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Verbatim Record Agenda Supplement for Council, 28/03/2018 13:00 Public Document Pack COUNCIL 28TH MARCH 2018 VERBATIM RECORD 1 This page is intentionally left blank LEEDS CITY COUNCIL MEETING OF THE COUNCIL Held on Wednesday, 28th March, 2018 At THE COUNCIL CHAMBER, CIVIC HALL, LEEDS In the Chair: THE LORD MAYOR (COUNCILLOR J DOWSON) ----------------------------------------- VERBATIM REPORT OF PROCEEDINGS -------------------------------------------- Transcribed from the notes of Ridgeway Transcription Ltd, 28a High Lane, Ridgeway, Sheffield, S12 3XF 07790 640517 -------------------------------------------- Page 1 VERBATIM REPORT OF PROCEEDINGS OF LEEDS CITY COUNCIL ORDINARY MEETING HELD ON WEDNESDAY, 28th MARCH, 2018 THE LORD MAYOR: If you are ready, we shall begin what is, as you probably know, my very, very last full Council meeting as Lord Mayor of Leeds. I know - it should be an exciting one anyway because we have lots and lots to talk about and lots to do. The first thing I would like to advise Members of is to turn your mobile phone ring off, please. Somebody’s has gone off regularly at meetings so it would be quite nice if we could learn how to turn it off. Also, the meeting is to be webcast and you have got the four cameras up here, so if you can be aware of that also, please. Children and Young People’s Plan. I have agreed to the consideration of the Children and Young People’s Plan as a late item and this has been circulated to all Members and is listed on the Order Paper at Item 5. ANNOUNCEMENTS THE LORD MAYOR: We now have some announcements. As this, as I say, will be my last Council meeting as Lord Mayor, I also know it will be the last Council meeting for several of our colleagues here in the Chamber, so I thought it would be really nice to say a few words about them, as they will not be here for the next meeting. We have got a calculator out and we have calculated that between them their length of service is 305 years. 305 years – I knew you would be surprised at that because that is quite a lot of experience that we will be losing for the next Council session. I would just like to run through the Members who have informed me that they are leaving. Firstly, and I know she is not here and well at the moment, is Sue Bentley. She has represented Weetwood ward for 14 years, has been Lead Member for Children’s Services and as Chair of the Children and Family Scrutiny Board I know she has taken particular pride in raising the profile of children with special educational needs and disabilities, children’s centres and child poverty. Thank you for that 14 years, Sue. (Applause) In a double whammy for Weetwood we are also losing Councillor Judith Chapman. She has been a Weetwood Councillor since 2006 and was Lord Mayor 2015/16. During that time she helped to raise the awareness of autism and most famously creating a gigantic Leeds crest made entirely out of Lego. I think they are still finding bits of Lego in corners all over Civic Hall, but that was an amazing achievement. Judith unfortunately cannot be with us here today, she is in hospital. However, I have been assured by her daughter that she will be watching all the proceedings on the webcam. Thank you, Judith. (Applause) 1 Page 2 Councillor Brian Cleasby, 23 years’ service. He was Lord Mayor 2007/08 and he is particularly grateful to have served Horsforth continually, Horsforth and Rawdon, for such a long time. Thank you, Brian. (Applause) David Congreve, 28 years’ service. Yes, that is amazing. David has served the residents of Beeston since 1990 and he was the 121st Lord Mayor of Leeds, and I am sure that he would agree that possibly the highlight of his time was waving the starting flag at the Grand Départ for the Tour de France in 2014. (Applause) Patrick Davey has served for 16 years, first elected to represent City and Holbeck ward which then became City and Hunslet. One of Patrick’s claims to fame is that he was the very, very last Deputy Lord Mayor in 2010. Thank you for your service, Patrick. (Applause) Councillor Ghulam Hussain. Councillor Hussain has served for eight years. He was elected to represent the Roundhay ward and during that time has chaired Corporate Governance and Audit, he has also sat on Adult Health Scrutiny and has been a very valuable member of those Scrutiny Boards. Thank you, Ghulam. (Applause) Councillor Graham Hyde – where are you Graham? 26 years’ service, Councillor Hyde served Seacroft ward which then became Killingbeck and Seacroft since 1992. He has done an extraordinary amount of work as our Armed Forces Champion leading on Armed Forces Day and the Armed Forces Covenant here in Leeds. Thank you, Graham. (Applause) Councillor Josie Jarosz. I have got to tell you Councillor Jarosz is a very popular Councillor and she was first elected to represent residents in Pudsey in 1993 and she has been an excellent Community Committee Chair in the Outer West and she also sits on the Police and Crime Panel. Thank you for all your service, Josie. (Applause) Councillor Christine Macniven, who has served for seven years and we are very lucky she has come today because she also is injured, she has got quite a poorly foot. Christine has served the Roundhay ward since 2011 and has been the Lead Member for Adult Social Care. I know that she takes particular pride in having worked with the local community on restoring the Oakwood clock to its former glory. Thank you, Christine. (Applause) Councillor Stuart McKenna. Stuart has represented Garforth and Swillington since 2014 and as a former amateur rugby player has enthusiastically taken on the role as Trustee of the Leeds Rhinos Foundation. Thank you, Stuart. (Applause) Then we come to Councillor Adam Ogilvie. Adam has served the residents of Beeston since 1999 and has held Executive Board portfolios for both Adults, Health and Leisure as well as being the Chief Whip. He is a real champion for all Leeds residents with learning difficulties and as co-chair has supported the Leeds Learning Disability Partnership. Adam is also one of the team of Councillors who joined me in the Great North Swim in Lake Windermere, which I remember very fondly, it was a 2 Page 3 very cold day, where we raised money for St Gemma’s and Wheatfields Hospital. You will be missed, thank you very much, Councillor Ogilvie. (Applause) Councillor John Procter. Councillor John Procter has served Wetherby for 26 years. He has held the Leisure portfolio as an Exec Board Member and is currently the Deputy Leader of the Conservative Group. He was very involved in the redevelopment of the Grand Theatre and City Varieties and re-established one of the city’s museums and our really great numerous successful Chelsea Flower Show entries, which we can all see now in Roundhay Park, they have been recreated there. Thank you so much, John, thank you. (Applause) Rachel Procter is also retiring and has represented the people of Harewood for 14 years, campaigning on planning matters in Outer North East as well as environmental projects, with tree planting being a particular focus. Thank you, Rachel. (Applause) That brings us to Councillor Brian Selby. Brian has been a passionate Councillor for his community in Leeds and has served a staggering 30 years in total, having been first elected in 1972. 1972 – I am looking at some of the younger Councillors thinking you were not born in 1972! Brian has done an absolutely amazing job and is, I think, perhaps best known for the wonderful work that he has actually done with our museums and galleries as the Lead Member. Thank you so much, Brian. (Applause) Alex Sobel, six years. Always passionate about environmental issues, Alex represented Leeds in 2015 at the United Nations Climate Change Conference on behalf of Leeds when they agreed the Paris Climate Change Treaty. More recently he was elected as the Member of Parliament for Leeds North West which is where he is now, in Parliament. (Applause) Christine Towler. Christine has represented the Hyde Park and Woodhouse ward since 2012 and she sat on numerous committees including Plans Panel South and West. Thank you, Christine. (Applause) That brings me to another former Lord Mayor, Chris Townsley. Chris has served the people of Horsforth ward for 25 years and I know that one of his highlights was representing the city as our 111th Lord Mayor back in 2004/05, raising an amazing amount for Leeds Children’s Holiday Camp and Parkinson’s UK in that year. Thank you, Chris. (Applause) Then we have got Shirley Varley. Shirley has been heavily involved with the Morley Elderly Action, as an Elder at St Mary’s Church in Morley where she helps run the dementia club. Shirley has also been a member of Morley Town Council, where she was Mayor a few years ago. Thank you, Shirley. (Applause) Terry Wilford. Terry has served the Farnley and Wortley ward since 2012 and as a former manager of a day centre for people suffering from Alzheimer’s and dementia, Terry has been particularly keen to support people with mental health issues. Thank you, Terry. (Applause) 3 Page 4 That brings me, finally, to Councillor Lucinda Yeadon. It helps having an initial that is later on in the alphabet some times. Lucinda has been an elected Member representing Kirkstall for ten years and she is currently Deputy Leader of the Council. Most famously, she led community efforts to clean up after the Storm Eva floods over Christmas 2015, galvanising hundreds of local residents from Leeds and further field to don wellingtons and pick up a brush and shovel to help clean up the area.
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