At a Meeting of the COUNCIL Held in Civic Hall, Maryport on Wednesday, 2 March 2005 at 7.00 P.M. Members Mr S Standage (Chairman
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At a meeting of the COUNCIL held in Civic Hall, Maryport on Wednesday, 2 March 2005 at 7.00 p.m. Members Mr S Standage (Chairman) Mr J Askew Mrs A H Kendall Mrs L Baldry Mrs J Macleod Mr P Bales Mrs C C McCarron-Holmes Miss E D Barraclough Mr K McDonald Mr A L Barry Mr J H Milburn Mr J Buchanan Mrs J Minto Mr A Caine Mr S Moffat Mr J I Colhoun D Moyes Mr J Cowell Mr J Mumberson Mr J Crouch Mr R Munby Mr M Davidson Mr J Musgrave Mr D S Fairbairn Mrs M T Rourke Mr T M Fee Mr J Sandwith Mr I W Francis Mr G Scott Mr J Gardner Mr G Sewell Mr R G Hardon Mr A Smith Mr N Hardy Mrs M A Snaith Mr J Heathcote Mr D A P Thomas Mr R A Hobbs Mr D K Thompson Mr I A Humes Mr P Tibble Mr W H Jefferson Mr D Wilson Mr R Jones Mr M G Wood Mr D J T Kemp Mrs J Wood Mr P G Kendall Apologies for absence were received from Councillors Mr J Armstrong, Mrs J J Gallagher, Mr S M Greenwood, Mr T Heslop, Mrs C M Jackson, Mr L G Lytollis, Mr A J Markley and Mrs P McCracken Staff Present S Brailey, C Carre, H Cushin, N Fardon, T Graham, S Kirkpatrick, E Mignonelli, M Phillips and J Reynolds 555 THE MINUTES OF THE COUNCIL MEETING HELD ON WEDNESDAY, 26TH JANUARY, 2005 The minutes were signed as a correct record subject to an amendment to minute 480 to read that the interest declared by Martin Wood was in respect of the West Cumbria Primary Care Trust. 556 DECLARATION OF INTERESTS 9. Minutes of the meeting held on Thursday, 27th January, 2005 of the Development Panel. Councillor Ivor Humes; Personal; Planning applications 2/2004/1169, 2/2004/1377 and 2/2004/1462; Member of Workington Town Council. 9. Minutes of the meeting held on Thursday, 27th January, 2005 of the Development Panel. Councillor Jean Macleod; Personal; Planning applications 2/2004/1169, 2/2004/1377 and 2/2004/1462; Member of Workington Town Council. 9. Minutes of the meeting held on Thursday, 27th January, 2005 of the Development Panel. Councillor Michael Davidson; Personal; Planning applications 2/2004/1169, 2/2004/1377 and 2/2004/1462; Member of Workington Town Council. 9. Minutes of the meeting held on Thursday, 27th January, 2005 of the Development Panel. Councillor Peter Bales; Personal; Planning applications 2/2004/1169, 2/2004/1377 and 2/2004/1462; Member of Workington Town Council. 13. Minutes of the meeting held on Thursday, 10th February, 2005 of the Standards Committee. Councillor Denstone Kemp; Personal; Member of Keswick Town Council. 13. Minutes of the meeting held on Thursday, 10th February, 2005 of the Standards Committee. Councillor Elizabeth Barraclough; Personal; Member of Keswick Town Council. 13. Minutes of the meeting held on Thursday, 10th February, 2005 of the Standards Committee. Councillor Ron Munby; Personal; Member of Keswick Town Council. 14. Minutes of the meeting held on Friday, 11th February, 2005 of the Corporate Overview and Scrutiny Committee. Councillor Duncan Fairbairn; Personal; Member of Lake District National Park Authority. 18. Executive Reports. Councillor Duncan Fairbairn; Personal; Member of Lake District National Park Authority. 18. Executive Reports. Councillor Jim Musgrave; Personal; Membership of West Cumbria Development Agency and Urban and Rural Regeneration Cumbria. 26. Recommendation Referred - Port of Workington Development Study - Final Report. Councillor Alan Smith; Personal; Member of Port of Workington Quasi Trust Board. 26. Recommendation Referred - Port of Workington Development Study - Final Report. Councillor Duncan Fairbairn; Personal; Member of Lake District National Park Authority. 26. Recommendation Referred - Port of Workington Development Study - Final Report. Councillor Ian Francis; Personal; Cumbria County Council Member on Port of Workington Board. 26. Recommendation Referred - Port of Workington Development Study - Final Report. Councillor Jim Askew; Personal; Member of Port of Workington Independent Appointment Panel. 26. Recommendation Referred - Port of Workington Development Study - Final Report. Councillor Jim Musgrave; Personal; Member of Port of Workington Quasi Trust Board. 26. Recommendation Referred - Port of Workington Development Study - Final Report. Councillor Joe Milburn; Personal; Member of Port of Workington Quasi Trust Board. 28. Recommendation Referred - Table of Fares. Councillor Trevor Fee; Prejudicial; Brother is a taxi driver. 557 MINUTES OF THE MEETING HELD ON FRIDAY, 7TH JANUARY, 2005 OF THE COMMUNITY OVERVIEW AND SCRUTINY COMMITTEE RESOLVED – That the minutes be received. 558 MINUTES OF THE MEETING HELD ON WEDNESDAY, 12TH JANUARY, 2005 OF THE EXECUTIVE RESOLVED – That the minutes be received. 559 MINUTES OF THE MEETING HELD ON FRIDAY, 14TH JANUARY, 2005 OF THE CORPORATE OVERVIEW AND SCRUTINY COMMITTEE RESOLVED – That the minutes be received. 560 MINUTES OF THE MEETING HELD ON WEDNESDAY, 19TH JANUARY, 2005 OF THE LICENSING COMMITTEE RESOLVED – That the minutes be received. 561 MINUTES OF THE MEETING HELD ON WEDNESDAY, 26TH JANUARY, 2005 OF THE EXECUTIVE RESOLVED – That the minutes be received. 562 MINUTES OF THE MEETING HELD ON THURSDAY, 27TH JANUARY, 2005 OF THE DEVELOPMENT PANEL RESOLVED – That the minutes be received subject to the spelling of Fairburn being amended to Fairbairn. 563 MINUTES OF THE MEETING HELD ON FRIDAY, 28TH JANUARY, 2005 OF THE JOINT CORPORATE AND COMMUNITY OVERVIEW & SCRUTINY COMMITTEE RESOLVED – That the minutes be received. 564 MINUTES OF THE MEETING HELD ON FRIDAY, 4TH FEBRUARY, 2005 OF THE COMMUNITY OVERVIEW AND SCRUTINY COMMITTEE RESOLVED – That the minutes be received. 565 MINUTES OF THE MEETING HELD ON WEDNESDAY, 9TH FEBRUARY, 2005 OF THE EXECUTIVE RESOLVED – That the minutes be received. 566 MINUTES OF THE MEETING HELD ON THURSDAY, 10TH FEBRUARY, 2005 OF THE STANDARDS COMMITTEE RESOLVED – That the minutes be received. 567 MINUTES OF THE MEETING HELD ON FRIDAY, 11TH FEBRUARY, 2005 OF THE CORPORATE OVERVIEW AND SCRUTINY COMMITTEE RESOLVED – That the minutes be received. 568 QUESTIONS No questions were received. 569 NOTICES OF MOTION The following Notice of Motion was received from Councillor Jim Musgrave: This Council notes with regret the decision by Corus to cease rail production at Workington’s Corus Steelworks and to transfer production to the Scunthorpe plant, thereby ending 130 years of rail making knowledge and expertise at Workington. The Council calls upon Corus working with the Council and other agencies to give serious consideration to other long-term options for the Workington plant as a means of creating new employment opportunities for those who would otherwise lose their jobs. The Motion was seconded by Councillor Carni McCarron-Holmes and was agreed unanimously. 570 MAYOR'S ANNOUNCEMENTS The Mayor made reference to the engagements attended by the Mayor and Deputy Mayor since the last meeting. 571 EXECUTIVE REPORTS Councillors considered reports from members of the Executive. The reports contained details of progress and events which had occurred within the portfolio areas since the last meeting. AGREED – That the reports be received. 572 ALLERDALE E-FORMS PROJECT The E-Government Project Manager gave a presentation on the Allerdale E-Forms project. The presentation gave details of the design of the form, the implementation of the project and the future plans. AGREED – That the contents of the report be noted. 573 IMPLEMENTING ELECTRONIC GOVERNMENT STATEMENT 4 The IT Services Manager and the E-Government Project Manger submitted the fourth annual Implementing Electronic Government statement (IEG). The Implementing Electronic Government (IEG) process had been in place since 2001 and had been used as a tool to enable Central Government to monitor the progress made by Local Authorities’ plans towards achieving the target of electronically enabling all services by the 31st December 2005. Additional priority outcome areas were published by the ODPM during May 2004 and these gave a clearer picture of the outcomes to be achieved. Timescales for these outcomes were split between the end of December 2005 and the end of March 2006 This Council had received a total of £750,000 in capital grants as a result of the first three successful statements. This fourth, and final round (IEG4) would result in a further £150,000 funding following successful acceptance of our submission. The Council was a leading member of Connected Cumbria, a partnership made up of all Local Authorities and various other organisations within Cumbria. IEG statements for the last two years had been partnership submissions supported by all Cumbrian Authorities. RESOLVED – That the fourth Implementing Electronic Government Statement be approved. 574 AUDITED STATEMENT OF ACCOUNTS 2003/04 The Director of Finance presented the Councils’ audited Statement of Accounts for 2003/2004. The Audit Commission had reported that all the required amendments to the accounts had been made and that there were no weaknesses in the accounting systems that would have a material impact on the accounts. RESOLVED – That the audited statement be noted. 575 COUNCIL TAX SETTING RESOLUTION Councillors considered four options before approving the resolution for Council Tax setting. The Director of Finance gave a presentation outlining the implications of the options. Councillor J Musgrave moved that the Council Tax be increased by 3.5%. This was seconded by Councillor C McCarron-Holmes. Councillor J Milburn moved that the Council Tax be increased by 3%. This was seconded by Councillor A Hobbs. Councillor W Jefferson moved that the Council tax be increased by 1%. This was seconded by Councillor D Wilson. The vote was 3 for 1% 16 for 3% 29 for 3.5% RESOLVED – 1. That the following as submitted in the budget reports to Committees of the Council be approved. (a) the Revenue Estimates for 2005/2006. (b) the Capital Programme for 2005/2006. 2. That it be noted that at its meeting on the 26 January 2005 the Council calculated the following amounts for the year 2005/2006 in accordance with the regulations made under Section 33(5) of the Local Government Finance Act 1992: (a) 31,516.52 being the amount calculated by the Council, in accordance with regulation 3 of the Local Authorities (Calculation of Council Tax Base) Regulations 1992, as its council tax base for the year.