Issue - meetings

Council Plan Refresh 2020 – 25 (CL161)

RECOMMENDED

That as part of its determination of the Recommended Minute of Cabinet held 11 February 2021, Council approve and adopts the finalised refreshed Council Plan priorities 2020 – 25.

Annual Council Plan Refresh 2020 - 25 (CAB3286)

RECOMMENDED:

That Council approves and adopts the refreshed Council Plan priorities.

Councillor Rutter left the meeting before consideration of this item.

The Leader and Cabinet Member for Communications moved that the Recommendations on Report CL161 and the recommended minute be approved and adopted (seconded by Councillor Porter, Cabinet Member for Built Environment and Wellbeing).

Council proceeded to ask questions and debate the matters in the recommended minute and the reports.

As it was the request of five Members present in the meeting (Councillors Brook, Cook, Gemmell, Lumby and McLean) a recorded vote was taken of the Recommendations.

Division Lists

The following Members voted in favour of the Recommendations in Report CL161 and of the recommended minute of Cabinet:

Councillors Achwal, Becker, Bell, Bentote, Bronk, Clear, Craske, Cutler, Evans, Fern, Ferguson, Gordon-Smith, Green, Hiscock, Hutchison, Laming, Learney, Murphy, Porter, Power, Prince, Thompson, Tod, Weir, Williams

The following Members voted against Recommendations in Report CL161 and of the recommended minute of Cabinet:

Councillors Brook, Cook, Cunningham, Gemmell, Godfrey, Griffiths, Horrill, Lumby, Mather, McLean, Miller, Pearson, Read, Ruffell, Scott, Weston

RESOLVED:

That as part of its determination of the Recommended Minute of Cabinet held 11 February 2021, Council approve and adopts the finalised refreshed Council Plan priorities 2020 – 25 as set out as an appendix to Report CL161.

RESOLVED:

That the recommended minute of Cabinet held 11 February 2021 (as follows) be approved and adopted:

1.    That Council approves and adopts the refreshed Council Plan priorities.

Councillor Pearson left the meeting before the vote on the following Motion.

MOTION -Moved by Councillor Godfrey and seconded by Councillor Clementson: Council Procedure Rule 11 (17) - Adjourn meeting.

MOTION LOST

1.    That Council approves and adopts the refreshed Council Plan priorities.

2.    That delegated authority be granted to the Strategic Director: Resources, in consultation with the Leader, to make minor typographical corrections and manuscript updates to the Plan.

Councillor Thompson introduced the report which set out a refresh to the previous plan, having regard to the significant impact of the Covid pandemic, but with the five strategic priorities and focus on the climate emergency remaining unchanged.  The report also summarised some of the achievements of the council over the previous year.    Councillor Thompson proposed an additional recommendation to allow minor editing changes to the Plan and this was agreed as set out in recommendation 2 below.

At the invitation of the Leader, Councillors Pearson and Read addressed Cabinet as summarised briefly below.

Councillor Pearson

Welcomed much of the contents of the plan but raised a number of specific queries.  This included questions regarding what exact measures were proposed to tackle the climate emergency and also a belief that the plan focussed on the city area rather than the district as a whole.

Councillor Read

Noted the likely ongoing and long term impacts of the pandemic.  Raised a detailed query regarding the type of housing proposed to be built by the proposed new housing company.  Believed that generally there had been a lack of action taken and decisions made.

Councillor Thompson and other Cabinet Members responded to comments made including emphasising that the plan was a high level strategic document which covered the whole district area.  The comments made by Chris Holloway (WinACC) during public participation in support of the council’s continued commitment to tackling the climate emergency were also noted.

Cabinet agreed the following for the reasons set out above and outlined in the report.

RECOMMENDED (TO COUNCIL):

1.     That Council approves and adopts the refreshed Council Plan priorities.

RESOLVED:

2.     That delegated authority be granted to the Strategic Director: Resources, in consultation with the Leader, to make minor typographical corrections and manuscript updates to the Plan.