Agenda item

Commissioning Board – 2 June 2011

Minute No. 13    -      Private Sector Housing Grants - Revision to Capital Programme Allocations

Policy & Resources Committee – 23 June 2011

Minute No. 7       -      Review of Civic Budget

EXEMPT

The report attached to this Council agenda itself does not contain exempt information because this has been redacted to make public debate possible. 

However if Members stray into exempt information it will be RECOMMENDED that the public be excluded during consideration of any exempt information contained in the report to the Policy and Resources Committee meeting on 23 June 2011 relating to Minute No. 9 (Capital Proposal Regarding Ryedale Pool (Pickering) Gym Facility) since it is likely that if they were present during its consideration there would be disclosure of the following category of exempt information as defined in Part I of Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act 1972 (as amended):

 3. Information relating to the financial or business affairs of any particular person (including the authority holding that information)

and since it is considered that, in all the circumstances of the case, the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information, in that such disclosure would prejudice the commercial position of the parties involved.

Minute No. 9       -      Capital Proposal Regarding Ryedale Pool (Pickering) Gym Facility

Commissioning Board – 2 June 2011

Minute No. 13 – Private Sector Housing Grants – Revision to Capital Programme Allocations

It was moved by Councillor Mrs Cowling and seconded by Councillor Mrs Sanderson that the following recommendation of the Commissioning Board be approved and adopted:

That Council be recommended to approve the revised Housing Capital Programme as follows:

Upon being put to the vote the motion was carried.

Resolved

That the revised Housing Capital Programme as detailed in the report and as set out at pages 9 and 10 of the Council agenda be approved and adopted.

Policy and Resources Committee – 23 June 2011

Minute No. 7 – Review of Civic Budget

It was moved by Councillor Acomb and seconded by Councillor Ives that the following recommendation of the Policy and Resources Committee be approved and adopted:

a)        “That the Civic Budget be reduced to £6,000 to include the Chairman’s Allowance, Chairman’s Travel Allowance and Civic Hospitality.”

b)        “That the Civic Car be disposed of and not replaced.”

An amendment was moved by Councillor Mrs Knaggs and seconded by Councillor Raper that;

“The £10,000 limit for the Chairman’s allowance, travel allowance, Vice-Chairman’s allowance and hospitality be restored but with any surplus at the end of the year returned to the Council’s funds. In future years both the Chairman and Vice-Chairman allowances be included in the scheme of Member’s Allowances at amounts to be decided after this year’s experience of reduced Chairmanship activity.”

Upon being put to the vote the amendment was carried.

Upon being put to the vote, the substantive motion was carried.

Resolved

a)    That the £10,000 limit for the Chairman’s allowance, travel allowance, Vice-Chairman’s allowance and hospitality be restored but with any surplus at the end of the year returned to the Council’s funds. In future years both the Chairman and Vice-Chairman allowances be included in the scheme of Member’s Allowances at amounts to be decided after this year’s experience of reduced Chairmanship activity.

b)    That the Civic Car be disposed of and not replaced.

Members requested that a recorded vote be taken.

Recorded Vote

For the Motion

Councillors Mrs Sanderson, Knaggs, Hope, Mrs Hopkinson, Mrs Goodrick, Mrs Knaggs, Raper, Mrs Cowling, Hicks, Mrs Frank, Hawkins, Windress, Bailey, Fraser and Cussons.

Against the Motion

Councillors Mrs Shields, Ward, Clark, Walker, Andrews, Mrs Denniss, Woodward, Richardson, Ives, Mrs Burr, Maud and Wainwright

Abstained

Councillors Acomb and Arnold

Policy and Resources Committee - 23 June 2011

Minute No. 9 – Capital Proposal Regarding Ryedale Pool (Pickering) Gym Facility

It was moved by Councillor Acomb and seconded by Councillor Ives that the following recommendation of the Policy and Resources Committee be approved:

“That Council be recommended not to include the development of a new gym facility at Ryedale Pool in the capital programme.”

An amendment was moved by Councillor Clark and seconded by Councillor Mrs Burr that;

“Item 9 be referred back to Commissioning Board, followed by Policy and Resources Committee.”

Following debate Members agreed that there was insufficient information for a decision to be made at this point and upon being put to the vote the amendment was carried.

Upon being put to the vote, the substantive motion was carried.

Resolved

That Minute No. 9  (Capital Proposal Regarding Ryedale Pool (Pickering) Gym Facility) be referred back to the Commissioning Board, followed by Policy and Resources Committee.