Decisions

The time being 4.30 pm, this motion was considered dropped in accordance with Council Procedure Rule 15.1

The time being 4.30 pm, this motion was considered dropped in accordance with Council Procedure Rule 15.1

Council received the report of the Cabinet.

Councillor Brighouse moved and Councillor Webber seconded that the Council Procedure Rules be suspended in relation to paragraph 1 of the Cabinet Report (Submission of Expression of Interest to the Housing Infrastructure Fund) so as to adjourn the meeting and to allow for a ‘whole Council’ discussion and question and answer session in relation to the prepared Statement from Cllr Ian Hudspeth relating to paragraph 1 and the broader issue of the Growth Deal.

The Leader of the Council read out a statement in relation to the HIP, a copy of which is attached.

The Motion was put to the vote and was Agreed nem con.

In relation to paragraph 4 (Corporate Plan 2017/2021) (Question from Councillor Roz Smith to Councillor Heathcoat), Councillor Heathcoat undertook to provide Councillor Roz Smith with a written answer detailing the number of prospectus printed and the associated printing costs.

In relation to paragraph 6 (The Oxfordshire Safeguarding Children’s Board Annual Report/The Performance Audit and Quality Assurance Annual Report and the Case Review & Governance Annual Report) (Question from Councillor Johnson to Councillor Harrod), Councillor Harrod undertook to provide Councillor Johnson with a written answer detailing the reason why 67% percent of children newly subject to child protection plans are as a result of neglect in Oxfordshire and why this is much higher than the national average of 45%?

In relation to paragraph 7 (Queen Street Experimental TRO) (Question from Councillor Johnston to Councillor Constance), Councillor Constance undertook to provide Councillor Johnston with a written answer detailing whether the signage at the southern end of Queen Street was sufficient to warn all user that it was a shared space and whether there was any signage at the norther end to warn pedestrians that it was a shared space?

In relation to paragraph (9) (2017/18 Financial Monitoring & Business Strategy Delivery Report) (Question from Councillor Matthew to Councillor Bartholomew), Councillor Bartholomew undertook to provide Councillor Matthew with a written answer as to what the net proceeds were for all county council property/asset sales in the last 3 years and how that money had been utilised?

In relation to paragraph 11) (Director of Public Health Annual Report 2016/17) (Question from Councillor Howson to Councillor Hibbert-Biles), Councillor Hibbert-Biles undertook to provide Councillor Howson with a written answer detailing why there was no mention of E-Bacc in the report?

27 questions with notice were asked.  Details of the questions and answers and supplementary questions and answers (where asked) are set out in Annex 1 to the minutes.

In relation to question 4 (Question to Councillor Hibbert-Biles from Councillor Howson) Councillor Hibbert-Biles gave an undertaking to provide Councillor Howson with an answer as to whether the issue of using Apprenticeship Levy money had been on the Teacher’s Joint Sub-Committee Agenda and if it had not to get it put on the Agenda.

In relation to question 5 (Question to Councillor Hibbert-Biles from Councillor Howson) Councillor Hibbert-Biles gave an undertaking to provide Councillor Howson with a written answer detailing whether the Council was on Track to meet the savings that were identified against this budget line across the whole of the Medium Term Financial Plan and if so whether or not the recent statutory guidance reissued by the department for Education in relation to 16–18 Education where the government is now saying that local authorities should pay more attention to the fact that the de facto leaving age has been raised to 18, that we should treat 16-18 year olds in the same way as those of statutory school age.

In relation to question 8 (Question to Councillor Hibbert-Biles from Councillor Judy Roberts) Councillor Hibbert-Biles gave an undertaking to provide a written answer detailing how many of the 18 children that had come mid-term had accepted places and how long had these children that had arrived mid- year, how long had they been out of school before they accepted a place?

In relation to question 8 (Question to Councillor Hudspeth from Councillor Webber) Councillor Hudspeth gave an undertaking to give consideration to stopping purchasing of papers for the member’s group rooms.

In relation to question 10 (Question to Councillor Constance from Councillor Roz Smith) Councillor Constance gave an undertaking to provide Councillor Roz Smith with a written answer detailing when the new distributor was appointed and what had happened in relation to notifying local residents.

In relation to question 13 (Question to Councillor Lindsay-Gale from Councillor Buckley) Councillor Lindsay-Gale gave an undertaking to meet with Councillor Buckley to discuss the lease and rent

In relation to question 18 (Question to Councillor Constance from Councillor Johnson, Councillor Constance gave an undertaking to explore the idea of using the £48,000 spent on school travel in different way such as minibuses etc.

In relation to question 27 (Question to Councillor Heathcoat from Councillor Bartington) Councillor Heathcoat gave an undertaking to investigate when the purchase of an AED would be actioned and respond to all members in writing.

There were none.

Council received a Petition from Oxford Friends of the Earth requesting that the County Council

There were none.

The Motion was lost by 31 votes to 27.

The Chairman reported as follows:

Council paid tribute to Former county councillors Mr Peter Jones and Janet Morgan and to the former Director of Social Services Ian White.  Council observed a Minute’s silence in their honour.

Council congratulated the Director of Environment and Economy for receiving reports of outstanding service from a member of his Highways Team.

The Chairman thanked the Council for their generous contributions to the Maggie’s Centres Culture Crawl.  £4  was raised for this worthy cause.

The Chairman reminded members to let officers know whether they were able to attend her charity Dinner to be held on 9^th December 2018.

Council was encouraged to attended the member briefing following Council on the won the work of the Oxfordshire Safeguarding Children’s Board and the Oxfordshire Safeguarding Adults Board.

There were none.

Apologies for absence were received from councillors Dr Clarke, Griffiths, Lygo and Price.

The Minutes of the Meeting were approved and signed subject to inserting the letter ‘E’ before Smith in Minute

Recommendations Agreed nem con.

With the consent of Council, Councillor Johnson moved an alteration to her motion at the suggestion of Councillor Gray as shown below in bold italics/strikethrough:

“Oxfordshire’s growing population includes increasing numbers of both very young people and those of retirement age. Both groups are key users of public transport and especially buses. Public transport has proven environmental benefits in supporting the county’s move towards a low-carbon future.

The Council calls on Cabinet to work towards:

·        a set of principles whereby every resident has access to daily public transport. Not only would this help promote the development of communities, integrate society and allow both young and old to reside anywhere in the county, it would also be in line with the Local Transport Plan whereby “accessible bus connections will enable disabled people, the elderly and those unable to drive to travel more.”

·         creating a spider-web of bus networks within the county, with key hubs linking the strands. These hubs, serving the rural villages, would be intrinsic to connecting our towns and Oxford city. The buses would range in sizes, from minivans to full-scale buses, depending on demand.

 This Council instructs asks Cabinet to write to bus companies encouraging them to use fares from high-use runs to subsidise those of less use within the  a hub network in which all bus services should be frequent and reliable. As franchises come to an end, tenders should be sought from companies to run inclusive networks, with profit from high-use routes subsidising low-use. Differing operating models such as Co-operative, mutual and social enterprise models should be encouraged in providing these services with new technological innovations, for example app-based hail-n-ride, can be part of the solution.”

The Motion as amended was carried unanimously.

The time being 4.30 pm, this motion was considered dropped in accordance with Council Procedure Rule 15.1

With the consent of Council, Councillor John Sanders moved an alteration to his motion at the suggestion of Councillor Johnston as shown below in bold italics/strikethrough:

This Council welcomes in principle the Government’s announcement that it intends to ban the production of diesel and petrol-driven cars by the year 2040 in order to reduce the effects of air pollution on public health.    Recognising that, in the meanwhile, it is incumbent on all councils to play their part in reducing air pollution.

This Council instructs the Cabinet to co-operate with all Oxfordshire’s district councils urgently to identify further measures, and build on those in the LTP4, that will reduce such pollution.  In particular, Council calls on Cabinet to propose a councillor-led inter-council Air Pollution Action Group to produce plans for zero-emission or low-emission zones in AQMAsand to restrict the access of polluting traffic in such areas.”

Councillor Fatemian moved and Councillor Constance seconded the following amendment as shown in bold italics/strikethrough:

“This Council welcomes in principle the Government’s announcement that it intends to ban the production of diesel and petrol-driven cars by the year 2040 in order to reduce the effects of air pollution on public health.    Recognising that, in the meanwhile, it is incumbent on all councils to play their part in reducing air pollution.

This Council instructs asks the Cabinet to co-operate with all Oxfordshire’s district councils urgently to identify measures that will reduce such pollution.  In particular, Council calls on Cabinet to propose investigate how a councillor-led inter-council Air Pollution Action Group to could produce plans for zero-emission or low-emission zones in AQMAsand to restrict the access of polluting traffic in such areas.”

The amendment was lost by 28 votes to 27 (the Chairman having exercised her casting vote).

The substantive Motion was agreed unanimously.

The Committee agreed the following changes:

For 10 January 2018:

Change “Cyber Security” to “General Data Protection Regulations”

For 7 March 2018:

Add “Local Code of Corporate Governance”

The report, as circulated in the addenda, was noted.

Recommendation agreed.

The report was noted.

Recommendations agreed.

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The minutes of the meeting on 6 September 2017 were agreed and signed subject to the following correction:

Item 51/17 in the second paragraph, delete the final word of the first sentence “homes” and replace with “agencies”.

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