by EWAN LAMB
Representatives from Scottish Borders Council made several trips to The Netherlands last year on dementia study visits and tours of a 'dementia village' at a total cost of more than £8,000, according to senior officers' credit card records.
The lists of payments made by the authority's corporate credit card holders for the first nine months of 2019 are available on the council website. Details of attendances at conferences, including travel and accommodation costs can be found detailing the payments authorised by six council executives.
The expenditure records include the following:
TRACEY LOGAN, chief executive: February 2019 - two train tickets Edinburgh-London for multi-agency dementia master-class study tour to Rotterdam £376.94; two Euro Star tickets dementia study tour £576.00.
March 2019 - Great Tapestry of Scotland meeting: room hire and refreshments £231.60; accommodation for one, COSLA meeting £103.50. April 2019 - two train tickets CGI/Apple seminar £463.31; two train tickets dementia study visit £128.00; accommodation for two dementia study visit £969.76; taxi fare, pensions meeting £14; accommodation for two, pensions meeting £491.00.
May 2019 - two officers, digital transition conference £598. June 2019 - train tickets, two representatives dementia study visit £446.00; two Euro Star tickets dementia study visit £654.00; accommodation for two dementia study visit £827.11; accommodation, one officer, electoral duties (reclaimed from Scottish Government) £89.
July 2019 - Travel, dementia study tour £35.85; August 2019 - three train tickets Public Sector Communications Conference £523.50. September 2019 - CIPD Membership £190.00.
DAVID ROBERTSON, chief financial officer: January 2019 - Corporate car: fuel and screen wash £35.00; train tickets for insurance presentation, London £178.00.
February 2019 - Parking, insurance meeting, Edinburgh £7.50; accommodation and underground ticket, insurance presentation £145.00; annual membership SOLACE (Society of Local Authority Chief Executives) £250.00; train tickets for pension meeting, London £999.74; accommodation for pension meeting London £748.00.
March 2019 - promotional material, Fairtrade fortnight £7.30; IT accessories, £29.98; accommodation for pensions conference, Edinburgh £141.00 April 2019 - Taxi fares and underground tickets, pensions meeting, London £121.75; accommodation for pension meeting, London £671.00; airline ticket, adult health and social care IT systems visit £222.49; accommodation for IT systems visit £102.00.
May 2019 - Accommodation, digital customer access IT systems visit £449.50; accommodation, CIPFA Directors of Finance AGM £49.00. June 2019 - Convener hospitality £32.25; IT equpment protective case £80.00; IT equipment screen protector £24.95; CIPFA Directors of Finance AGM, quaichs £49.98.
July 2019 - Accommodation, three officers, JADU workshop £238.50. August 2019 - Booking fee Borders Union Show trade stand £63.50; IT equipment repair £326.44; IT equipment protective case £84.95; Fee, domain renewal (one year) £127.04. September 2019 - Training, one officer, 'Creating a Culture of Trauma Response Practice in Scotland' £80.00.
PHILIP BARR, executive director: January 2019 - Landlord registration fee £132.00; parking, Sunday Mail Scottish Sporting Awards £15; advertising campaign, walking and cycling routes in the Scottish Borders £492.00; COSLA Convention, dinner for two £33.50; accommodation for one, light goods vehicle driving course £147.00.
February 2019 - Accommodation for two, 'Democracy Counts' user group meeting £195.00; Health, safety and environment vouchers X 6 £126.00; book - Safety and Environment Tes for Managers and Professionals 2018 X 2 £15.98. March 2019 - Accommodation for one Scottish Bereavement Benchmarking Group meeting £66.50.
April 2019 - Accommodation for one, food microbiology course £75.00; May 2019 - Accommodation for one, Heads of Planning Service conference £97.50; accommodation for two Democracy Counts software provider training £476.40; accommodation for two officers, Private Housing Repair and Enforcement course £166.00.
June 2019 - Accommodation, one officer Private Housing Repair and Enforcement Course £98.50; conference booking, two officers, GIS update £38.00; airline ticket, Dogs Trust Partnership conference £152.93. July 2019 - Ten safety locks for seatbelts £39.90. September 2019 - Bus permits for in-house fleet routes £275.00; train ticket, attendance at 'Feed' training course £166.90; accommodation for one at 'Feed' training course £155.10.
ROB DICKSON, executive director: April 2019 - Accommodation for one South of Scotland Economic Partnership (SOSEP) event £60.50. May 2019 - Accommodation, one officer, two nights Digital Transformation conference £581.40.
June 2019 - Accommodation for one, two nights, Digital Transformation conference £581.40; accommodation for one, Strengthening Communities conference (reclaimed from Scottish Government) £109.00; Centre of Excellence in Textiles - vouchers as part of training allowance £1,750.00.
July 2019 - Accommodation, SOSEP event £75; accommodation SOSEP event (reclaimed from Scottish Government) £98.00; Textiles, Centre of Excellence training vouchers £3,158.30.
MARTIN JOYCE, Service Director, Assets & Infrastructure: January 2019 - Road fund licence renewal, 44 fleet vehicles £12,860. February 2019 - Road fund licence renewal, nine fleet vehicles £2,332.50.
March 2019 - Road fund licence renewal, 15 vehicles £3,901.50; four air tickets Edinburgh-Amsterdam, dementia study tour £680.06; driver CPC training £300.
April 2019 - Road fund licence renewal, 27 vehicles £8,987.00; mini-bus hire and parking, dementia study visit £552.94; accommodation and meals, dementia study visit £1,658.48; meeting room hire, dementia study visit £551.04; Cold Comfort seminar, two delegates £504.00.
May 2019 - Road fund licence renewal, 27 vehicles £6,957.50; Refund, Cold Comfort Seminar £504.00; Cold Comfort seminar, two delegates £477.60; two fleet vehicle hydraulic tanks £822.00. June 2019 - Course, electrical safety in street furniture £298.80; road fund licence renewal, 20 vehicles £5,127.00; website renewal (SBC Contracts.com) £38.38; two airline tickets, dementia village visit £739.86; accommodation for two, dementia village visit £493.00.
July 2019 - Active Travel conference £138.00; road fund licence renewal, 15 vehicles £3,933.50; 200 MOT test slots for fleet testing station £410.00; vehicle equipment £441.60.
August 2019 - Road fund licence renewal, 25 vehicles £7,972.50; wall mounted post box, Jim Clark museum £41.78. September 2019 - Book: Scottish Conditions of Appointment of an Architect £31.68; road fund licence renewal, 31 vehicles £9,277.50; 150 MOT test slots for fleet testing station £307.50.
CLAIR HEPBURN, Service Director, HR: February 2019 - Annual subscription, Social Media Management Platform £218.07; annual subscription Flickr £47.88; annual subscription Visual Communication Platform £215.27; annual social media subscription - animation tool £179.40; IT equipment £19.99.
March 2019 - Media workshop, social media, acommodation for one £151.00. April 2019 - Train ticket, Local Authority Research & Intelligence Association (LARIA) conference £110.38.
May 2019 - Accommodation for one, One Scotland Gazetteer (OSG) national meeting £107.75. September 2019 - Domain name renewal (three years) ourscottishborders.com £53.97.
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