Allerdale Borough Council Is Passing on Mis-Information Regarding Market Place to Anyone
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to 1 August 2008 Council Will meet on Wednesday 13 August 2008 at 7.00 pm in The Wave - Maryport Membership: Councillor Allan Caine (Chairman) Councillor John Ardron Councillor John (Binky) Armstrong Councillor Carole Armstrong Councillor Bill Bacon Councillor Peter Bales Councillor Alan Barry Councillor Louise Bell Councillor Barbara Cannon Councillor John Colhoun Councillor John Crouch Councillor Michael Davidson Councillor Duncan Fairbairn Councillor Trevor Fee Councillor Ian Francis Councillor Miriam Gainford Councillor Jeffrey Gardner Councillor Chris Garrard Councillor Bob Hardon Councillor Nicholas Hardy Councillor John Heathcote Councillor Tim Heslop Councillor Vaughan Hodgson Councillor Carl Holding Councillor Joe Holliday Councillor Ivor Humes Councillor John Hunter Councillor Margaret Jackson Councillor William Jefferson Councillor Denstone Kemp Councillor Peter Kendall Councillor Angela Kendall Councillor Jim Lister Councillor Les Lytollis Councillor Jean MacLeod Councillor Anthony Markley Councillor Carni McCarron-Holmes Councillor Heather McIntosh Councillor Joe Milburn Councillor Stuart Moffat Councillor Jacqueline Mounsey Councillor Joe Mumberson Councillor Ron Munby Councillor Eric Nicholson Councillor Denis Robertson Councillor David Robinson Councillor Joe Sandwith Councillor George Scott Councillor Alan Smith Councillor Margaret Snaith Councillor Sam Standage Councillor Audrey Tinnion Councillor Alan Tyson Councillor David Wilson Councillor Martin Wood Councillor Janice Wood Members of the public are welcome to attend the meeting. If you have any questions or queries simply contact Sheila Brown on 01900 702561. Agenda 1. To approve as a correct record the minutes of the Council Meeting held on 25 June 2008 (Pages 1 - 8) To sign as a correct record the minutes of Council held on the 25 June 2008. 2. Apologies for absence 3. Declaration of interests Councillors/Staff to give notice of any personal or prejudicial interest and the nature of that interest relating to any item on the agenda in accordance with the adopted Code of Conduct. 4. Questions To answer questions under Standing Orders No 15 and 17 either from Councillors or members of the public. 5. Notices of Motion To receive Notices of Motion. 6. Mayor's Announcements (Pages 9 - 12) To consider the Mayors engagements since the last meeting. (Wards Affected: None directly) 7. Executive Report (Pages 13 - 20) 8. Interim Arrangements and recruitment of Chief Executive (Pages 21 - 28) 9. Corporate Improvement Plan (Pages 29 - 100) 10. Calendar of Meetings (Pages 101 - 114) 11. Changes to the membership of the Audit Committee (Pages 115 - 118) 12. Carnegie Theatre Roof (Pages 119 - 122) 13. Reference from Executive (18/06/2008): 2007/08 end of year performance report (Pages 123 - 146) 14. Reference from Executive (18/06/2008): Cleansing Fees and Charges (Pages 147 - 152) 15. Reference from Executive (18/06/2008): Stray Dogs and Responsible Dog Ownership (Pages 153 - 160) 16. Reference from Executive (09/07/2008): Local Area Agreement for Cumbria 2008- 2011 (Pages 161 - 286) 17. Reference from Executive (09/07/2008): Maryport Developments Limited, Transfer of Shares (Pages 287 - 294) 18. Reference from Executive (09/07/2008): Allerdale Museum Service (Pages 295 - 312) 19. Reference from Executive (09/07/2008): Draft River Derwent Catchment Flood Management Plan : Consultation (Pages 313 - 328) The Mayor will move:- “That under Section 100 (A) (4) of the Local Government Act 1972, the public be excluded from the meeting for the following items of business on the grounds that they may involve the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in paragraphs 4 and 7 of part 1 of Schedule 12 (a) of the Act.” 20. Reference from Executive (09/07/2008): Fellview (Pages 329 - 360) 21. Reference from Executive (09/07/2008): Revenues and Benefits Service Review (Pages 361 - 374) Borough Solicitor DATE OF NEXT MEETING Wednesday 24 September 2008 at 7.00 pm The Wave - Maryport This page is intentionally left blank Agenda Item 1 At a meeting of the Council held in Civic Hall, Maryport on Wednesday 25 June 2008 at 7.00 pm Members A Caine (Chairman) J Ardron J Lister C M Armstrong L G Lytollis B Bacon J MacLeod P Bales C C McCarron-Holmes A L Barry H McIntosh B Cannon J H Milburn J I Colhoun S Moffat J Crouch J M Mounsey M Davidson R Munby D S Fairbairn E Nicholson M Gainford D Robertson J Gardner D Robinson C Garrard J Sandwith T Heslop G Scott C Holding A Smith J Holliday M A Snaith I A Humes S Standage J Hunter A Tinnion C M Jackson A Tyson W H Jefferson M G Wood D J T Kemp J Wood Apologies for absence were received from Councillors J Armstrong, L Bell, T M Fee, I W Francis, R G Hardon, N Hardy, J Heathcote, V Hodgson, P G Kendall, A H Kendall, A J Markley, J Mumberson and D Wilson Staff Present S Beattie, G Bishop, P Bramley, D Cattanach, H Dyke, N Fardon, D Martin, H Murphy and J Owen 71 Welcome The Mayor welcomed Councillor Alan Tyson to his first Council meeting. 72 To approve as a correct record the minutes of the Council Meeting held on 29 April 2008 and 21 May 2008 The minutes of the meetings held on 29 April 2008 and 21 May 2008 were signed as a correct record. 73 Declaration of interests Page 1 5. Notices of Motion. Councillor Joe Sandwith; Personal; due to the fact that his sister-in-law works at Allerdale House. 7. Portfolio Holder Updates. Councillor Audrey Tinnion; Personal; due to her membership of Aspatria Town Council. 13. Carnegie Theatre Roof. Councillor Michael Davidson; Personal; due to his membership of Workington Town Council. 15. Reference from Executive (05/03/2008): The Evolution Centre - Highfield Sports Ground, Cockermouth. Councillor Alan Smith; Personal; due to his membership of Cockermouth Town Council. 15. Reference from Executive (05/03/2008): The Evolution Centre - Highfield Sports Ground, Cockermouth. Councillor Alan Tyson; Personal; due to his membership of Cockermouth Town Council. 15. Reference from Executive (05/03/2008): The Evolution Centre - Highfield Sports Ground, Cockermouth. Councillor Margaret Jackson; Personal; due to her membership of Cockermouth Town Council. 15. Reference from Executive (05/03/2008): The Evolution Centre - Highfield Sports Ground, Cockermouth. Councillor Sam Standage; Personal; due to his membership of Cockermouth Town Council. 74 Questions Councillor Bales asked the following question – “You will recall that I have asked several times over the last year for information about the amount of money the Council has spent on Consultants. During the last year I have had several replies, all of them different. Can I ask the Leader to clarify which of the replies I have had was the correct one? If none of them were correct can he advise me now the correct amount spent on consultants? Can he provide me with a breakdown of consultant costs by project?” The Leader responded as follows:– I am aware that incomplete information was forwarded to you inadvertently, following your question at Council on 12 December 2007. Your question at the 12 December Council concerning the expenditure the Council had incurred on consultancy costs in the year, which consultancies were employed & the nature of the consultancy work, was answered by myself at the Council meeting on 5 Page 2 March. The information provided at that stage referred to the period up until 13 December. I can advise you that the total cost of consultants employed in 2007/8 was £852,000. I will ensure that a list of consultancy costs by project, showing how this total is made up, is forwarded to you. As a matter of interest, the total cost of consultants employed in 2006/7 was £1,443,000. Councillor Bales asked the following question – “I asked at the last meeting how much it had cost to send the Deputy Leader to America. I have still not got an answer. In the interests of transparency and accountability to the public we represent can I ask you again the following: How much did it cost to send the Deputy Leader to America? Who paid the bill? What was the actual purpose of this visit given that the Deputy Leader will not be involved in making decisions about companies providing business to the Nuclear Industry?” The Deputy Leader responded as follows:- I can confirm that the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority covered all costs for the visits to the preferred bidder operator’s sites in America as already answered at full Council on 5 March 2008. As regards the other part of the question, I refer you again to my Portfolio Holders report in the full Council agenda on 5 March 2008 which addressed these issues. Councillor Smith asked the following question – “With the headline in the Cockermouth edition of the Times & Star, with one of my constituents receiving a parking fine, and my subsequent comments at the Cockermouth Town Council on Wednesday evening. There has been a lot of misinformation given out regarding Market Place by the Cockermouth Partnership and the County Council, that trend is now progressing to Allerdale, and direct action by the portfolio holder is I believe essential to bring sanity to this issue'' The Leader responded as follows:- It is incorrect that Allerdale Borough Council is passing on mis-information regarding Market Place to anyone. I do agree however, that there is a certain amount of criticism there regarding the confusing signage. Allerdale’s Parking Services have met with the County Highway’s Engineer, who has agreed to look again at the signage, and we trust that he will make the necessary changes. Page 3 75 Notices of Motion The following notice of motion was received from Councillor Ardron:- ‘This Council is concerned at the perceived level of staff dissatisfaction at some aspects of the job evaluation scheme.