Meeting documents

 

There were no apologies for absence.

 

 

 

There were no public questions.

 

 

 

The minutes of an Ordinary Meeting of the Council held on 13 March 2008. (previously circulated) were presented.

 

 

 

 

 

The Chairman reported that there were no items to be dealt with as a matter of urgency by virtue of Section 100B(4)(b) of the Local Government Act 1972.

 

 

 

No declarations of interest were received.

 

 

 

There were no announcements.

 

 

 

It was moved by Councillor Cottam and seconded by Councillor Mrs De Wend Fenton that the minutes of a meeting of the Standards Committee held on 3 April 2008. be received.

 

 

 

 

It was moved by Councillor Mrs Cowling and seconded by Councillor Bailey that the minutes of a meeting of the Community Services & Licensing Committee held on 10 April 2008. be approved and adopted.

 

 

 

 

It was moved by Councillor Mrs Arnold and seconded by Councillor Bailey that the minutes of a meeting of the Licensing Committee held on 10 April 2008. be received.

 

 

 

 

It was moved by Councillor Wainwright and seconded by Councillor Legard that the minutes of a meeting of the Policy & Resources Committee held on 17 April 2008. be approved and adopted subject to minute 539 (Redeployment and Redundancy Policy) being amended by the deletion in the penultimate paragraph of the preamble of the words ‘part (a)’ and the substitution of the words ‘part (b)’.

 

Councillor Andrews reported that he had given the Chairman of the Committee prior notice of questions relating to Minute No. 545 (A Framework for Change and Improvement - Management Review). Councillor Andrews sought confirmation of the cost of the Council’s current establishment, the anticipated cost of the new proposed establishment and how the cost of change was to be funded. The Chairman thanked Councillor Andrews for giving advance notice of the questions and reported that the current establishment costs amounted to some £7,519,000. There would be no additional costs as a result of the new establishment. One off costs of change would be a maximum of £300,000 and these would come from revenue reserves, as stated in Minute 545(h).

 

With reference to Minute No. 545 (A Framework for Change and Improvement - Management Review) Councillor Clark expressed concern regarding the proposed new structure and was of the opinion that the changes could not be implemented without incurring additional costs. Councillor Clark was of the opinion that insufficient detail had been provided regarding the future Service Unit Manager posts and suggested that no further action should be taken until the Council had endorsed the whole structure.

 

It was moved by Councillor Clark and seconded by Councillor Woodward that resolved portion (a) be amended to read “That the new senior management structure as outlined in annex 1 of the report be not approved until there is a full structure of all posts before Council together with a full list of all redundancies and details of the costs of the current and proposed structures, and that resolved portions (b) to (h) be deleted”.

 

Members requested that a recorded vote be taken on the amendment.

 

 

For the Amendment:

Councillors Andrews, Aslett, Mrs Burr, Clark, Mrs De Wend Fenton, Mrs Hodgson, Mrs Shields and Woodward (8)

 

Against the Amendment:

Councillors Acomb, Arnold, Mrs Arnold, Bailey, Cottam, Mrs Cowling, Cussons, Mrs Frank, Hawkins, Hemesley, Hope, Jackson, Keal, Mrs Keal, Knaggs, Legard, Maud, Raper, Wainwright, Ms Warriner, Mrs Wilford and Windress (22)

 

The amendment was, therefore, lost.

 

With reference to Minute No. 545 (A Framework for Change and Improvement - Management Review) it was moved by Councillor Woodward and seconded by Councillor Clark that resolved portion (c) part (i) be amended by the deletion of the word ‘or compulsory’. Councillor Woodward reported that as assurances had been given that there would be no compulsory redundancies as a result of the management restructure, it was not necessary to grant delegated authority to terminate an employee’s services on these grounds.

 

Members requested that a recorded vote be taken on the amendment.

 

 

Votes in favour of the amendment:

Councillors Andrews, Aslett, Mrs Burr, Clark, Mrs De Wend Fenton, Keal, Mrs Shields and Woodward (8)

 

Votes against the amendment

Councillors Acomb, Arnold, Mrs Arnold, Bailey, Cottam, Mrs Cowling, Cussons, Mrs Frank, Hawkins, Hemesley, Mrs Hodgson, Hope, Jackson, Mrs Keal, Knaggs, Legard, Maud, Raper, Wainwright, Ms Warriner, Mrs Wilford and Windress (22)

 

The amendment was therefore lost.

 

With reference to Minute No. 539 (Redeployment and Redundancy Policy) it was moved by Councillor Andrews and seconded by Councillor Clark that part (b) of the recommendation be amended by the deletion of ‘the Chairman of the Policy & Resources Committee’ and the substitution of ‘Group Leaders’.

 

Upon being put to the vote the amendment was lost.

 

 

 

 

It was moved by Councillor Mrs Shields and seconded by Councillor Hawkins that the minutes of a meeting of the Overview & Scrutiny Committee held on 24 April 2008. be approved and adopted.

 

The Chairman of Overview & Scrutiny Committee thanked the Corporate Director (Section 151) for attending the meeting held on 24 April 2008.

 

Councillor Woodward referred to Minute No. 557 (Waste Management Scrutiny Review) and the final paragraph of the preamble, which stated that Members had been of the opinion that the public should be made more aware of what waste could be deposited in the different types of bins provided. Councillor Woodward reported that unfortunately some members of the public held the view that all waste, including that collected by the recycling vehicles, was taken to landfill sites. Councillor Woodward was of the opinion that it would be beneficial to inform the public of what happened to their recycled waste i.e. glass, cans, paper and plastic bottles etc. The Chief Executive reported that there was a possible opportunity to advertise on the newly purchased waste collection vehicles. Councillor Mrs Shields assured Members that Councillor Woodward’s comments would be taken on board and that a press release and/or an article in the Ryedale News would be pursued.

 

 

 

 

The minutes of meetings of the Planning Committee held on 11 March 2008. and 8 April 2008. (previously circulated) were presented.

 

 

1. It was moved by Councillor Knaggs and seconded by Councillor Cottam that:

 

 

Upon being put to the vote the motion was carried.

 

 

2. It was moved by Councillor Clark and seconded by Councillor Woodward that:

 

It was requested that a recorded vote be taken on the motion.

 

 

Votes in favour of the motion:

Councillors Acomb, Andrews, Aslett, Mrs Burr, Clark, Mrs De Wend Fenton, Mrs Hodgson, Mrs Keal, Keal, Maud, Mrs Shields, Ms Warriner, Mrs Wilford and Woodward (14)

 

Votes against the motion:

Councillors Arnold, Mrs Arnold, Bailey, Cottam, Mrs Cowling, Cussons, Mrs Frank, Hawkins, Hemesley, Hope, Jackson, Knaggs, Legard, Raper, Wainwright and Windress (16)

 

The motion was therefore lost.

 

 

Appendix 1. (PDF, 27k) and Annex A. (PDF, 75k)

 

The Performance Manager submitted a report (previously circulated), which sought acceptance of the Overview & Scrutiny Committee’s Annual Report 2007/08.

 

The Annual Report served a number of purposes:

 

 

 

 

The following items were submitted for information

 

Members’ Reports on Outside Organisations:

 

(i) Report to May Council (Councillor Ms Warriner) Appendix 2. (PDF, 9k)

(ii) The Pickering Flood Defence Scheme (Councillor Knaggs) Appendix 3. (PDF, 22k)

(iii) Malton Museum Foundation (Councillor Mrs Wilford)