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County Hall West Bridgford Nottingham NG2 7QP SUMMONS TO COUNCIL date Thursday, 14 May 2015 venue County Hall, West Bridgford , commencing at 10:30 Nottingham You are hereby requested to attend the above Meeting to be held at the time/place and on the date mentioned above for the purpose of transacting the business on the Agenda as under. Chief Executive 1 Election of Chairman 2 Election of Vice-Chairman 3 Minutes of the last meeting held on 26 March 2015 5 - 12 4 Apologies for Absence 5 Declarations of Interests by Members and Officers: - (see note below) (a) Disclosable Pecuniary Interests (b) Private Interests (pecuniary and non -pecuniary) 6 Chairman's Business a) Presentation of Awards/Certificates (if any) 7a Presentation of Petitions (if any) (see note 5 below) 7b Petitions Response s Report from Transport & Highways Committee 13 - 20 Page 1 of 54 7c Petitions Responses Report from Environment & Sustainability Committee 21 - 24 7d Petitions Responses Report from Economic Development Committee 25 - 26 8 Clarification of Committee Meeting Minutes published since the last 27 - 28 meeting 9 Recognition of Members and Officers of Groups 29 - 32 10 Appointment of Committees 33 - 42 11 Amendments to the Council's Constitution 43 - 54 12 Questions a) Questions to Nottinghamshire and City of Nottingham Fire Authority b) Questions to Committee Chairmen 13 ADJOURNMENT DEBATE (if any) Page 2 of 54 NOTES:- (A) For Councillors (1) Members will be informed of the date and time of their Group meeting by their Group Researcher. (2) The Chairman has agreed that the Council will adjourn for lunch at their discretion. (3) (a) Persons making a declaration of interest should have regard to the Code of Conduct and the Procedure Rules for Meetings of the Full Council. Those declaring must indicated whether their interest is a disclosable pecuniary interest or a private interest and the reasons for the declaration. (b) Any member or officer who declares a disclosable pecuniary interest in an item must withdraw from the meeting during discussion and voting upon it, unless a dispensation has been granted. Members or officers requiring clarification on whether to make a declaration of interest are invited to contact the Monitoring Officer or Democratic Services prior to the meeting. (c) Declarations of interest will be recorded and included in the minutes of this meeting and it is therefore important that clear details are given my members and others in turn, to enable the Team Manager, Democratic Services to record accurate information. (4) Members are reminded that these papers may be recycled. Appropriate containers are located in the respective secretariats. (5) Members are reminded that petitions can be presented from their seat with a 1 minute time limit set on introducing the petition. (6) Commonly used points of order 32 - Supplementary Questions must be on the same matter 46 - The Member has spoken for more than 10 minutes 48 - The Member is not speaking to the subject under discussion 51 - The Member has already spoken on the motion 56 - Points of Order and Personal Explanations 75 - Disorderly conduct (7) Time limit of speeches Motions 46 - no Pagelonger 3 of 54than 10 minutes Petitions 23 - up to one minute Page 4 of 54 Meeting COUNTY COUNCIL Date Thursday, 26 th March 2015 (10.30 am – 1.25 pm) Membership Persons absent are marked with `A’ COUNCILLORS Pauline Allan (Chairman) Sybil Fielding (Vice-Chairman) Reg Adair Darren Langton Roy Allan Bruce Laughton John Allin Keith Longdon Chris Barnfather Rachel Madden Alan Bell Diana Meale Joyce Bosnjak John Ogle Nicki Brooks A Philip Owen Andrew Brown Michael Payne Richard Butler John Peck JP Steve Calvert Sheila Place Ian Campbell Liz Plant Steve Carr Mike Pringle Steve Carroll Darrell Pulk John Clarke Alan Rhodes John Cottee Ken Rigby Jim Creamer Tony Roberts MBE Mrs Kay Cutts MBE Mrs Sue Saddington Maureen Dobson Andy Sissons Dr John Doddy Pam Skelding Boyd Elliott Martin Suthers OBE Kate Foale Parry Tsimbiridis Stephen Garner A Gail Turner Glynn Gilfoyle Keith Walker Kevin Greaves Stuart Wallace Alice Grice Muriel Weisz John Handley Gordon Wheeler Colleen Harwood John Wilkinson Stan Heptinstall MBE Jacky Williams Tom Hollis John Willmott Richard Jackson Yvonne Woodhead Roger Jackson Liz Yates David Kirkham A Jason Zadrozny John Knight 1 Page 5 of 54 HONORARY ALDERMEN Martin Brandon-Bravo OBE Terry Butler John Carter OFFICERS IN ATTENDANCE Mick Burrows (Chief Executive) Jayne Francis–Ward (Policy, Planning and Corporate Services) Jon Wilson (Adult Social Care, Health & Public Protection) Derek Higton (Children, Families and Cultural Services) Claire Gollin (Environment and Resources) Tim Gregory (Environment and Resources) Sara Allmond (Policy, Planning and Corporate Services) Carl Bilbey (Policy, Planning and Corporate Services) Martin Done (Policy, Planning and Corporate Services) Catherine Munro (Policy, Planning and Corporate Services) Anna Vincent (Policy, Planning and Corporate Services) Michelle Welsh (Policy, Planning and Corporate Services) OPENING PRAYER Upon the Council convening, prayers were led by the Chairman’s Chaplain. 1. MINUTES RESOLVED: 2015/015 That the Minutes of the last meeting of the County Council held on 26th February 2015 be agreed as a true record and signed by the Chairman. 2. APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE Apologies for absence were received from:- Councillor Philip Owen (other reasons) Councillor Gail Turner (other reasons) Councillor Jason Zadrozny (other reasons) Apologies for absence were also received from Councillor Gordon Wheeler who would be arriving late due to a medical appointment and Councillor Bruce Laughton who would be arriving late as he was on other County Council business. 3. DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST There were no declarations of interest 2 Page 6 of 54 4. CHAIRMAN’S BUSINESS (a) PRESENTATION OF AWARDS The Catch 22 from Care2Work Employability Quality Mark Councillor John Peck introduced the award which was won by the Children’s Social Care Leaving Care Team which demonstrated performance and commitment to employability for young people leaving care aged 16 to 25 years. The Chairman received the award from Councillor Peck and presented it to Dawn Godfrey – Group Manager; Sally Swindall and Karen Evans – Team Managers in the Leaving Care Team; Richard Pincott and Rebecca Dixon – Achievement Advisors and Tom Aram and Anna Butler – Leaving Care Workers (b) RETIREMENT OF MICK BURROWS, CHIEF EXECUTIVE The Chairman, Councillor Alan Rhodes, Councillor Mrs Kay Cutts MBE, Councillor Stan Heptinstall MBE, Councillor Parry Tsimbiridis, Councillor David Kirkham, Councillor Maureen Dobson, Councillor Ken Rigby, Councillor Keith Walker, Councillor Joyce Bosnjak, Councillor John Knight, Councillor Richard Jackson and Councillor Tony Roberts MBE spoke to thank Mick Burrows for his hard work and dedication during his time as Chief Executive and wished him well in his retirement. (c) URGENT ITEMS The Chairman had agreed that two late urgent items – Recognition of Officers of Groups report and Membership of Committees report could be added to the agenda to comply with legal requirements. The two urgent items would be taken after agenda item 9 – Local Government Pensions Scheme Governance Regulations with the Recognition of Officers of Group being taken first. 5. PRESENTATION OF PETITIONS The following petitions were presented to the Chairman as indicated below:- (1) Councillor Liz Yates requesting a return to all night lighting in a small area of Misterton (2) Councillor Sue Saddington regarding a proposed bus stop on Marsh Lane, Farndon (3) Councillor Steve Carr regarding a residents parking scheme on Grange Avenue, Beeston 3 Page 7 of 54 RESOLVED: 2015/016 That the petitions be referred to the appropriate Committees for consideration in accordance with the Procedure Rules, with a report being brought back to Council in due course 6. QUESTIONS (a) QUESTIONS TO NOTTINGHAMSHIRE AND CITY OF NOTTINGHAM FIRE AUTHORITY No questions were received (b) QUESTIONS TO COMMITTEE CHAIRMEN One question had been received as follows:- (1) from Richard Jackson regarding extending the Robin Hood Line (Councillor Steve Calvert replied on behalf of Councillor Kevin Greaves). The full response to this question is set out in Appendix A. Councillors Steve Carr, Tom Hollis and Rachel Madden left the meeting at 11.19am and did not return. During consideration of this item the Council adjourned from 11.40am to 12.53pm. Councillor Wheeler having submitted his apologies for arriving late to the meeting due to a medical appointment arrived at the meeting at 12.53pm. 7. CLARIFICATION OF MINUTES The report provided Members with the opportunity to raise any matters of clarification in the Minutes of Committee meetings published since the last meeting. 8. NOTTINGHAMSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL’S PAY POLICY STATEMENT 2015- 2016 Councillor Alan Rhodes introduced the report and moved a motion in terms of resolution 2015/017 below. The motion was seconded by Councillor Joyce Bosnjak. RESOLVED: 2015/017 That the Pay Policy Statement, which sets out the Council’s existing policies, procedures and terms and conditions of employment for all staff be approved for publication on the Council’s website by 1 st April 2015. 4 Page 8 of 54 9. LOCAL GOVERNMENT PENSIONS SCHEME GOVERNANCE REGULATIONS Councillor Alan Rhodes introduced the report and moved a motion in terms of resolution 2015/017 below. The motion was seconded by Councillor Joyce Bosnjak. RESOLVED: 2015/017 1) That the establishment of a Local Pensions Board for Nottinghamshire be approved as set out in the report, including its membership and Terms of Reference as set out in Appendix one of the report. 2) That the Monitoring Officer be authorised to finalise all documentation required e.g. the Code of Practice, Procedure Rules and any other documentation to ensure the Board is legally compliant and to make the necessary amendments to the Council’s Constitution. 3) That a further report be brought to Full Council to update members on the establishment of the Board as soon as practicable after its members have been appointed.