NOTICE OF COUNCIL MEETING – 9 SEPTEMBER
2004
Dear Councillor,
A meeting of the
Cambridge City Council will be held in the Council Chamber of the Guildhall on
Thursday 9 September 2004 at 6.00pm and I hereby summon you to attend.
Dated 1 September 2004
Yours
faithfully
Chief
Executive
Agenda
1 TO
APPROVE AS A CORRECT RECORD THE MINUTES OF THE MEETING HELD ON 24 JUNE 2004.
2 MAYOR’S
ANNOUNCEMENTS
3 PUBLIC QUESTION TIME - see at the foot of
the agenda for details of the scheme
4 TO CONSIDER THE
RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE EXECUTIVE FOR ADOPTION:
Appendix
A: 2003/04 Revenue Final Outturn
Appendix
B: 2003/04 Capital Final Outturn
Appendix
C: Carry Forward Requests 2003/04
(ii) The
Medium Term Strategy (The Leader)
(iii)
Stock
Options Appraisal (Executive Councillor for Housing & Health)
(Recommendation following
the meeting of Housing & Health Scrutiny Committee on 8 September to be
tabled at the meeting).
Appendix
A: TOP LEVEL FINANCIAL SUMMARY
Appendix
B1: STOCK SURVEY OUTPUTS
Appendix
B2 and 3: Key assumptions and Baseline outputs
for revenue and capital
Appendix
B4: WHOLE STOCK INITIAL APPRAISAL SENSITIVITY AND
SCENARIO TABLES
Appendix
B5: FINANCIAL PROJECTION FOR STOCK TRANSFER – TMV
CAMBRIDGE STANDARD RATE OF SPEND
5 TO CONSIDER THE
RECOMMENDATIONS OF COMMITTEES FOR ADOPTION:
Civic Affairs (31 August) – Adoption
Minute
(i) Amendment to the Constitution
(ii) Review
of Decision Making
Standards (30 June)
(iii) Planning
Code Of Good Practice
6 TO DEAL WITH
ORAL QUESTIONS
If members wish
to ask questions they should inform the Chief Executive in writing by noon
on the day before the meeting of the full text of the question to be
asked. A list of questions will be
circulated at the meeting, with the order having been determined by the Mayor
drawing names at random.
7 TO CONSIDER
THE FOLLOWING NOTICES OF MOTION, NOTICE OF WHICH HAS BEEN GIVEN BY:
(a) Councillors Durrant, Bradnack and Herbert
'The Council is concerned
that diversion by the Council of dry household recyclables (paper, glass etc)
fell in the first quarter of 2004/5 compared to both
- the previous quarter, and
- both the first and second quarters of 2003
resulting in a marked fall in efficiency, and suggesting that increased council
investment has been both badly promoted and delivered, a pattern that will
prevent the Council from reaching its future recycling targets and result in
major financial loss from reduced performance rewards and increased financial
penalties.
The
Council notes the commitment in the Liberal Democrat Annual Statement to:
'Use a special consultation process to find out how residents think we can
best achieve even higher rates of recycling, while providing a high quality waste
service that offers good value for money; and which options for changing the
current recycling and refuse collection systems will be most effective in
helping us achieve our goals'.
The
Council regrets that the citywide questionnaire now proposed by the Liberal
Democrat administration
·
lacks objectivity, transparency and clarity
·
is designed to prevent the public expressing a clear, simple, majority
opinion on the issue of weekly or fortnightly black bin collection
·
gives respondents inadequate opportunity to identify their own local
concerns e.g. their preferences and needs for different containers and/or
collection methods appropriate for their type of housing
and in consequence
·
does not offer residents either a ‘special’ or even an adequate
consultation.
·
will not lead to a publicly endorsed survey and efficient outcomes, such
as increased public backing for the preferred option, greater awareness on
recycling and composting, and greater
recycling scheme productivity
The
Council therefore resolves
·
to add ‘continued weekly black bin collection’ to the questionnaire, as
one of the options on which the public are asked to vote
·
to expand questions and comment opportunities to enable residents to
express their preferences on different containers and/or collection methods, to
maximise the efficiency of future waste and recycling provision
·
to ask officers to bring a report to the next scrutiny committee after
the survey is completed including specifically
- the full results of the questionnaire
-proposals for tackling dry recycling underperformance by increasing both
efficiency and effective marketing of the existing recycling and compost
collections
- additional proposals to improve the service including options for service
variations to match the needs of different housing types, and
- expanding waste minimisation by households, colleges and schools.
(b) Councillors Benstead and Bradnack
In the light of recent guidance
from central government in PPG3 and elsewhere, and experience in the city and
surrounding districts, and the costs associated with recent occupation of
unauthorised sites in the city by travellers, this council recognises that it
lacks a single point of contact for consulting with other local authorities on
travellers and addressing issues relating to their needs, and commits itself to
the principle that it should designate a single officer with responsibility for
issues relating to travellers.
(c) Councillors J Rosenstiel and Nimmo-Smith
The
City Council deeply regrets the decision of the Cam Conservators to
unilaterally ban moorings on Midsummer Common and calls upon the Conservators
to reverse this decision at their meeting on 23rd September, pending the
outcome of the City Council consultation on the future of moorings along the banks
of the River Cam. The Council urges the
Conservators to work with the university and college boat clubs to explore ways
of reducing congestion on the river by means of a scheme of traffic management.
8 TO RECEIVE RECORDS OF
DECISIONS MADE BY MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE
Executive Decisions taken under Special Urgency provision
·
Commercial & Human Resources –
Building
and IT Works at Lion House
Executive Decisions taken outside the Budget Framework
·
Commercial & Human Resources –
Building
Repairs to 23 Market Street, Cambridge
·
Housing & Health –
Decent
Homes Planned Maintenance Partners
Executive Decisions
taken in the July cycle
·
Commercial
& Human Resources
·
Community
Development & Leisure
·
Strategy
9 TO RECEIVE THE MINUTES OF THE FOLLOWING
COMMITTEES FOR INFORMATION:
Scrutiny Committees:
City
Centre Development
5 May
Commercial and Human Resources
6 July
Community Development and Leisure
15 July
Environment
13 July
Housing and Health
7 July
Strategy
19 July
Strategic IT
29 July
Regulatory Committees:
Civic Affairs
14 June
Licensing
3 June, 1 July, 5 August
Planning
5 May, 2 June, 30 June, 28 July
Standards
30 June
Taxi-Licensing
22 July
Area Committees:
Area Committee North
29 June
Area Committee South
8 July
Area Committee West/Central
16 June, 29 July
Area Committee East
17 June, 28 July
Information for the public
You can ask questions on an
issue included on the agenda above, or on an issue which is within the
Council’s powers. If you wish to ask a question related to an agenda item
contact the committee officer (listed below under ‘contact’) before the meeting starts. If you wish to ask a question on a matter
not included on this agenda, please contact the committee officer by 10.00am
the working day before the meeting.
Further details concerning the
right to speak at committee can be obtained from the committee section.
Contact: Gary Clift, Head of
Committee Services on 01223 - 457011