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ARDS AND NORTH DOWN BOROUGH COUNCIL 14 April 2021 Dear Sir/Madam You are hereby invited to attend a meeting of the Ards and North Down Borough Corporate Committee which will be held remotely via Zoom on Tuesday, 20 April 2021 at 7.00pm. Yours faithfully Stephen Reid Chief Executive Ards and North Down Borough Council A G E N D A 1. Apologies 2. Declarations of Interest 3. Service Plans 2021/2022: (a.)Corporate Communications (Report attached) (b.)Community Planning (Report attached) (c.) Finance (Report attached) (d.)Strategic Transformation and Performance (Report attached) (e.)Capital Projects (Report attached) (f.) Administration (Report attached) (g.) Human Resources (Report attached) 4. Carnegie Trust recommendations on embedding wellbeing in Northern Ireland (Report attached) 5. 100th Anniversary NI Sub Committee March 2021 (Report attached) 6. Quarterly Report on Equality and Good Relations (Section 75 of The N.I. Act 1998) 1 January 2021 - 31 March 2021 (Report attached) 7. Scheme of Allowances of Councillors (Report attached) 8. Request to light up council buildings from the Northern Ireland Endometriosis Support Group (Report attached) 9. Request to light up council buildings from Fairtrade (Report attached) 10. Request to light up council buildings from Brain Injury Matters (Report attached) 11. Request to place a banner in Comber Square (Report attached) 12. Correspondence from NILGA – Annual Investment and Delivery Programme 2021/22 (Report attached) 13. Responses to Notice of Motion: (a) NOM 130 – Recognising the efforts of Student Nurses (Report attached) 14. Any other notified business: Portavo Reservoir Update (Report attached) ITEMS 15 – 20 ***IN CONFIDENCE*** 15. Learning and Development Strategy and Plan for 2021/22 (Report attached) 16. Open space between Ambleside Drive/Windermere Drive, Bangor – Land Acquisition (Report attached) 17. Blair Mayne Road South – land disposal (Report attached) 18. Donaghadee Car Park Project (Report attached) 19. Royal Mail VAT – Group Litigation Order (Report attached) 20. Corporate Plan 2020-2024 (Report attached) 21. Notices of Motion 21.1 Notice of Motion submitted by Councillor Cooper and Councillor T Smith This council opposes convicted terrorists being on the Policing Board and will write to the Justice Minister to urge her to seek legal guidance on excluding all convicted terrorists from the board to prevent any further lack of confidence in the application of the rule of law. 21.2 Notice of Motion submitted by Councillor Cooper and Councillor T Smith This council objects to the appointment of Paul Kavanagh, a convicted terrorist to the education board and will write to Minister Weir to not only demand his removal, but prevent anyone with a terrorist conviction from ever being appointed to the board in future. 21.3 Notice of Motion submitted by Councillor Cooper and Councillor T Smith This Council will write to the Finance minister to request a breakdown of all grant applications and budget proposals from all ministers and the subsequent allocations in consideration of and adherence to section 75 legislative requirements. 21.4 Notice of Motion submitted by Councillor Cooper and Councillor T Smith This council abhors the imposition of all EU regulations and will write to the Executive Office and insist upon the removal of all internal UK barriers in relation to the free movement of pets and Guide Dog puppies, due to the Irish Sea Border. 21.5 Notice of Motion submitted by Councillor Cooper and Councillor T Smith That this Council recognises the hugely significant and historic centenary of Northern Ireland, and writes to all Unionist ministers in the N.I. Executive office asking why they have (a) agreed to a budget which includes substantial provision for the funding of the Irish Language Act and all out-workings deriving from it; and (b), why there is no provision whatsoever for any funds to be released from Stormont to councils who wish to celebrate and commemorate N.I.’s centenary. 21.6 Notice of Motion submitted by Councillor Boyle This Council acknowledges the prevalence and impact of violence against women and girls locally, and throughout the world, resulting in the loss of lives, implications for the health and wellbeing of survivors, discrimination and the violation of human rights. It notes that at present there is so specific strategy in the North on the eradication of violence against women and girls, noting that we are the only part of these islands without such a strategy and calls on the Justice Minister, supported by the Joint First Ministers to bring forward a strategy to eliminate violence against women and girls as a matter of urgency. This Council agrees to consider developing a financial support fund for women’s groups across our Borough and declares its commitment to making our area a safe place for everyone and acknowledges that women should feel safe in public places everywhere. 21.7 Notice of Motion submitted by Councillor Boyle This Council recognises the vital role that paid maternity leave and paternity leave plays in helping parents find the right balance between commitments at home and at work; Notes that the current provision for full-time paid maternity leave of 12 weeks is one of the lowest of both the European Union and the OECD. That our own Council’s policy falls short of what expectant parents and their children across Europe benefit from. The council calls on an immediate review of our own maternity paid leave policy and calls on the council to write to the Minister for Economy to overhaul current maternity paid leave and paternity legislation which is among the lowest in Europe. 21.8 Notice of Motion submitted by Councillor T Smith and Councillor Cooper On the 8th of December 2020 all MLAs, with the exception of Jim Allister and Jim Wells, voted through 45 EU directives and regulations in order to ensure our legislation aligned with the despised Northern Ireland Protocol. This Council condemns this action completely and sees it as nothing other than implementing the NI Protocol. We are not surprised that those parties that called for the rigorous implementation of the Protocol voted these measures through, but we are distressed that Unionist politicians joined with the Protocol proponents in this way. The people of Ards and North Down are entitled to know where their MLAs stand on the issue – are they implementers or opponents of the Northern Ireland Protocol? Therefore, This Council will write to the Unionist MLAs of Ards and North Down - Harry Harvey, Michelle McIlveen, Peter Weir, Mike Nesbitt, Alex Easton, Gordon Dunne and Alan Chambers asking them if they will give a clear commitment to work to bring an immediate end to the NI Protocol. We also ask them to set out what steps they are willing to take to ensure the Protocol is scrapped and to declare whether or not they will again vote through EU directives or regulations in order to align our laws with the hated NI Protocol. 21.9 Notice of Motion submitted by Councillor Egan This Council asks officers to bring back a report detailing information on council participating in the Stonewall Diversity Champion employer’s programme. 21.10 Notice of Motion submitted by Councillor Cooper and Councillor T Smith That this Council deplores the refusal of the Stormont authorities to permit a stone sculpture to mark the Northern Ireland centenary to be placed at the seat of government; instructs the Chief Executive to convey our dismay to the Speaker of the Assembly and call for reversal of the decision so that due respect can be shown to those who value our constitutional position as a part of the United Kingdom; and that this council will commemorate NI’s centenary with installations of stones depicting the map of Northern Ireland and 100 years celebrated and inscribed at Comber Square, Ards Conway Square and Bangor Castle and will write to all other councils to follow our example. MEMBERSHIP OF CORPORATE SERVICES COMMITTEE (16 Members) Alderman Keery Councillor Dunlop Alderman Gibson (Vice-Chairman) Councillor Egan Alderman Girvan Councillor Greer Alderman Irvine Councillor Gilmour Alderman McIlveen Councillor Mathison Councillor Blaney Councillor McKimm Councillor Chambers (Chairman) Councillor T Smith Councillor Cooper Councillor P Smith Unclassified ITEM 3 Ards and North Down Borough Council Report Classification Unclassified Council/Committee Corporate Services Committee Date of Meeting 20 April 2021 Responsible Director Director of Organisational Development and Administration and Director of Finance and Performance Responsible Head of various Service Date of Report 12 April 2021 File Reference Legislation Section 75 Compliant Yes ☒ No ☐ Other ☐ If other, please add comment below: Subject Organisational Development and Administration and Finance and Performance Annual Service Plans 2021 - 2022 Attachments a - g Service Plans Service Plans are produced by each Service in accordance with the Council’s Performance Management policy. Plans are intended to: • Encourage compliance with the new legal, audit and operational context • Provide focus on direction • Facilitate alignment between Corporate, Service and Individual plans and activities • Motivate and develop staff • Promote performance improvement, encourage innovation and share good practice • Encourage transparency of performance outcomes • Better enable us to recognise success and address underperformance. Page 1 of 2 Unclassified Draft Service Plans for 2021/22 for the Organisational Development and Administration Directorate, the Finance and Performance Directorate and the Chief Executive’s office are attached. The plans have been developed to align with the objectives of: The Big Plan for Ards and North Down 2017- 2032; the draft Corporate Plan 2020-24 and aid with the finalisation of the draft Annual Performance Improvement Plan (PIP) for 2021-22. The agreement of the plans will also aid toward achievement of the Council’s performance improvement duties under the Local Government Act (NI) 2014. The Service Plans highlight where the services contribute to the Corporate Plan and, where this is the case, set out the objectives of the services for the 2021/22 year.
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