Parking Spaces for disabled Persons Nos. 67,68,69 and 71) Order 2009 / 23/06/2009 / 12/08/2009 / Disabled Parking / Clackmannanshire
The Clackmannanshire Council (B9140 Coalsnaughton to Dollarbeg)
(Emergency Temporary Speed Restriction) Order 2009 / 29/06/2009 / 29/06/2009 / Emergency Temporary Speed Restriction / B9140 Coalsnaughton to Dollarbeg
The Clackmannanshire Council (Various Streets, Alloa)
(Waiting Restrictions) Order 2009 / 20/07/2009 / Waiting Restrictions / Various Streets, Alloa
Any enquiries regarding Road Orders please contact:Chief Executive’s Services, Tel: 01259 452004 or e-mail: TAXI LICENSING
Successful applications for new, renewal and substitution licences relating to taxis, private hire vehicles and their drivers during June and July 2009.
Licence No. / Name / Type of Licence / Date Granted / Grant/Renewal of Licence /T427 / Steven Nicol / Taxi Driver / 24/06/2009 / Renewal
T1327 / Ian McMillan / Taxi Driver / 02/06/2009 / Grant
T1039 / James McDonald / Taxi Driver / 26/06/2009 / Renewal
542 / Elite Cars / Private Hire Car Operator / 09/06/2009 / Grant
541 / Michael Eccles / Private Hire Car Operator / 02/06/2009 / Grant
T1332 / James Cruickshank / Taxi Driver / 03/06/2009 / Grant
T1148 / Gordon McCutcheon / Taxi Driver / 26/06/2009 / Renewal
T569 / Robert Lawrie / Taxi Driver / 26/06/2009 / Renewal
T854 / James McIntyre / Taxi Driver / 18/06/2009 / Renewal
T1142 / John Fitzgerald / Taxi Driver / 18/06/2009 / Renewal
T1287 / Peter Wotherspoon / Taxi Driver / 18/06/2009 / Renewal
T1188 / Norman Easter / Taxi Driver / 18/06/2009 / Renewal
T706 / Alistair Sutherland / Taxi Driver / 18/06/2009 / Grant
T1279 / Peter McNie / Taxi Driver / 18/06/2009 / Grant
T1333 / Brian McAuley / Taxi Driver / 24/06/2009 / Grant
T1335 / Iain A. McMillan / Taxi Driver / 22/06/2009 / Grant
95 / Anna Marie Connor / Taxi Operator / 22/06/2009 / Renewal
500 / John Brown / Private Hire Car Operator / 22/06/2009 / Renewal
T1141 / Sharon Ure / Taxi Driver / 22/06/2009 / Renewal
T1217 / Allistair McLean / Taxi Driver / 22/06/2009 / Renewal
123 / Lee's Taxis / Taxi Operator / 25/06/2009 / Renewal
T757 / Vincent Paterson / Taxi Driver / 25/06/2009 / Renewal
T1337 / Derek Bramley / Taxi Driver / 25/06/2009 / Grant
514 / Buchan Town Cars / Private Hire Car Operator / 25/06/2009 / Renewal
T1251 / Carol Hilton / Taxi Driver / 25/06/2009 / Grant
T1339 / Douglas Smith / Taxi Driver / 26/06/2009 / Grant
T1340 / Graham Burt / Taxi Driver / 25/06/2009 / Renewal
T1336 / Steven Lamb / Taxi Driver / 22/06/2009 / Grant
463 / Central Taxis / Private Hire Car Operator / 26/06/2009 / Renewal
T1285 / Charles Wedderburn / Taxi Driver / 26/06/2009 / Renewal
467 / Gordon Law / Private Hire Car Operator / 02/07/2009 / Renewal
544 / Elite Cars / Private Hire Car Operator / 07/07/2009 / Grant
T1334 / Paul McParland / Taxi Driver / 07/07/2009 / Grant
PH272 / James Milligan / Private Hire Car Driver / 09/07/2009 / Grant
105 / Andrew Love / Taxi Operator / 07/07/2009 / Renewal
T818 / Stephen Dougan / Taxi Driver / 09/07/2009 / Renewal
20 / Chas Taxi / Taxi Operator / 11/08/2009 / Renewal
T1340 / Alan Morrison / Taxi Driver / 09/07/2009 / Renewal
T1341 / Alan Milligan / Taxi Driver / 09/07/2009 / Grant
T1286 / Stuart Gillies / Taxi Driver / 30/07/2009 / Renewal
T784 / Joseph Erskine / Taxi Driver / 30/07/2009 / Renewal
T748 / Michael Hoggan / Taxi Driver / 07/07/2009 / Renewal
T1124 / Barry Preston / Taxi Driver / 09/07/2009 / Grant
T1094 / Georgina Frame / Taxi Driver / 07/07/2009 / Renewal
516 / Buchan Town Cars / Private Hire Car Operator / 09/07/2009 / Renewal
T898 / Robert Campbell / Taxi Driver / 27/07/2009 / Renewal
119 / Stephen Dougan / Taxi Operator / 27/07/2009 / Renewal
52 / John Usher / Taxi Operator / 27/07/2009 / Renewal
T1342 / Andrew Gillies / Taxi Driver / 27/07/2009 / Grant
Any enquiries regarding Taxi Licensing, please contact:
Chief Executive’s Services Services, Tel: 01259 452093 or e-mail:
CIVIC LICENSING
The Council has authority to license a number of services delivered to the public. The licensing process increases public protection and helps to ensure uniformity of approach.
The following table lists the successful applications for licences during June and July 2009.
Licence No / Name / Type of Licence / Date Granted / Renewal/Grant / Area /
STR/294 / Simone Lasman / Street Trader / 05/06/2009 / Grant / Alva
STR/285 / William Blyth / Street Trader / 08/06/2009 / Renewal / Tillicoultry
PP/559 / Craig Dunbar
Alva Games Committee / Public Procession / 26/06/2009 / Grant / Alva
PP/574 / Easton Boyd / Public Procession / 03/06/2009 / Grant / Dollar
TEMP / Menstrie Community Council / Public Entertainment / 13/06/2009 / Temporary Grant / Menstrie
PP/986 / Leslie Sharp / Public Procession / 03/06/2009 / Grant / Menstrie
PP/945 / Stirling Triathlon Club / Public Procession / 03/06/2009 / Grant / Clackman-nanshire
6 / Donna Harvey / Skin Piercing & Tattooing / 08/06/2009 / Grant / Tillicoultry
LHC/19 / Ting Kin Yeung / Late Hours Catering / 30/06/2009 / Renewal / Alva
N/A / Andrea Grant & Samantha Thomson Arns Cattery / Boarding of Animals / 24/06/2009 / Renewal / Alloa
PCC/907 / Lynne Hiddleston / Public Charitable Collection / 15/06/2009 / Grant / Tullibody
N/A / Stirling Agricultural Show / Public Entertainment / 03/06/2009 / Temporary Grant / Alloa
N/A / Dollar Community Council / Public Entertainment / 03/06/2009 / Temporary Grant / Dollar
42 / Howard Bowden / Window Cleaners / 30/06/2009 / 1 Year Grant / Clackman-nanshire
PP/558 / Ann-Margaret Berrie / Public Procession / 18/06/2009 / Grant / Tullibody
43 / Gregor Calder / Window Cleaner / 30/06/2009 / 1 Year Grant / Alloa
N/A / Hutton Park Residents Group / Public Entertainment / 29/06/2009 / Temporary Grant / Alloa
44 / David Mack / Window Cleaner / 30/06/2009 / 1 Year Grant / Alloa
N/A / Showmen's Guild of Great Britain / Public Entertainment / 06/07/2009 / Temporary Grant / Alva
PP/912 / Robert Robinson / Public Procession / 10/07/2009 / Grant / Tullibody
PP/891 / Mr. I Somerville / Public Procession / 07/07/2009 / Grant / Tullibody
TEMP / Zippo's Circus / Public Entertainment / 20/07/2009 / Temporary Grant / Alloa
TEMP / Synergy Event Solutions Limited / Public Entertainment / 29/07/2009 / Temporary Grant / Alva
TEMP / Clackmannanshire Council / Public Entertainment / 29/07/2009 / Temporary Grant / Sauchie
N/A / Tullibody, Cambus & Glenochil Community Council / Public Entertainment / 25/07/2009 / Temporary Grant / Tullibody
Any enquiries regarding Civic Licensing, please contact:
Chief Executive’s Services Services, Tel: 01259 452093 or e-mail:
LIQUOR LICENSING
Clackmannanshire’s Licensing Board is responsible for deciding the outcome of all applications for authority to sell beers and spirits etc. The following table lists the successful applications for June and July 2009.
Premises Address / Application Type / Date Granted / Applicant / Nominee /Harviestoun Country Inn
Dollar Road
Tillicoultry / Occasional Licence / 15/06/2009 / The Harviestoun Country Hotel & Restaurant Limited / Elizabeth MacIntyre
Harviestoun Country Inn
Dollar Road
Tillicoultry / Occasional Licence / 15/06/2009 / The Harviestoun Country Hotel & Restaurant Limited / Elizabeth MacIntyre
Dollar Community Council / Occasional Permission / 04/06/2009 / Dollar Community Council / Fiona Boyd
Nicky Tam's Bar & Bothy
29 Baker Street
Stirling / Occasional Licence / 09/06/2009 / William Paterson
Menstrie Community Council / Occasional Permission / 09/06/2009 / Menstrie Community Council / Leslie Sharp
Dollar Summer School / Occasional Permission / 15/06/2009 / Dollar Summer School / John Carberry
The Oakwood Lounge
Fairfield
Sauchie / Occasional Licence / 04/06/2009 / Belhaven Brewery Co. Limited
Dunbar / Craig Stewart
Peppe's Bar
Mar Place
Alloa / Occasional Licence / 24/06/2009 / Joseph Pellici
Holly Tree Hotel
Main Street East
Menstrie / Occasional Licence / 09/06/2009 / Anne Harrison
The Vennel
31 Mill Street
Alloa / Occasional Licence / 09/06/2009 / Lynn Thomson
Volunteer Arms
132 High Street
Tillicoultry / Occasional Licence / 15/06/2009 / Robert Black
Abercromby Arms Hotel
14 Stirling Road
Tullibody / Occasional Licence / 15/06/2009 / Kathleen McMullan
Devonpark Inn
27/29 Alexandra Street
Devonside / Occasional Licence / 24/06/2009 / Yvonne McCusker
Peppe's Bar
Mar Place
Alloa / Occasional Licence / 15/07/2009 / Joseph Pellici
Peppe's Bar
Mar Place
Alloa / Occasional Licence / 22/07/2009 / Joseph Pellici
Horseshoe Bar
17 Main Street
Clackmannan / Occasional Licence / 22/07/2009 / Curly Lloyds Partnership / Neil Colliss
Botterills/Spar
Main Street East
Menstrie / Confirmation of Transfer / 07/07/2009 / Botterills / Tracy McNeil
Asda Store
Whins Road
Alloa / Occasional Licence / 29/07/2009 / Asda Stores Limited / Scott Gregor
Hillfoots Rugby Football Club
Oakmill
Lower Mill Street
Tillicoultry / Occasional Licence / 22/07/2009 / Hillfoots Rugby Football Club / Stephen Leitch
Dollar Twinning Committee / Occasional Permission / 07/07/2009 / Dollar Twinning Committee / W A Reynolds
Burn Stewart Distillers Limited
8 Milton Road
College Milton North
East Kilbride / Occasional Licence / 09/07/2009 / Burn Stewart Distillers Limited / Darroch Ramsay
Abercromby Arms Hotel
14 Stirling Road
Tullibody / Occasional Licence / 15/07/2009 / Kathleen Jane McMullan
The Oakwood Lounge
Fairfield
Sauchie / Occasional Licence / 22/07/2009 / Belhaven Brewery Company Limited / Craig Stewart
Abercromby Arms Hotel
14 Stirling Road
Tullibody / Occasional Licence / 22/07/2009 / Kathleen McMullan
Henderson's Class Catering
Henderson's Bistro
Albert Halls
Dumbarton Road
Stirling / Occasional Licence / 29/07/2009 / Lindsay Henderson
Any enquiries regarding Liquor Licensing, please contact:
Chief Executive’s Services Services, Tel: 01259 452093 or e-mail:
TENDERS
The Council uses the tendering procedure to ensure best value for the purchase of goods and services. Where expenditure is planned, a number of companies able to meet the requirements of the Council are invited to submit a competitive quotation for the supply of the required items or services. Orders or contracts are placed with those suppliers providing the best overall value.
Name of Tender / Service / Tenders / Date Tender opened / Date awarded / Amount / Success-ful Tender /Reason
/Alterations to 7 Main Street Clackman-nan / Services to People / David Tait & Co Ltd
Marshall Construction Ltd
Murdoch Smith & Co Ltd
Hi-Tec construction Ltd / 30/04/09 / 25/06/09 / £53,577.30 / David Tait & Co Ltd / Lowest Tender
Alterations at Abercromby & St Bernadettes Primary Schools / Services to People / Marshall Construction ltd
William Skinner & Son
Hi-Tec Construction Ltd
Clachan Construction Ltd
Luddon Construction Ltd / 12/06/09 / 3/07/09 / £209,698.94 / Marshall Con-struction Ltd / Lowest Tender
Advertising Services / Corporate Services / Euro RSCG Riley
TMP Worldwode
Thirtythree ltd
Clyde & Forth Press Ltd
Hays / 9/07/09 / 30/07/09 / Estimated value
Lot 1 £84,419.59
Lot 2 £18,741.00 / Clyde & Forth Press & Euro RSCG Riley / Quality & Price
Any enquiries regarding Tenders please contact:
Admin & Legal Services, Tel: 01259 452110 or e-mail:
Contracts & Purchasing - Tender Exceptions
All applications for an exception to Contract Standing orders must be approved by the Head of Admin & Legal and the Head of Finance. A register of exception applications is maintained, and summary information is presented below.
There were no tender exceptions approved during June and July 2009.
/Service
/Nature of Tender
/Reason
Any enquiries regarding Tenders please contact:
Admin & Legal Services, Tel: 01259 452110 or e-mail:
Comments and Complaints/Ombudsman System
All official comments or complaints received which relate to Chief Executive Services are investigated and reported (these are noted below as 1st or second stage complaints).
Where it is not possible for a complaint issue to be resolved within the Service to which it refers, the Chief Executive will conduct a separate review of the circumstances with the ail of resolving the issue (identified below as 3rd stage complaints).