LABOUR GROUP leader Councillor Kevin Keenan has demanded the findings of last month’s Care Inspectorate Report into the Kemback Street closure should be debated as soon as possible by councillors.
Mr Keenan says he was disappointed the item was not on the agenda for the next scrutiny committee and has now written to the council’s head of democratic and legal services, Roger Mennie, requesting it be placed before either the policy and resources or the social work and health committee.
He said last night: “I was disappointed that the Care Inspectorate Report and its findings as to the lack of consultation and how the service users and their families were treated by Dundee City Council did not form part of the agenda.
“I was advised by officers that the standing orders of the scrutiny committee did not allow this report to be taken.
“I feel that, given the findings of this report and the very strong feelings of the users of Kemback Street over their facility, the administration needs to take prompt and robust action.
“I have therefore written to the head of democratic and legal services requesting that this item be placed as a matter of urgency on either of these two committees.
“The council has now been in receipt of this report for some considerable time and I think that it is deplorable that there has been no public apology given to the users of Kemback Street Centre and their carers.
“I will be asking how much money was spent on the original consultation and how much money they intend spending doing the job properly.”
He concluded: “It is a pity that the administration chose not to listen to people and barge ahead with disregard effectively causing grief and anxiety and no doubt the public purse considerably.”