Agenda Item 10 Committee
Members’ Questions Questions from Councillor Cooper – Re- Questions to Councillor Cornell, Leader of the Council introduction of car park charges 1. The consultation period has now ended. The responses to the consultation are still being analysed, there are 1080 How many responses have been received? responses from individuals or organisations. We have also received petitions from Nailsworth with 576 signatures and Wotton with 1061signatures. 2. Please give details of meetings arranged by All Town and Parish Councils have been sent a consultation email. officers, as part of the consultation process, with representative bodies, i.e town Councils, There have been meetings held with Cainscross and Minchinhampton Parish When and where? Councils and Nailsworth, Dursley Wotton Stroud and Stonehouse Town Councils as detailed in the table below. As part of face to face consultation meetings Sainsbury’s, Dursley Business Inclusive, Gloucestershire County Council and the Museum in the Park have also been consulted with.
22 businesses and organisations from the Towns and Parishes in the consultation areas were sent consultation packs as detailed in the table below.
16 schools in the consultation areas were also contacted as detailed in the table below.
Organisation Location Date Cainscross Parish Council Parish Council Offices 28 November 2017 Nailsworth Town Council Nailsworth Town 29 November 2017 Council Offices Dursley Town Council Dursley Town Council 29 November 2017 Offices Wotton-under-Edge Town Wotton-under-Edge 5 December 2017 Council, Town Council Offices
Council 1 Agenda Item 10 9 August 2018 Stroud Town Council, Stroud Town Council 7 December 2017 Offices Minchinhampton Parish Minchinhampton Parish 12 December 2017 Council Council Offices Dursley Town Council Dursley Town Council 8 June 2018 Offices Wotton-under-Edge Town Wotton-under-Edge 18 June 2018 Council Town Council Offices Dursley Town Council Fire Station, Dursley 3 July 2018 Stroud Town Council Stroud Town Council 9 July 2018 Offices Nailsworth Town Council Nailsworth Town 10 July 2018 Council Offices Stonehouse Town Council Stonehouse Town 23 July 2018 Council Offices Sainsbury’s, Dursley Sainsburys, Dursley 3 July 2018 Dursley Business Inclusive Community Centre, 23 July 2018 Dursley Gloucestershire County Shire Hall 24 July 2018 Council Museum in the Park Museum in the Park 27 July 2018
Consultation packs were posted to the following businesses and organisations (alphabetical order):
Co-op, Wotton-under-Edge Cotswold Green Dursley Business Inclusive Dursley Town Council Fire Service HQ Freight Transport Association Gloucestershire County Morrisons, Nailsworth Museum in the Park Council Nailsworth Chamber of Nailsworth Town Road Haulage Trade Council Association
Sainsburys, Dursley South Western Stagecoach West
Council 2 Agenda Item 10 9 August 2018 Ambulance Service NHS Stratford Park Leisure Stroud Chamber of Stroud Town Council Centre Trade Tesco, Nailsworth Tesco, Stroud The Wotton-under- Edge and District Chamber of Trade and Commerce Wotton-under-Edge Town Council
Consultation packs were posted to the following schools (alphabetical order):
Blue Coat CofE Primary Callowell Primary Cam Everlands Cam Woodfield Junior Charfield Primary Dursley Church of School England Primary
High School Horsley Church of Katherine Lady England Berkeley’s Marling Nailsworth Church of Rednock England Primary St Dominic’s St Rose’s Special The British School School Uley Church of England
3. The revenue budget in January 2018 The budget of £656,000 represents net income, effectively income less direct day- forecasted an income of £656,000 from car to-day running costs. The position to the end of July was net income achieved of parks for 2018/19. What is the current £177,000. position after 4 months (end July) ?
Council 3 Agenda Item 10 9 August 2018 Question from Councillor Loftus Question to Councillor Cornell, Leader of the Council 1. Please confirm that Stroud District Council is Yes totally opposed to any sort of discrimination or racism? As a Council we have worked extremely hard to reduce inequality, yet we know that some people still experience disadvantage and unfair treatment simply because of their personal characteristics or circumstances.
Equality diversity policy – stroud.gov.uk, Corporate Plans and Policies
In support of issues relating to Racism, Xenophobia and Hate Crime, Council passed a motion to work with local bodies and programmes to prevent this happening within our District.( Motion passed 21st July 2016)
Further to this the Council is a member of the Gloucestershire Strategic Hate Crime group and awareness training has been delivered to frontline staff. The Head of Community Services is trained as a Hate Crime Champion and has close links with Gloucestershire Constabulary Hate Crime Co-ordinator.
Council 4 Agenda Item 10 9 August 2018