Minutes of Glasgow City Council 2006/2007 – Print 6 CONTENTS (1) Minutes of the Council of 14th December 2006, pages 703 to 706, (2) Audit and Ethics Committee of 12th December 2006, pages 707 and 708, (3) Strathclyde Pension Fund of 12th and 13th December 2006 and 18th January 2007, pages 709 to 712, (4) Licensing and Regulatory Committee of 8th, 11th, 12th and 13th December 2006 and 17th, 18th, 25th and 31st January and 1st February 2007, pages 713 to 750, (5) Planning Applications Committee of 12th and 19th December 2006 and 16th, 23rd and 30th January and 6th February 2007, pages 751 and 760, (6) Personnel Appeals Committee of 11th and 13th December 2006, 11th, 19th and 22nd January and 1st and 7th February 2007, pages 761 to 763, (7) Policy Development and Scrutiny Committees:— (a) Roads and Lighting of 12th December 2006, pages 764 and 765, (b) Personnel and Administration Services of 14th December 2006 and 17th January 2007, pages 766 to 768, (c) Parks and Facilities of 17th January 2007, pages 769 to 771, (d) Housing Development of 18th January 2007, pages 772 and 773, (e) Financial Services of 28th November 2006 and 23rd January 2007, pages 774 to 778, (f) Cultural and Leisure Services of 24th January 2007, pages 779 to 781, (g) Environmental Protection Services of 25th January 2007, page 782, (h) Social Care Services of 30th January 2007, pages 783 and 784, (i) Education Services of 1st February 2007, pages 785 to 787, (j) Development and Regeneration Services of 8th February 2007, pages 788 to 792, (8) Executive Committee of 19th January and 2nd February 2007, pages 793 to 807. 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Committee Officer Telephone Audit and Ethics Norrie Lyttle 0141 287 3926 Council Norrie Lyttle 0141 287 3926 Emergency Norrie Lyttle 0141 287 3926 Executive Norrie Lyttle 0141 287 3926 Licensing and Regulatory Gary McDermid 0141 287 4540 Personnel Appeals Annette Boal 0141 287 3974 Planning Applications Anne Marie McGuire 0141 287 4516 Policy Development and Scrutiny Committees:— Cultural and Leisure Services Tony O’Neill 0141 287 7857 Development and Regeneration Services Maureen Hughes/ 0141 287 4377 Anna Castelvecchi Education Services Kenny McGuinness 0141 287 4520 Environmental Protection Services Cathy Birrell 0141 287 7872 Financial Services Carol McPherson 0141 287 4179 Housing Development Kenny McGuinness 0141 287 4520 Parks and Facilities Cathy Birrell 0141 287 7872 Personnel and Administration Services Tony O’Neill 0141 287 7857 Roads and Lighting Avril Wyber 0141 287 4266 Social Care Services Alan Garbutt 0141 287 5376 Strathclyde Pension Fund Carol McPherson 0141 287 4179 2006-2007 COUNCIL 6 14th DECEMBER 2006 703 MINUTES OF GLASGOW CITY COUNCIL Glasgow, 14th December 2006. Glasgow City Council. Present: The Deputy Lord Provost (Christine Devine) (Chair). BASHIR AHMAD JOHN LYNCH JOHN MOYNES SUSAN BAIRD BILLY McALLISTER JAMES MUTTER KEITH BALDASSARA ROBERT MacBEAN LAWRENCE O’NEILL SHAUKAT BUTT MARGARET McCAFFERTY WILLIAM O’ROURKE MARGOT CLARK GORDON MACDIARMID MARY PARIS JAMES COLEMAN ELAINE McDOUGALL STEVEN PURCELL AILEEN COLLERAN JEAN McFADDEN RONNIE QUINN MALCOLM CUNNING JIM MACKECHNIE MOHAMMED RAZAQ FRANK DOCHERTY JOHN McKENZIE GEORGE REDMOND JOSEPHINE DODDS TOM McKEOWN CRAIG ROBERTON STEPHEN DORNAN EUAN McLEOD GEORGE RYAN JONATHAN FINDLAY CATHERINE McMASTER JAMES SCANLON EAMON FITZGERALD JAMES McNALLY RUTH SIMPSON JOHN FLANAGAN HALEEMA MALIK MARGARET SINCLAIR IRIS GIBSON HANZALA MALIK ELAINE SMITH ALEXANDER GLASS ROBERT MARSHALL ALAN STEWART ARCHIE GRAHAM DR CHRISTOPHER MASON ALLAN STEWART DR MALCOLM GREEN JOHN MASON JIM TODD ELLEN HURCOMBE ANNE MARIE MILLAR NIALL WALKER MICHAEL KERNAGHAN ALEX MOSSON ALISTAIR WATSON GERALD LEONARD KIRSTEEN MOSSON ROBERT WINTER THE DEACON CONVENER Apologies: The Lord Provost, Mary Beckett, Paul Carey, Patricia Chalmers, Stephen Curran, Deirdre Gaughan, Irene Graham, Malcolm McLean, Gordon Matheson, Paul Rooney and David Stevenson. Attending: I Drummond, Solicitor to the Council; G Black, Chief Executive; R O’Connor, Executive Director (Education, Training and Young People); R Booth, Director of Land Services; D Comley, Director of Social Work Services; S Deighan (for the Executive Director (Culture and Sport)); and S Crichton (for Director of Financial Services). COUNCIL 2006-2007 704 14th DECEMBER 2007 6 Chirnsyde Community Initiative—Motion not relevant. 1 The Solicitor to the Council intimated that the motion submitted by Councillor McAllister regarding Chirnsyde Community Initiative had been overtaken by events, was no longer relevant and would therefore not be considered. Minutes approved. 2 The minutes of the Council of 2nd November 2006 were submitted and approved. Executive Committee minutes noted. 3 The minutes of the Executive Committee of 10th and 24th November and 8th December 2006 were submitted and noted. Minutes of committees submitted and noted. 4 The minutes of the undernoted committees were submitted and noted:— (1) Audit and Ethics Committee of 26th October 2006; (2) Licensing and Regulatory Committee of 25th and 26th October and 1st, 8th, 9th, 15th, 16th, 23rd, 29th and 30th November 2006; (3) Planning Applications Committee of 31st October and 7th, 14th, 21st and 28th November 2006; and (4) Emergency Committee of 4th December 2006. Changes to committees etc approved. 5 The Council agreed the following changes to committees etc:— Committee etc Change Licensing and Regulatory Committee Remove Paul Carey and add Margaret McCafferty Social Care Services Policy Development and Remove Paul Carey and add Elaine Smith Scrutiny Committee Representation on outside body approved. 6 The Council agreed to appoint Alan Stewart (Ward 79) to the Castlemilk and Carmunnock Community Windpark Trust. Questions 7 Answers to the following questions, of which notice had been given under Standing Order No 11, were dealt with as undernoted:— Question Submitted by Answered by Council planned to write to West End Councillor Niall Walker Councillor William O’Rourke, residents about parking controls. Executive member for Roads I understand that these letters have and Lighting been cancelled. What alternative arrangements will be made to consult these residents and when will this happen? 2006-2007 COUNCIL 6 14th DECEMBER 2006 705 Question Submitted by Answered by Can the Executive member for Councillor John Mason Councillor Hanzala Malik, Development and Regeneration Executive member for Services give an estimate of the Development and Regeneration likely cost to the Glasgow economy Services in terms of jobs and finance if Scottish Power is taken over? Would he agree that losing the headquarters of Scotland’s largest independent industrial company would be a major blow to the city? Would he agree that the UK government has failed in its duty to protect home based companies in comparison to the governments of France, Germany and Spain who make more effort to protect their national interest? Housing Stock Transfer—Motion dealt with. 8 Councillor John Mason, seconded by Councillor McAllister, moved that “Council notes that there are currently a variety of problems in relation to Glasgow Housing Association. In particular (1) GHA’s inability or unwillingness to proceed with second stage transfer despite that having been promised when housing stock was transferred from Council ownership; and (2) the lack of grants available for owner occupiers who are often elderly and are being forced into debt against their will. Council welcomes the recent rejections of housing stock transfer by tenants in Edinburgh, Stirling, Renfrewshire and Highland and notes that the problems in Glasgow with GHA have contributed to these rejections. Therefore Council calls on the Scottish Executive to: (a) intervene directly to resolve the crisis in second stage transfer plans; (b) keep the Council fully informed of revised plans and timetables for second stage transfer by publishing the new projected dates for second stage transfer in each local housing area; and (c) better fund grants to owner occupiers and consider providing interest free loans, which would only be repayable when the house was disposed of.” Councillor Smith, seconded by Councillor Findlay, moved as an amendment that “This Council believes that good housing is a vital part of any strong and successful community. It believes that everyone, regardless of his or her background, should have access to this. Council is pleased that many tangible improvements have been made to housing in Glasgow since the formation of the Glasgow Housing Association. This includes more than 23,000 new central heating systems being installed and almost 15,000 new bathrooms and kitchens being fitted. Council also believes that tenants must have a greater say in housing in their local area, this being one of the founding principles behind the GHA. Council urges the GHA and Scottish Executive to deliver this as quickly as possible, building on the success seen in local housing associations across the city. Council notes that there are concerns about the current issue regarding owner occupiers and improvements to GHA properties.