2023

SCOT0178 - Cleaning of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)

How does your Authority address the cleaning of PPE, primarily clothing supplied to staff, e.g. Roads Service, Waste Service?

1. Does your Authority supply washing facilities for staff to use in their workplace e.g. washing machine, drying room?
2. Does your Authority provide a cleaning service for cleaning of PPE e.g. do you have a contract in place with an external laundry firm to remove, clean and return PPE?
3. If you do not provide the cleaning solutions at 1 and 2 above, are staff who wear PPE paid an agreed allowance to clean their PPE at home?

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SCOT0177 - Recovering Road Traffic Accident Costs

A member authority is keen to understand how other local authorities recover road traffic accident costs? In particular:-

1. Are RTA Incident reports provided by Police Scotland in your area?

2. Are they provided routinely or on request?

3. Is a charge made for providing these?

4. In what circumstances are uninsured loss recovery mechanisms utilised?

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SCOT0176 - Workshop Supervisor pay rate

This member authority would like to know what pay rate other local authorities provide for the role of Workshop Supervisor? If you are also happy to share job descriptions and person specifications this would be greatly appreciated.

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SCOT0175 - Addressing Services - Charging for Street/House Naming & Numbering

This local authority would appreciate feedback from other member authorities that have introduced charging for street naming and numbering in particular:

1. What legal basis has been utilised to justify implementation?
2. What consultation was used to facilitate introduction?
3. How is this service administered?
4. What charging structure is utilised?

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SCOT0174 - Digital Daily Vehicle Check

A member authority would like to know if other Scottish local authorities are currently collecting daily vehicle checks and defects electronically?  If so they would be grateful to know:-

1. What software system or app are you using?
2. What information are you collecting within this electronic check?
3. Are you able to provide a screen shot of how the information looks when viewed?

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SCOT0173 – Enhanced leave for catering and cleaning staff

This local authority would like to know the following from other service managers:

1. Term time staff, are they currently entitled to apply for enhanced leave where they can buy a maximum of 2 additional weeks off and pay back over the year?
2. If not, is this something your local Authority is looking at?
3. If yes, has this presented real challenges in accommodating due to service needs?

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SCOT0172 - Fleet Manager salary, main roles and responsibilities

A member authority is reviewing the salary, main roles and responsibilities of their Transport Manager position.  They would therefore be grateful if other Scotland authorities would be willing to share. With them:-

1. Your current transport manager salary
2. The main roles and responsibilities of this position

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SCOT0171 - Scotland Building Maintenance Statutory Trading Accounts

A member authority would like to ask other Scottish local authorities if they still have a statutory trading account for their building maintenance division?

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SCOT0170 - Review of Tree Management

This local authority has been asked to undertake a review of tree management. Management are asking if they could have the following information from other Scottish local authorities: 

Arbor Officer/Tree Officer/Forestry Officer

1. Which Service(s) in your organisation have Arbor Officers/Tree Officers/Forestry Officers?
2. How many in your organisation: Arbor Officers/Tree Officers/Forestry Officers?

Arbor Team for tree works

3. If you have an in-house Arbor Team, which Service in your Organisation are they aligned to?
4. How many in your organisation: Arborists/Operatives?

Arbor Team Structure

5. Would you be willing to share your organisational structure for Arbor?

Budget

6. Can you provide your Councils annual budget for trees?