Agenda and minutes

Apologies for absence were received from Councillor Jainu-Deen.

To approve as a correct record the minutes of the Ordinary Meeting of Council held on 8 October 2015.

The minutes of the Ordinary Meeting of Council held on 8 October 2015 were presented.

 

Resolved

 

That the minutes of the Ordinary Meeting of Council held on 8 October 2015 be approved and signed by the Chairman as a correct record.

There were two items of urgent business which the Chairman considered should be dealt with as a matter of urgency by virtue of Section 100B(4)(b) of the Local Government Act 1972 (as amended):

 

·         A motion on notice from Councillors Burr and Paul Andrews regarding pumps for flooding;

·         Political proportionality.

 

Additionally Councillor Clark referred to two Part A agenda items for the Planning Committee meeting on 19 January 2016, the Minerals and Waste Joint Plan Preferred  Options Consultation and the Consultation on Proposed Changes to National Planning Policy, and asked the Chairman if these could become Part B items and be considered by Council.

 

The Chairman replied that the Chairman of Planning Committee would ask Planning Committee if they wished to refer these items to a future meeting of Council.

The following interests were declared:

 

Councillors Val Arnold and Clark declared personal non-pecuniary but not prejudicial interests in the items raised under urgent business relating to flooding and to the North Yorkshire Mineral and Waste Plan, as North Yorkshire County Councillors.

There were no announcements.

There were no questions on notice.

Councillor Cowling, the Leader of the Council, presented the following statements:

 

From 8 October 2015:

 

"Derwent Training Association - 14 September 2015

 

I have attended the opening of the new "Mechatronics" teaching room at Derwent Training Association. You will recall that we gave a grant of 30k towards the construction of this. It is a much needed addition to the facilities at DTA.

 

Mechatronics is a fusion of several strands of engineering - electronics, hydraulics, robotics and computer engineering. DTA will now be able to help train apprentices in these skills, which helps to address the shortage of employees in the engineering industry and helps our young people into well paid jobs. This will be particularly important when the Whitby Potash Mine comes to fruition.

 

Yorkshire Water - 16 September 2015

 

The CE and I had our annual meeting with Yorkshire Water. We discussed ways we might work together including inspection of private water supplies. I took the opportunity to remind Yorkshire Water that there was still a problem at Butcher Corner, Malton and undertook to forward any complaints I received to Yorkshire Water. No major projects are planned in the Ryedale district in the period up to 2020. It was good to learn about YW's plans for replanting their woodlands with native species to replace the existing conifers. A couple of interesting statistics are that YW have to maintain some 55,000 kilometres of sewer on our behalf and have taken approximately 250,000 water samples to ensure the safety of our water supply.

 

LEP Infrastructure Board - 17 September 2015

 

After close work with the LEP and the developers, Ryedale DC was successful in bringing forward funding for the Malton Agribusiness Park at Old Malton. The project was awarded £2.1m towards infrastructure costs by Government following a proposal from this Council and the LEP - the funding was not available until 2016/17.

 

However, persistence has paid off and - following under spends elsewhere - some of the funding has been released to bring forward a start on this exciting development to around November 2015 and road works are now expected to begin before Christmas.

 

A strong emphasis from this meeting was the importance of working up economic and development projects for future delivery through LEP funding. It was recognised that had the plans for the Malton Agri-Business Park not been progressed by RDC and the developers we would not have been successful in attracting funds for this project. So we need to support the work of our officers in progressing appropriate plans for future bids in Ryedale. The current focus is on bringing forward employment land at Pickering and enhancing access to advanced engineering companies at Kirkbymoorside. However the business case for a series of smaller scale improvements on the A64 between Malton and Scarborough can be advanced with the appropriate investment, in combination with the working up of potential proposals east of Hopgrove by Highways England.

 

P&R - 24 September 2015

 

At the meeting of Policy  ...  view the full minutes text for item 73.

Overview and Scrutiny Committee – 5 November 2015

 

Minute 48 - Treasury Management Mid Year Review (page 23)

 

Policy and Resources Committee – 26 November 2015

 

Minute 46 - Ryedale District Council's Safeguarding Policy (page 33)

 

Minute 47 - Local Council Tax Support 2016/17 Scheme (page 83)

 

Minute 49 - Living Wage Motion (page 95)

 

Minute 50 - Timetable of Meetings 2016/17 (page 103)

Overview and Scrutiny Committee – 5 November 2015

 

Minute 48 – Treasury Management Mid Year Review

 

It was moved by Councillor Wainwright and seconded by Councillor Shields that the following recommendations of the Overview and Scrutiny Committee be approved and adopted.

 

That Council be recommended to approve:

 

            That the report be received and the mid year performance of the in-                         house managed funds to date be noted.

 

Upon being put to the vote the motion was carried.

 

Resolved

 

That Council approve:

 

       That the report be received and the mid year performance of the in-house      managed funds to date be noted.

 

Voting Record

28 For

0 Against

0 Abstentions

 

Policy and Resources Committee – 26 November 2015

 

Minute 46 – Ryedale District Council's Safeguarding Policy

 

It was moved by Councillor Cowling and seconded by Councillor Steve Arnold that the following recommendations of the Policy and Resources Committee be approved and adopted.

 

That Council be recommended to approve:

 

            The adoption of the             Safeguarding Children and Adults at Risk Policy         and Procedures.

 

Upon being put to the vote the motion was carried.

 

Resolved

 

That Council approve:

 

       The adoption of the Safeguarding Children and Adults at Risk Policy and Procedures.

 

Voting Record

28 For

0 Against

0 Abstentions

 

Minute 47 – Local Council Tax Support 2016/17 Scheme

 

It was moved by Councillor Cowling and seconded by Councillor Steve Arnold that the following recommendations of the Policy and Resources Committee be approved and adopted.

 

That Council be recommended to approve:

 

(i)  a Local Council Tax Support Scheme for 2016/17 to include a minimum payment of 8.5%, and with the charges proposed to limit the backdating of claims to one month instead of six months and to remove the family premium from 1 May 2016.

 

(ii)  to authorise the Finance Manager in consultation with the Chairman of Policy and Resources Committee to undertake the necessary consultation work to design a scheme for 2017/18, in light of the experience in previous years, to be presented to Policy and Resources Committee in December 2016.

 

Upon being put to the vote the motion was carried.

 

Resolved

 

That Council approve:

 

(i)  a Local Council Tax Support Scheme for 2016/17 to include a minimum payment of 8.5%, and with the charges proposed to limit the backdating of claims to one month instead of six months and to remove the family premium from 1 May 2016.

 

(ii)  to authorise the Finance Manager in consultation with the Chairman of Policy and Resources Committee to undertake the necessary consultation work to design a scheme for 2017/18, in light of the experience in previous years, to be presented to Policy and Resources Committee in December 2016.

 

Voting Record

27 For

0 Against

0 Abstentions

 

Minute 49 – Living Wage Motion

 

It was moved by Councillor Cowling and seconded by Councillor Steve Arnold that the following recommendations of the Policy and Resources Committee be approved and adopted.

 

That Council be recommended:

 

              A       That the following motion not be approved:

 

                                    Ryedale Council has  ...  view the full minutes text for item 74.

The Head of Planning and Housing submitted a report (previously circulated) which sought Council agreement to the introduction of the Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) charge.

 

Councillor Windress moved and Councillor Cleary seconded the recommendations in the report.

 

Resolved

 

       That Council agree:

 

       (i)  To the introduction of the CIL charges as outlined in the Ryedale                CIL Charging Schedule (Appendix 1 of the report) from 1 March 2016.

 

Voting Record

28  For

0  Against

0  Abstentions

There were two items of urgent business:

 

Motion on notice

 

Proposed by Councillor Burr and seconded by Councillor Paul Andrews:

 

"In the light of recent floods, we call upon the Council to commit reserves to install permanent pumps at Brawby, Old Malton, and Castlegate, Malton/Church Street, Norton."

 

The Chairman of Council referred this motion on notice to the Overview and Scrutiny Committee and the Policy and Resources Committee for consideration.

 

Political proportionality

 

A proposal for the division of main committee seats and committee membership was circulated.

 

Resolved

 

That the division of main committee seats between political groups and committee membership be approved, as recorded in appendices 1 & 2 of these minutes.

 

Voting Record

23 For

0 Against

0 Abstentions

 

There being no other business, the meeting closed at 9pm.