Meeting documents

Council
Wednesday, 1st February, 2012 7.00 pm

Date:
Wednesday, 1st February, 2012
Time:
7.00 pm
Place:
Council Chamber, Town Hall, Bury
 

Attendance Details

Present:
The Worshipful the Mayor (Councillor Y Creswell, in the Chair;
Councillors I Ahmed, A Audin, K Audin, M Bailey, N Bayley, RA Bibby, D Boden, R C A Brown, P Bury, G Campbell, R Caserta, D M Cassidy, S Cohen, J Columbine, M Connolly, A J Cummings, M D’Albert, V D D’Albert, J Frith, A Garner, I Gartside, J Grimshaw, D L Gunther, M Hankey, J Harris, T Holt, S Hurst, K Hussain, A Isherwood, M James, J Lewis, A K Matthews, D O’Hanlon, N Parnell, T D Pickstone, A Quinn, K Rothwell, R Shori, J Smith, T Tariq, J Taylor, B Theckston, B Vincent, R E Walker, S Walmsley and Y S Wright

15 members of the public attended the meeting.

Apologies for absence:
Councillors Bevan, Walton and Wiseman
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Item Description Decision
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C.560 DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST
 1. Councillor Connolly declared an interest in any item which related to staffing as his partner is an employee of Bury Council.

2. Councillor Cummings declared a personal interest in Minute C. 571, “Greater Manchester Joint Waste Plan Document Plan for Adoption”, as he represented the Council on the Greater Manchester Waste Disposal Authority.

3. Councillors Bayley, Pickstone and Tariq declared personal interests in questions relating to Six Town Housing as they represent the Council on that Organisation’s Board.
C.561 MINUTES OF THE COUNCIL
 RESOLVED:

That the Minutes of the meeting of the Council held on 14 December 2011 be approved as a correct record and signed by the Mayor.
C.562 MAYORAL COMMUNICATIONS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
 The Mayor referred to the recent death of Councillor John Byrne and paid tribute to his contribution to civic and political life in Bury as a former Leader and Mayor. Members observed a brief silence as a mark of respect.
C.563 PUBLIC QUESTION TIME
 1. Dog fouling in Tottington
Mr A Taylor and Ms
M Metcalfe
Councillor Connolly

2. Failure of Council Officers to respond to complaints and correspondence
Mr C Oakes
Councillor Connolly

3. Litter and fly tipping in St Mary’s Park and on the Clough, Prestwich, and action taken.
Ms J Black
Councillor Isherwood
C.564 RECOMMENDATIONS OF EXECUTIVE AND COUNCIL COMMITTEES
 The Mayor reported that there were no recommendations coming forward from the Executive or Council Committees.
C.565 LEADER STATEMENT AND EXECUTIVE QUESTION TIME
 (a)Written questions (four clear days’ notice given)

The Leader of the Council, Councillor Connolly, made a statement on the work undertaken by him since the date of the last Council meeting. The Leader and the relevant Executive Members answered questions raised by Councillors on the following issues:

1. Independent Consultants report on Civic Suites
Councillor Vic D’Albert
Councillor Lewis

2. Bus Lane Restrictions and Enforcement
Councillor Walker
Councillor Isherwood

3. Member Training and Development
Councillor Columbine
Councillor Holt

4.Development in Prestwich Village Centre
Councillor O’Hanlon
Councillor Isherwood

5. Equal Pay and Settling Claims
Councillor Harris
Councillor Connolly

6.Six Town Housing and Registered Provider Status Councillor Quinn
Councillor Shori

7. Additional resources for social care in the context of Plan for Change.
Councillor Pickstone
Councillor Shori

8. Safeguarding Procedures
Councillor Wiseman
Councillor Shori

9. FC United’s “Big Coat Day”
Councillor Tariq
Councillor Connolly

10. Fly Tipping following closure of Prestwich Tip Councillor Mary D’Albert
Councillor Isherwood

11. Dog fouling and action against irresponsible dog owners
Councillor James
Councillor Isherwood

12. Registers of Community Assets
Councillor Garner
Councillor Walmsley

13. Credit Unions
Councillor Boden
Councillor Smith

14. SPD1 Consultation and Community Engagement Councillor O’Hanlon
Councillor Walmsley

15. Expenditure on bus lane enforcement and income from fines
Councillor Pickstone
Councillor Isherwood

16. Farmers Markets
Councillor Mary D’Albert
Councillor Lewis

17. Recycling levels and targets Councillor Garner
Councillor Isherwood

18.Progress on settling cases brought under equal pay claims
Councillor Vic D’Albert
Councillor Connolly

Due to the lack of time to answer questions 13 to 18 inclusive, the Leader gave an undertaking that copies of the answers to those questions will be circulated to all Councillors. The Leader also gave an undertaking to make these available on the Council Web Site.

(b) Oral questions on the work of the Leader and Cabinet Members since the last Council meeting (without Notice)

19. Freezing of Council Tax
Councillor Gartside
Councillor Smith

20. Contribution of previous administration to recycling Councillor Gunther
Councillor Isherwood

21. Savings to the Council of increasing recycling targets
Councillor James
Councillor Isherwood

22. Reverting to two way traffic flow on Knowsley Street, Bury
Councillor Hankey
Councillor Connolly

23. Fortnightly domestic waste collection
Councillor Walker
Councillor Isherwood

24. Refuse Collection and Rat Infestation
Councillor Pickstone
Councillor Isherwood

25. Trade Union input into Equal Pay dispute
Councillor Bayley
Councillor Connolly

26. Recycling and Renewable Grant Payment
Councillor Quinn
Councillor Isherwood

27. Backing Young Bury Initiative
Councillor Tariq
Councillor Connolly

28. Numbers of Equal Pay cases settled
Councillor Brown
Councillor Connolly

C.566 NOTICE OF MOTION
 A Motion on Fire Services in Bury and Ramsbottom had been received and set out in the Summons in the names of Councillor Ahmed, Bevan, Bibby, Brown, Caserta, Cohen, Gartside, Gunther, Hankey, Harris, Hurst, Hussain, Taylor, Theckston, Vincent, Walker, Walton, Wiseman and Wright.

In the absence of a Member to move the motion, the Mayor ruled that it would not be considered.
C.567 SCRUTINY REVIEW REPORTS AND SPECIFIC ITEMS CALLED IN BY SCRUTINY COMMITTEES
 There were no Scrutiny Review Reports or specific items ‘called in’ by the Internal Scrutiny Committee to be considered at this Council meeting.
C.568 9. JOINT AUTHORITIES REPORT BY THE COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVE AND QUESTIONS
 (a) Councillor Matthews, the Council’s representative, on the Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Authority, gave a verbal report on the work of the Authority to all Members of the Council

(b) The following question had been received in accordance with Council Procedure Rule 11.2

1. 2012/13 Budget for Transport for Greater Manchester and implications for Bury
Councillor Pickstone
Councillor Isherwood (Representative on the Committee for Greater Manchester Transport)
C.569 QUESTIONS ON THE WORK OF OUTSIDE BODIES OR PARTNERSHIPS
 There were no written questions on the work of the outside bodies or partnerships on which the Council is represented, submitted in accordance with Council Procedure Rule 11.2.
C.570 DELEGATED DECISIONS OF THE COUNCIL COMMITTEES
 There were no written questions asked on the delegated decisions of the Committee or Scrutiny Commissions contained in the Digests of Decisions No.d
7 and 8 (2011/2012).
C.571 GREATER MANCHESTER JOINT WASTE PLAN DEVELOPMENT PLAN DOCUMENT %u2013 PLAN FOR ADOPTION
 The Executive Member for Environment and Economy submitted a report which recommended the adoption of the Greater Manchester Joint Waste Development Plan Document and subsequent changes to the Bury District’s Proposal Map.

It was moved by Councillor Isherwood and seconded by Councillor Cummings that the report and recommendations be approved.

On being put the recommendation was unanimously carried and it was:

RESOLVED:

That this Council approve the Adoption of the Greater Manchester Joint Waste Development Plan Document and subsequent changes to the Bury District’s Proposal Map.

The meeting started at 7.00 pm and ended at 8.35 pm.