A busy useful day today! This morning I chaired a meeting where City Council finance staff spoke with retired members of the Tayside Superannuation Fund. It was very worthwhile and a robust and enjoyable question and answer session took place. The group of retired members gave their strong support to ethical investment decisions and I will be reporting back their views to the next meeting of our Superannuation Investment Sub-Committee.
This afternoon received good news that, following my request, Dundee Contract Services has agreed to paint the benches at the Sinderins junction during the winter. The other issue is the improvement or replacement of the litter bins there and I've been advised that this matter will be raised through the Neighbourhood Partnership Network.
Tonight, after a short meeting of the City Centre & Harbour Community Council, there was an excellent presentation by the Dundee Civic Forum about the Forum's visit to Orebro in Sweden during which they studied community planning & local democracy in Orebro, a city of similar size to Dundee. Not only was this informative, it was presented in an entertaining way.