Minutes for Council meeting, Oct 27 2011, 6.30PM official page

Members and Officers are requested to give notice of any personal or prejudicial interest and the nature of that interest, relating to any item on the agenda in accordance with the relevant Code of Conduct.

Minutes of the meeting held on 1 September 2011

To deal with any matters raised by members of the public within the Borough, in accordance with the procedures relating to Petitions, Public Questions.and Motions set out in Rule 11 of the Council and Committee Procedure Rules.

To receive and consider questions to Cabinet Members, Chairs of Committees or Spokespersons for any of the Joint Authorities upon any matter within their portfolio/area of responsibility, of which notice has been given in accordance with Rule 12 of the Council and Committee Procedure Rules.

Report of the Chief Executive

Report of the Director of Built Environment

Report of the Leader of the Council

To consider any changes to the Membership of any committees etc.

Report of the Director of Corporate Commissioning

To consider the following motion submitted by Councillor Fairclough:

 

“This Council instructs the Chief Executive to write to the Chief Executive of the Highways Agency and the Secretary of State for Transport with regard to the lack of interest shown by the Highways Agency to the many requests from local ward councillors (Ford, Linacre, Church, Litherland, Netherton and Orrell and St. Oswald’s) highlighting their concerns regarding the A5036 (Dunning’s Bridge Road Corridor).

 

These concerns are the Health and Safety of the pedestrians, the lack of grass cutting, the lack of weed spraying, the disgraceful condition of the environmental barriers, the complete disregard to the many flooding issues and the surface of the highway.

 

The Highways Agency should take full regard to the importance of the A5036 as a major gateway into the Borough and with over 40,000 vehicle movements a day, the Borough of Sefton is being short changed by the Highways Agency.

 

Furthermore, this Council also requests a letter be sent to Joe Benton MP requesting him to raise the disgraceful condition of the A5036 with the Secretary of State for Transport at the earliest possible occasion.”

To consider the following Motion submitted by Councillor Shaw:

 

“This Council notes:

 

(i)              The initial proposals put forward for the North West region by the Boundary Commission for England, which propose splitting the community of Formby in half, between two constituencies;

 

(ii)             The widespread opposition to such a split which has been voiced by elected representatives and by Formby residents;

 

(iii)            That a counter-proposal has been presented which satisfies the requirement for constituencies to have an electorate no smaller than 72,810 and no larger than 80,473, but which, rather than expanding the Southport constituency southwards into half of Formby, proposes expanding it eastwards along the Ribble estuary as far as the River Douglas, to include the neighbouring villages in Lancashire with which Southport has historic ties;

 

This Council places on record its support for retaining the whole of Formby within one parliamentary constituency, and, consequently, the enlargement of the Southport constituency eastwards to include the neighbouring villages in Lancashire.

 

This Council resolves that the Boundary Commission for England be notified accordingly.”

To consider the following Motion submitted by Councillor Robertson:

 

“This Council sends its congratulations to Lancashire County Cricket Club on winning outright the County Championship for the first time in 77 years.

 

We note with pleasure that County Cricket returned to Southport this summer. We also congratulate the Southport and Birkdale Cricket Club who were excellent hosts and note they attracted record crowds for a Championship Match.

 

To honour this success the Council resolves that along with other towns in the area, the Lancashire flag should be flown from Bootle and Southport Town Halls.”

To consider the following Motion submitted by Councillor Moncur:

 

“Council notes the concerns of One Vision Housing and the National Housing Federation regarding the proposed Welfare Reform Proposals. In particular those relating to under occupation, direct payment to landlords and overall benefit cap.

 

Council instructs the appropriate officers to prepare a report to Cabinet outlining the likely impact of these proposed changes.”