Agenda and minutes

Apologies for absence were received from Councillors Ruth Bennett, Nicky Dykes, Terence Nathan, Ian Payne and Pauline Tunnicliffe.

Councillor Peter Morgan declared an interest in respect of the Budget Monitoring reports as his daughter was a director of Kier Group plc. 

The minutes of the meeting held on 22^nd February 2016 were confirmed.

There were no petitions to consider.

Questions must be received by 5pm on Tuesday 5^th April 2016

Eleven questions had been received from members of the public. These are set out in Appendix A to these minutes.  

Fourteen questions for oral reply had been received from members of the Council. These are set out in Appendix B to these minutes.

Twelve questions had been received from members of the Council for written reply. These are set out in Appendix C to these minutes.

No statements were made.

(See additional information at item 15 on the part 2 agenda.)

Report CSD16056

A motion to agree the recommendations of the Executive that £6m of the underspend in Central Contingency and services be transferred to the Growth Fund, and that £3m be set aside in an earmarked reserve to provide a general provision to reflect the financial risks relating to the Council’s share of business rate income was moved by Councillor Graham Arthur, seconded by Councillor Stephen Carr.

The following amendment to recommendation 2.1 was moved by Councillor Vanessa Allen and seconded by Councillor Ian Dunn –

“That the £6m underspend in Central Contingency and services, over half of which seems to come from the Care Services budget, should not be transferred to the Growth Fund, but should be used instead to reverse some of the cuts earlier this year in the proposed split as follows –

£2m to Children’s Social Care, including supporting Fostering Services, Children with Disabilities Short Breaks and Direct Payments;

£2m to Adult Social Care to support Melvyn Hall and other Day Care facilities, Adult Learning Disabilities Services and Domiciliary Care Packages, 

£2m to Public Health to support areas such as the childhood obesity programme and other initiatives.”

On being put to the vote, this amendment was LOST.

The substantive motion to accept the recommendations of the Executive was put to the vote and CARRIED. 

(Councillor Simon Fawthrop made a statement of personal explanation that in his earlier speech on this item what he had referred to as “frivolous” was the amendment, not social services – recorded at his request.)

Report CSD16055

A motion to accept the recommendations in the Constitution Improvement Working Group’s Fifth Report was moved by Councillor Nicholas Bennett, seconded by Councillor Tim Stevens and CARRIED. 

Report CSD16054

A motion to receive the Annual Policy Development and Scrutiny Report for 2015/16 was moved by Councillor Simon Fawthrop, seconded by Councillor Stephen Wells and CARRIED.

No motions had been received.

The Mayor thanked those Members who would be attending the Golf Day on 14^th April, and appealed for others to fill the remaining places. She also thanked her Consort for arranging the day. She announced that the end of year dinner dance on 23^rd April was now full, although there was a waiting list.

The Mayor informed Members that there would be a special meeting of the Council at 6pm on Wednesday 11^th May, before the annual meeting, to admit new Honorary Aldermen.

RESOLVED that the press and public be excluded during consideration of the items of business referred to below as it is likely in view of the nature of the business to be transacted or the nature of the proceedings that if members of the Press and public were present there would be disclosure to them of exempt information.

The following summaries

refer to matters

involving exempt information

Report CSD16057

A motion to accept the recommendations in the report was moved by Councillor Graham Arthur, seconded by Councillor Stephen Carr and CARRIED.

(Part 2 information relating to agenda item 10)

Report FSD16024

The Council noted part 2 information relating to the part 1 report.