It was noted that questions raised by Mr Gordon Gibb, Chief
Executive of Flamingo Land Limited at a meeting of the Council held
on 30 June 2005 had not been recorded in the minutes of that
meeting. Copies of the questions, together with the written
responses that had been sent to Mr Gibb, were circulated at the
meeting.
That, subject to Minute No. 205/05 (Minutes) being amended by
the inclusion of details of the questions raised by Mr Gordon Gibb
at a meeting of the Council held on 30 June 2005 and the written
responses, as appended to these minutes, the minutes of a meeting
of the Council held on 1 September 2005 be confirmed and signed by
the Chairman as a correct record.
The Chairman reported that the following item was to be dealt
with as a matter of urgency by virtue of Section 100B(4)(b) of the
Local Government Act 1972.
REPRESENTATION ON OUTSIDE ORGANISATIONS
It was reported that Councillor Cottam had resigned as a
member of the Ryedale Housing Association due to his now holding
the position of Chair of Yorkshire Housing Group and it was,
therefore,
RESOLVED
That Councillor Murray-Wells be appointed to replace
Councillor Cottam as one of the Council’s representative on Ryedale
Housing Association.
DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST
In accordance with the Members’ Code of Conduct Councillor
Cottam declared a personal and prejudicial interest in Minute Nos.
242 (Ryedale Housing Association Property Allocations in the
Ryedale Area 204/2005 and 274 (Nos. 3 and 7 Howe Road, Norton) as
he is the Chair of the Yorkshire Housing Group of which Ryedale
Housing Association is a part. Councillor Andrews declared a
personal, but non-prejudicial interest in Item No 10 on the Agenda
(Notice of Motion Submitted Pursuant to Rule 11 (Part 4) of the
Council Constitution).
ANNOUNCEMENTS
The Chairman announced that a letter had been received from
Ryedale Citizens’ Advice Bureau thanking the Council for its
continued support.
Members were also reminded that the Council Dinner was to be
held on 25 November 2005 and those Members who had not yet done so
were urged to reply to the invitation.
CORRESPONDENCE
A letter from Staffordshire County Council (previously
circulated) was submitted requesting that the Council supports the
following resolution made at a meeting of their Council held on 6
October 2005:
“Staffordshire County Council recognise the value to life of
the Air Ambulance Service and are aware of the ‘golden four
minutes’ this provides. We are concerned that this vital,
lifesaving service, currently, has to rely on charitable donations
and we would urge the Government to fund the service from central
resources.
We also call on both the West Midlands and National Local
Government Associations and all County, Metropolitan, Unitary,
District, Borough and Parish Councils throughout the United Kingdom
together with all Members of Parliament across all parties to
support this proposal.”
RESOLVED
(a) That this Council supports the resolution passed at
Staffordshire County Council on 6 October 2005 and that a letter be
forwarded to Central Government urging that the service be funded
from central resources
(b) That the matter be considered at a future meeting of the
Policy & Resources Committee to explore the possibility of
making a donation to the Air Ambulance Service.
STANDARDS COMMITTEE
It was moved by Councillor Cottam and seconded by Councillor
Clark that the minutes of a meeting of the Standards Committee held
on 8 September 2005 be approved and adopted.
RESOLVED
That the minutes of a meeting of the Standards Committee held
on 8 September 2005 be approved and adopted.
COMMUNITY SERVICES & LICENSING
COMMITTEE
It was moved by Councillor Mrs Shields and seconded by
Councillor Mrs Taylor that the minutes of a meeting of the
Community Services & Licensing Committee held on 6 October 2005
be approved and adopted.
RESOLVED
That the minutes of the meeting of the Community Services
& Licensing Committee held on 6 October 2005 be approved and
adopted.
LICENSING COMMITTEE
It was moved by Councillor Mrs Shields and seconded by
Councillor Mrs Taylor that the minutes of a meeting of the
Licensing Committee held on 6 October 2005 be approved and
adopted.
RESOLVED
That the minutes of a meeting of the Licensing Committee held
on 6 October 2005 be approved and adopted.
POLICY & RESOURCES COMMITTEE
It was moved by Councillor Wainwright and seconded by
Councillor Aslett that the minutes of an ordinary meeting of the
Policy & Resources Committee held on 13 October 2005 and the
minutes of Special Meetings of the Committee held on 17 October
2005 and 8 November be approved and adopted subject to part (b) of
the resolution to Minute No. 307/05 (Local Development Framework:
Submission Core Strategy and Sustainability Appraisal) being
amended to read:
“(b) That the Council be recommended to approve the revised
Core Strategy and Sustainability Appraisal, as appended to the
report (and as now amended) and that the documents be submitted to
the Secretary of State”.
With reference to Minute No 262/05 (Audit Commission
Inspection – Key Lines of Enquiry and the Council’s Response) the
Chairman of the Committee reported that, following requests for
expressions of interest, Councillor Clarkson’s name had been put
forward as Member Champion/lead Councillor for Risk Management
& Property and Councillor Mrs Schroeder had been nominated as
Member Champion/lead Councillor for Equalities.
The Chairman of the Committee also reported that, with regard
to resolved portion (c) of Minute No. 266/05 (Capital Monitoring),
at a meeting of the Capital Programme Working Party held on 26
October 2005 it had been resolved that an amount of £60,000 for the
Norton Environmental Improvement Scheme be included within the
Capital Programme.
With reference to Minute No 260/05 (Community Investment Fund
Panel) it was moved by Councillor Knaggs and seconded by Councillor
Bailey that the resolution be amended by the addition of the
following:
“That the panel will revise its criteria so that the bulk of
the additional £100,000 recently approved will be directed to the
Community Plan theme of “Landscape and the Environment”
The amendment was, upon being put to the vote, carried.
With reference to Minute No 270/05 (Ryedale Citizens’ Advice
Bureau) it was moved by Councillor Knaggs and seconded by
Councillor Raper that the resolution be amended by the addition of
the following:
“As part of its consideration of the Budget and MTFP, the
committee consider ways of putting support for the Ryedale CAB on a
longer term and more secure footing”.
The amendment was, upon being put the vote, carried.
NB In accordance with the Members’ Code of
Conduct Councillors Miss Anderson, Andrews, Mrs Arnold and Mrs Keal
declared an interest in the above item as they were connected with
the CAB.
With reference to Minute No 271/05 (St John’s Ambulance Site,
Wentworth Street Car Park, Malton) it was moved by Councillor
Knaggs and seconded by Councillor Raper that the resolution be
amended by the addition of the following:
“Charges on Ryedale car-parks will be suspended after 3.00pm
for the period from Saturday 17 December until (and including)
Christmas Eve.”
The amendment was, upon being put to the vote, carried.
NB In accordance with the Members’ Code of
Conduct, Councillors Murray-Wells and Mrs Taylor declared an
interest in the above item as they were both proprietors of local
businesses.
With reference to Minute No. 265/05 (Budget Strategy 2006/07)
it was moved by Councillor Clark and seconded by Councillor Mrs
Trevelyan that part (b) of the resolution be amended to read:
“(b) That the Council aims to reduce to level of Council Tax
by 5%”
The amendment was, upon being put to the vote, lost.
NB Councillors Clark and Mrs Trevelyan
requested that their vote in favour of the amendment be
recorded.
With reference to Minute No. 265/05 (Budget Strategy 2006/07)
it was moved by Councillor Clark and seconded by Councillor Mrs
Trevelyan that the resolution be amended by the deletion of part
(h).
The amendment was, upon being put to the vote, lost.
With reference to Minute No. 280/05 (Anti-Social Behaviour
Orders) Councillor Clark expressed concern at the amount of £28,000
being spent on legal proceedings and asked how the fees had arisen.
There having been no notice of the question, the Chairman of the
Committee undertook to give a written reply. It was pointed out,
however, that other organisations were involved and it would,
therefore, not be possible to give a fully comprehensive
reply.
With reference to Minute No. 264/05 (Corporate Plan) it was
moved by Councillor Mrs Trevelyan and seconded by Councillor Clark
that part (b) of the resolution be amended by the deletion of the
word “further”.
The amendment was, upon being put to the vote, lost.
With reference to the final paragraph of Minute No. 267/05
(Communications) Councillor Clark expressed the view that there was
no evidence to suggest that members of the public considered that
the current system of public speaking at Council meetings was of no
benefit and requested that officers contact those members of the
public who had asked questions to obtain their views.
Councillor Clark was of the opinion, however, that questions
should be limited to 50 words but that 2 minutes be allowed for
explanation of the question and that there should also be time
allowed for a supplementary question.
With reference to Minute No. 286/05 (Dalby Forest – Visitor
Centre) Councillor Miss Anderson asked if Yorkshire Forward’s and
Objective 2’s monies had a time limit and, if so and the money was
not spent, did the Council still put in £50,000 or was the money
returned.
In response, the Chairman of the Committee reported that the
Yorkshire Forward and Objective 2 funding towards the visitors
centre element of the Dalby Forest project must all be paid out at
the latest by March 2008. The £50,000 contribution by Ryedale
District Council was towards the earlier courtyard phase of the
Dalby Forest project, which had now been completed, with several of
the work space units now let. The Council’s £50,000 contribution
had accordingly been paid out in 2004-2005.
With reference to concerns expressed by Councillors Clark and
Mrs Trevelyan, the Chairman of the Committee undertook to give a
written response to questions relating to the terms of the
contract.
RESOLVED
That the minutes of an ordinary meeting of the Policy &
Resources Committee held on 13 October 2005 and of Special Meetings
of the Committee held on 17 October 2005 and 8 November 2005 be
approved and adopted subject to:
(a) Minute No. 307/05 (Local Development Framework: Submission
Core Strategy and Sustainability Appraisal) being amended by part
(b) of the resolution being amended to read:
“(b) That the Council be recommended to approve the revised
Core Strategy and Sustainability Appraisal, as appended to the
report and as now amended) and that the documents be submitted to
the Secretary of State”.
(b) The resolution to Minute No 260/05 (Community Investment
Fund Panel) being amended by the addition of the following:
“That the panel will revise its criteria so that the bulk of
the additional £100,000 recently approved will be directed to the
Community Plan theme of “Landscape and the Environment”
(c) The resolution to Minute No 270/05 (Ryedale Citizens’
Advice Bureau) being amended by the addition of the
following:
“As part of its consideration of the Budget and MTFP, the
committee consider ways of putting support for the Ryedale CAB on a
longer term and more secure footing”.
(d) The resolution to Minute No 271/05 (St John’s Ambulance
Site, Wentworth Street Car Park, Malton) being amended by the
addition of the following:
“Charges on Ryedale car-parks will be suspended after 3.00pm
for the period from Saturday 17 December until (and including)
Christmas Eve.”
(e) That, with reference to part (b) of the resolution to
Minute No 262/05 (Audit Inspection) Councillor Mrs Schroeder and
Councillor Clarkson be appointed as the Member Champion/Lead
Councillor for Equalities and Risk Management & Property
respectively
OVERVIEW & SCRUTINY COMMITTEE
It was moved by Councillor Cottam and seconded by Councillor
Cussons that the minutes of a meeting of the Overview &
Scrutiny Committee held on 20 October 2005 be approved and
adopted.
With reference to Minute No 298/05 (Proposed Workplan
2005/2006:Selection of Scrutiny Reviews) and in response to a
Member’s comment that the review process was too slow, the Chairman
of the Overview & Scrutiny Committee expressed the view that
the Committee should be completely independent of the Council’s
other Committees but agreed that more dedicated officer support was
required.
RESOLVED
That the minutes of a meeting of the Overview & Scrutiny
Committee held on 20 October 2005 be approved and adopted.
PLANNING COMMITTEE
The minutes of meetings of the Planning Committee held on 31
August 2005 and 27 September 2005 (previously circulated) were
presented.
RESOLVED
That the minutes of meetings of the Planning Committee held on
31August 2005 and 27 September 2005 be received.
NOTICE OF MOTIONS SUBMITTED PURSUANT TO COUNCIL
PROCEDURE RULE 11 (PART 4) OF THE COUNCIL
CONSTITUTION
1. It was moved by Councillor Andrews and seconded by
Councillor Clarkson that:
1. That Council Procedures Rule 15.2 be suspended pursuant to
Article 15 of the Council’s Constitution in relation to the
consideration of motion no 2 only.
2. That Car Park charges should be reduced to the level
charged during the financial year 2004/2005 and that the statutory
procedure to implement this change be commenced with immediate
effect
Following discussion and upon being put to the vote motion no
2 was lost. Motion no 2 was, therefore, not discussed.
2. It was moved by Councillor Clark and seconded by Councillor
Mrs Trevelyan that:
This Council:
Reinforces its commitment to ‘Supporting Young People’.
Therefore it resolves to:
Examine the present support for Young People in Ryedale
Review the present needs of Young People in
Ryedale Consult with the other providers of support for
you People in Ryedale
Consider ways of increasing the Democratic input including
that of Young People into:
(i) The Allocation of funds, support, training etc
(ii) Ensuring that even greater priority is given to the needs
of Young People in Ryedale
Consider the creation of a District wide committee/forum to
coordinate the delivery of the objectives above.
The following amendment was moved by Councillor Mrs Warriner
and seconded by Councillor Mrs Schroeder:
“That the Council reinforces its commitment to ‘Supporting
Young People’ and that a presentation be made to the next meeting
of the Council on the work being carried out in Ryedale on youth
issues”.
The amendment was, upon being put to the vote, carried and it
became the substantive motion.
Members then voted on the substantive motion, which was
carried.
RESOLVED
That the Council reinforces its commitment to ‘Supporting
Young People’ and that a presentation be made to the next meeting
of the Council on the work being carried in Ryedale on youth
issues”
MEMBERS’ REPORTS ON OUTSIDE
ORGANISATIONS
A report covering the following items was submitted for
information:
(a) Yorkshire Coast College
(b) I & DeA
(c) SPARSE
(d) Rural Commission
(e) Rural Conference
(f) LGIB – Close to EU – Europe in Yorkshire and
Humber
(g) RVA AGM
(h) Local Democracy Week LGA
(i) CPA Working Party for LGA