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Disclosures of Interest PDF 35 KB In accordance with the Council's Code of Conduct, Councillors of the Council are reminded that it is a requirement to declare interests where appropriate.
Minutes: The disclosures of interests made by Councillors were set out in Appendix A to the minutes.
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Communications To receive and consider any announcementsor communications. Minutes: There were no communications. |
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Public Question Time To answerpublicquestionsunder Council Procedure Rule10.The questionsmust be on matterswhich are relevanttothe functionsofthe Council, andshould not includestatements.
One supplementaryquestionfrom thequestioner will be allowed.
Up to 30 minutesisallocatedto PublicQuestionTime.
Minutes: Questions asked in accordance with Council Procedure Rule 9 were as follows:
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To approve as a correct recordthe minutesofthe meetingof the Full Council held on 17 October 2018. Minutes: The minutes of the meeting of the Full Council held on 17 October 2018 were approved as a correct record and signed by the Mayor.
On the bequest of the Mayor an apology is recorded to Councillor Boxall and Burrett over the initial draft Minutes that were published that included their names having voted during a Recorded Vote on the Motion on Tackling Homelessness and Supporting Those at Risk. However neither voted as they were not in the room, having left prior to the commencement of the Item.
The Minutes approved by the Full Council had been corrected accordingly.
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Gatwick Airport Draft Master Plan 2018 Consultation PDF 135 KB To consider report CEx/49 of the Chief Executive.
As part of the Consultation Councillors at Full Council will be required to provide a clear direction to the Chief Executive on each of the responses to the Consultation questions.
The Chief Executive will then submit the Council’s response to the consultation as directed by the Full Council, before the consultation closes on 10 January 2019.
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Minutes: The Full Council considered report CEx/49 of the Chief Executive. The Chief Executive introduced the report as follows:
Thank you Mr Mayor and good evening Councillors.
The report in front of you outlines Gatwick Airport’s proposals for ongoing development and growth over the next ten to fifteen years. This is captured in their draft masterplan currently out for consultation which ends on 10 January 2019. In essence the draft Masterplan explains and tests a number of scenarios as to how Gatwick Airport, which currently handles just under 46 million passengers per annum, can expand to meet growing demand for air travel.
The first is to Intensifying the use of the current main runway. And increasing capacity to circa 60 million passengers per annum and doubling the cargo throughput. The second scenario is Bringing the stand-by runway into regular use once a 40 year legal agreement with WSCC falls away in August 2019 plus the lifting of a restrictive planning agreement. This would accommodate growth of up to 70 million passengers per annum and tripling of cargo throughput compared to the current day. The third process is to continue safeguarding land to the immediate south of the current runway for an additional new runway in the future.
It is worth explaining that the draft masterplan is set out to test the appetite of the various scenarios and as such does not have the very detailed assessments, data and studies to support it. Whilst clearly some synopsis work has taken place to provide an indication of some of the implications, the very detailed impacts and analysis work will be undertaken when a clear steer and direction is agreed. So the consultation process is structured around 11 key questions their proposals and their consultation document which we have had an opportunity to look at them.
I am seeking your views and agreement in how we submit our Council response. To do this we are proposing to divide our response into two clear sections. The first would form a technical response to questions 3- 11, pages 42-48 (in your papers) including our position on the future safeguarding of land which remains the same as our previous formal position taken in 2015 which is to strongly oppose this. The second is the Council’s overall view on whether it supports or opposes the proposals as outlined in the draft Masterplan, given the background provided in our question 2 draft response (pages 33-41 of your papers). Your responses to these questions and to the recommendations, along with the general debate will provide me with a clear steer of the council’s response to submit in the New Year.
The Mayor then invited the Leader of the Council, then moved the report.
Councillor Lamb: Members, the report that you have before you has been produced with much forethought and care. My purpose in bringing this report forward in this format is to ensure that it no ways implies the outcome of this meeting. Both the Members of Labour ... view the full minutes text for item 5. |
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Items for debate (Reserved Items) PDF 83 KB Prior to the introduction ofthe Minutesofthe Cabinet, Overviewand Scrutiny CommissionandCommittees (ascontained in the BookofMinutes), Memberswill be given the opportunity to indicate on which items they wish tospeak.
TheseReservedItemswill then bethe onlymattersto bethe subject ofa debate.
Minutes: Councillors indicated that they wished to speak on a number of items as set out in the following table:
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Minutes of the Cabinet, Overview and Scrutiny Commission and Committees PDF 81 KB 1) Toreceive theminutes ofthe meetings ofthe Cabinet,Overviewand Scrutiny Commission and Committees, as listed on page 51, and set out in the appendices to this item.
2) Toadopt any of therecommendationsto Full Council,which have notbeenreservedfor debate and as listed on page 51, and set out in the appendices to this item.
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Minutes:
1) Moved by Councillor Rana (as the Deputy Mayor):-
RESOLVED
That the following reportsbe received:
· Planning Committee – Monday 22 October 2018 · Overview and Scrutiny Commission – Monday 29 October 2018 · Cabinet – Wednesday 31 October 2018 · Licensing Committee – Monday 5 November 2018 · Governance Committee – Tuesday 13 November 2018 · Overview and Scrutiny Commission – Monday 19 November 2018 · Planning Committee – Tuesday 20 November 2018 · Cabinet – Wednesday 21 November 2018 · Audit Committee – Tuesday 27 November 2018
2) Thatthe recommendationscontained inthe reportson thefollowing matters,which had not been reserved for debate, be adopted:-
Station Gateway Programme Update – Cabinet – 21 November 2018 (Recommendation 3)
The FullCouncil consideredreport PES/307 of the Head of Economy and Planning.
RESOLVED
That Full Council approves:
1. the inclusion of the Scheme within the capital programme, funded by the Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) and WSCC through the Crawley Growth Programme.
2. the increase of £5.2 million to the capital programme for the Station Gateway Scheme within the Crawley Growth programme, to be funded from contributions from the LEP and WSCC, subject to formal agreement with WSCC of a revised funding protocol
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Budget Strategy 2019/20 - 2023/24 (Recommendation 1) - Cabinet - Wednesday 31 October 2018 Minutes: The Full Council considered report FIN/417 of the Head of Corporate Finance, which had been previously considered at the meeting of the Cabinet - Wednesday 31 October 2018.
Councillor Lamb moved and presented the report which set out the projected financial position for 2019/20 – 2023/24 for the General Fund and the underlying assumptions
The report was seconded by Councillor P. Smith.
RESOLVED
That Full Council:
1) approves of the Budget Strategy 2019/20 to 2023/24
2) notes, for the purpose of projections, the current budget deficit of £225,000 for 2019/20, on the basis of a Council tax increase of £4.95 on a Band D in 2019/20.
3) work towards balancing this over a three year period, including putting back into reserves when the Budget is in surplus.
4) approved the transfer of £1m from the Business rates equalisation reserve to the General Fund reserve; and in addition any in year and future surplus are to be transferred to the General Fund reserve in order to fund the short term additional costs due to the investment in the New Town Hall build as outlined in section 7.6 of report FIN/417
5) instructs Corporate Management Team to take action to address the long term budget gap and to identify policy options for consideration by Cabinet Members and the Budget Advisory Group, which will include areas where additional resources need to be redirected.
6) notes that items for the Capital Programme are driven by the need for the upkeep of council assets and environmental obligations and schemes will also be considered that are spend to save or spend to earn whilst not precluding the initial consideration of capital projects that could deliver social value.
7) notes that the Budget is aligned to the Council’s Corporate Priorities.
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District Heat Network (Recommendation 2) - Cabinet - 31 October 2018 Minutes: The Mayor informed the Full Council that it was his intension to hold the discussion on the Recommendation 2 – District Heat Network (report HPS/015) from the Cabinet held on 31 October 2018, in Open - Public Session (Part A), noting that the report was an exempt report. In response Councillor T. Belben requested that the discussion actually be moved to Private Close Session – (Part B) discussion as there were elements she and other of her colleagues wish to raise would be related to commercially sensitive matters and thus it would not be appropriate to discuss in an Open – Public Session.
As such the Mayor, with the support of the meeting, agreed to move the discussion to a Private Close Session – (Part B) discussion and the item later on the agenda.
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Public Space Protection Order - Cabinet - 21 November 2018 Minutes: Councillor Guidera on behalf of the Conservative Group, explained the rationale for bringing forward this item. He commented that he welcomed this decision and was pleased that it had finally been brought forward. He was hopeful it would make Crawley a quieter place. It was not a method to punish car enthusiasts and that message should be quite clear, rather to stop those who use their cars and vehicles as a method to cause disturbance and nuisance to others.
Councillor Irvine spoke on this item, also commenting how the Commission recommended that item should have been debated and the decision made at Full Council, as it was a Borough wide issue. He also raised as to whether any Public Space Protection Orders could be a Council function.
Councillor B. Burgess, Mullins, Lamb and B. Smith also spoke on this item.
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Notice of Motion 1 - Motion on the Closure of Crawley's Crown Post Office PDF 71 KB To consider, in accordance with Council Procedure Rule 13, the following Notice of Motion to be moved by Councillor Jones and seconded by Councillor P. Smith Additional documents: Minutes: The Council considered the Notice of Motion 1 ‘Motion on the Closure of Crawley's Crown Post Office’ as set out in the Full Council’s agenda. The Motion was moved and presented by Councillor Jones and seconded and supported by Councillor P Smith.
Councillor Crow moved and presented the Conservative amendment, (as shown in Appendix B to these minutes). The amendment was seconded and supported by Councillor McCarthy.
During the debate both on the original Notice of Motion and on the proposed amendment, Councillors, Guidera, Lunnon, B Burgess, Cheshire, Pendlington, Mullins, Willcock, A Belben, Quinn, Pickett, R Burgess and Thomas all spoke during the debate on the merit on the two options before the Full Council. Councillor Jones exercised his a right to reply to speak at the end of the debate.
The Mayor then called for the vote on the amendment:
The Mayor declared the proposed amendment to the Notice of Motion had as fallen – votes in favour 16, and 18 votes against with no abstentions.
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Duration of the Meeting (Guillotine) Minutes: As the business had not been completed within the scheduled 2 hours 30 minutes a vote on continuation, and in line with Council Procedure Rule 2.2, was held. The Mayor required the Full Council to consider if it wished to continue with the meeting.
Having put it to the vote, the Council agreed that the meeting be continued for an additional period not exceeding 30 minutes.
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Notice of Motion 1 - Motion on the Closure of Crawley's Crown Post Office (Continued) Minutes: The Mayor then called for the recorded vote substantive Notice of Motion:
Voting in Favour: M L Ayling, A Belben, T G Belben, N J Boxall, B J Burgess, R G Burgess, C A Cheshire, R S Fiveash, F Guidera, I T Irvine, M G Jones, P K Lamb, T Lunnon, S Malik, C J Mullins, D M Peck, A Pendlington, M W Pickett, C Portal Castro, B J Quinn, T Rana, B A Smith, P C Smith, M A Stone, K Sudan, J Tarrant, G Thomas, and L Willcock. (28)
Voting Against: None. (0)
Abstentions: R D Burrett, D Crow, C R Eade, R A Lanzer. K L Jaggard and K McCarthy. (6)
The Mayor declared the Notice of Motion as carried – votes in favour 28, and no votes against with 6 votes of abstentions.
RESOLVED
This Council notes with concern that:
This Council believes that:
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Councillors' Written Questions PDF 91 KB To answer Councillors’ writtenquestionsunder Council Procedure Rule 11.3.
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Minutes:
Councillors’ written questions, together with the answers, were published in advance of the start of the Meeting. The questions were as follows:-
Questioner Councillor Lanzer Addressed to Leader of the Council Subject(s) Council’s use of Consultants
Questioner Councillor Jaggard Addressed to Cabinet Member for Planning and Economic Development Subject(s) The water feature in Queens Square.
Questioner Councillor Crow Addressed to Cabinet Member for Resources Subject(s) Expenditure of new Town Hall Project
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Announcements by Cabinet Members Anopportunityfor CabinetMembersto report verbally (ifnecessary)on issuesrelating totheirPortfolio not covered elsewhere on the agenda.
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Questions to Cabinet Members To answer questionsto CabinetMembersunder Council Procedure Rule 11.2.
Up to 15 minutesisallocatedfor questionsto CabinetMember Minutes:
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Questions to Committee Chairs To answer questionsto Committee Chairs.
Up to 15 minutesisallocatedfor questionsto CommitteeChairs.
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Duration of the Meeting (Guillotine) Minutes: As the business had not been completed within the additional 30 minutes a vote on continuation, and in line with Council Procedure Rule 2.2, was held. The Mayor required the Full Council to consider if it wished to continue with the meeting.
Having put it to the vote, the Council agreed that the meeting be continued for an additional period not exceeding 30 minutes.
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Exempt Information - Exclusion of the Public Minutes: RESOLVED
That in accordance with Section 100A(4) of the Local Government Act 1972, the public be excluded from the meeting for the following item of business on the grounds that it involve the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Act by virtue of the paragraph 3 - Information relating to the financial or business affairs of any particular person (including the authority holding that information)
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District Heat Network (Recommendation 3)- Cabinet - 31 October 2018 (Exempt Discussion) Minutes: The Full Council considered report HPS/15 of the Head of Mayor Projects and Commercial Services, which had been previously considered at the Cabinet on 31 October 2018. Councillor Thomas presented the report which detailed the business case to progress with Phrase 1 of the District Heat Network and sort approval of the budget and funding for the project.
Councillor T. Belben then spoke on behave of the Conservative Group, she raised several concerns over the business case and the associated risks. Councillor Thomas responded to this and requested if she email him her questions and concerns he’ll ensure responses were provided by officers.
Councillor Jaggard also spoke on the item.
Moved by Councillor Lamb, seconded by Councillor Thomas.
The Mayor declared the proposed recommendation as carried – votes in favour 19, and votes against 11 with 3 abstentions.
RESOLVED
That Full Council approves
i) the budget and funding for the District Heat Network scheme as shown in paragraph 4.9 of report HPS/15.
ii) the virement from the K2 Crawley Combined Heat and Power (CHP) project, as outlined in paragraph 4.9 report HPS/15.
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Appendix A - Declarations of Interests
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Appendix B Full Council
12 December 2018
CONSERVATIVE AMENDMENT TO NOTICE OF MOTION 1 - MOTION ON THE CLOSURE OF CRAWLEY’S CROWN POST OFFICE
Mover Councillor Crow and Seconder Councillor McCarthy. (Those words struck through it is proposed be deleted and in BOLD are to be added) This Council notes with concern that:
This Council believes that:
This Council resolves to: 1. Ask the Leader of the Council to write to Government to raise concern about the apparent managed decline of the post office network and the impact on high streets across the UK as well as the service in the franchised premises, and the poor quality jobs that result.
2. Calls on the Overview and Scrutiny Committee to scrutinise the issue and (separately) the Leader of the Council and the Leader of the Opposition to jointly meet with WH Smith and the Post Office to urge a stop to the planned franchise in Crawley.
3. To join local campaigning to raise awareness of the value of our Post Office and the need for it to remain an asset of and for the people.
Proposed Amendment Motion would now read:
This Council notes with concern that:
This Council believes that:
This Council resolves to:
1. Ask the Leader of the Council to write to Government to raise concern about the apparent managed decline of the post office network and the impact on high streets across the UK as well as the service in the franchised premises, and the poor quality jobs that result.
2. Calls on the Overview and Scrutiny Committee to scrutinise the issue and (separately) the Leader of the Council and the Leader of the Opposition to jointly meet with WH Smith and the Post Office to urge a stop to the planned franchise in Crawley.
3. To join local campaigning to raise awareness of the value of our Post Office and the need for it to remain an asset of and for the people.
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