Agenda and minutes

To approve as a correct record the minutes of the Council Meetings held on:-

·         12 September 2013

·         17 October 2013

·         11 November 2013

To waive Council Procedure Rules to allow the relevant Officersto address the Council in respect of items on the agenda, as appropriate.

To receive the report of the Cabinet Member for Regeneration and Culture which asks Members to agree the City Council’s response to the pre-submission consultation of the Stroud Local Plan.

To receive the report of the Chief Executive requesting that Members review and update the Council’s procedural guidance on RIPA.

The Council’s Programme of Meetings has already been set to April 2015.

Council is asked to RESOLVE that subject to any further changes, the draft programme of meetings for the period May 2015 to the end of October 2015 be approved.

a)        Written questions to Cabinet Members

         Written questions and answers.  Only one supplementary question is allowed per question.

b)       Leader and Cabinet Members’ Question Time (45 minutes)

         Any member of the Council may ask the Leader of the Council or any Cabinet Member any question without prior notice, upon:

·         Any matter relating to the Council’s administration

·         Any matter relating to any report of the Cabinet appearing on the Council’s summons

·         A matter coming within their portfolio of responsibilities

         Only one supplementary question is allowed per question.

c)      Questions to Chairs of Meetings (15 Minutes)

(1)       MOVED BY COUNCILLOR HAIGH

            This Council notes that 28 July 2014 will mark the 100th anniversary of the outbreak of the First World War.  The Nation will mark the loss and sacrifice made in that war with acts of commemoration and the City of Gloucester should play its part.

            As a first step this Council should send the thanks of the people of Gloucester to the local branch of the Royal British Legion for their work with veterans and families. For not only keeping remembrance alive but for the practical help and support they have given within our community for so many years.

            This Council resolves to join the First World War Centenary Partnership, a network of over 1,800 local, regional, national and international cultural and educational organisations led by the Imperial War Museums. This provides a network of resources to organization planning commemoration events and activities.

            This Council resolves to use its museums and arts facilities to tell the story of the people of Gloucester during the First World War, what life was like for those who served and for those who remained behind. This should include an opportunity to share family history, documents and objects.

            This Council resolves to conduct a survey of all war memorials and commemorative public art in the City so that there is a complete record. The survey is to include information about the condition of the memorial in order that any in disrepair can be identified and measures taken to preserve them.

            This Council resolves to make the anniversary and Remembrance Day 2014 an event that reaches out to all communities and all generations in the City.

(2)       MOVED BY COUNCILLOR HAIGH

            This Council notes that the inquiry in the siting of an Energy from Waste facility at Javelin Park has commenced.

            As a Waste Collection Authority this Council believes that more waste can be removed from the waste stream by an increased emphasis in waste reduction, re-use and recycling.  We believe that mass incineration is not conducive to improvements in that area.

            This Council believes that a massive incinerator is not the solution to the city or the County's waste disposal problems. It is the wrong technology in the wrong place.  This Council instructs the Leader to write to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government and ask him to use his powers to refuse planning permission for this facility.

(3)       MOVED BY COUNCILLOR McLELLAN

            August 2014 will see the 100th anniversary of the start of World War One.  The City Council will seek to remember, in an appropriate way, the sacrifice of many local people.  We will especially seek to tell children and young people of the sad realities of the war and the need to try to ensure it does not happen again.  The Council notes that the Lord Lieutenant is leading the County response and will seek to work with her to develop a relevant programme of events.

To resolve -

 “That the press and public be excluded from the meeting during the following item of business on the grounds that it is likely, in view of the nature of business to be transacted or the nature of the proceedings, that if members of the press and public are present during consideration of this item there will be disclosure to them of exempt information as defined in paragraph 3 of Section 100(I) of the Local Government Act 1972 as amended.”

Agenda Item Nos.               Description of Exempt Information

14 and 15                              Information relating to the financial or business affairs of any particular person (including the Authority holding that information).

To receive the report of the Chief Executive on Special Urgency Decisions.

To receive the report of the Leader of the Council which advises Members of the recommendations of York Aviation on the Future of Gloucestershire Airport and seeks approval for a way forward.

Members are asked to bring the confidential report with them which was circulated on 5 November 2013.