Agenda
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Speaking at a Council or Committee meeting
Venue: Council Chamber, Town Hall
Contact: Mathew Metcalfe, Democratic and Electoral Services Officer
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Conduct of Council Business
(1) Members should switch off mobile devices (or set them to flight mode) unless:-
(2) Ensure ipads are defaulting to WiFi;
(3) Members should treat each other with mutual respect, should listen to what Members say and should not interrupt or disrupt Member speeches or addresses or questions by members of the public;
(4) Council Business should be conducted through the Lord Mayor;
(5) When the Lord Mayor stands to speak all Members should sit down;
(6) Members when speaking should switch on and speak directly into the microphone and refrain from moving around when speaking, as this affects the audibility of their voice. They should also consider sitting down when speaking. They should avoid banging the benches as the loop is set up to counteract sudden sharp noises by cutting out momentarily.
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PART 1 - BUSINESS PART OF THE MEETING |
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Apologies Apologies have been received from Councillors Jones, Rundle and Wilkinson. |
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Declarations of interest Guidance on this is contained within the main agenda. Members’ attention is drawn to Section 22 of the Constitution.
If Members have queries about possible interests, would they please discuss them with the Monitoring Officer before the meeting commences. |
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Minutes To be signed as a correct record by the Lord Mayor. The Constitution does not permit any “matters arising”
See pages 1 to 54 of the main agenda. |
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Appointments to Committees |
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Announcements (a) The Lord Mayor
(b) The Sheriff
(c) The Leader of the Council
(d) Chief Executive, Chief Finance Office, Monitoring Officer
There are no announcements by the Statutory Officers. |
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Public addresses and questions that relate to matters for decision at the Council meeting PDF 18 KB NOTE: for items 6 and 11 combined, the Constitution sets a time limit of 45 minutes. If there is insufficient time to take all of the addresses and questions, the Constitution says that a written response will be given to each of the questions not taken.
Addresses
Jack Bloomer - Supporting the Financial Transactions Tax.
Text attached to the Briefing Note. The address relates to Motion 1.
Questions
None |
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Executive Board recommendations PDF 11 MB Transfers to Earmarked Reserves – CEB 12th June, minute 6, recommendation 3. The report considered by CEB is attached to the Briefing Note. |
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Officer Reports See pages 55 to 64 of the main agenda.
The Leader will move adoption of the recommendation.
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City Executive Board Minutes - Questions For the minutes of the meetings held on:
22nd April 2013 7th May 2013 12th June 2013
Please see pages 65 to 78 of the main agenda
The Constitution sets a time limit of 15 minutes for questions arising from this item |
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Questions on Notice from Members of Council PDF 104 KB This item is not time limited
Details of these questions and the replies given are attached to this Briefing Note. |
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PART 2 – PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT AND SCRUTINY |
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NOTE: for items 6 and 11 combined, the Constitution sets a time limit of 45 minutes. If there is insufficient time to take all of the addresses and questions, the Constitution says that a written response will be given to each of the questions not taken.
Addresses and questions with responses are attached to this Briefing Note.
Addresses
Mark Stone – MND (Motor Neurone Disease) Charter (The MND Charter has been placed in Members’ pigeonholes in the Members’ area)
Fran Ryan – Community Led homes in Oxford;
William Clark – The Consultation Process;
Nigel Gibson – Openness and Transparency;
Daniel Tomlinson and Sarah Santhosham - Oxford University Students’ Union Charities and Community;
Rowen Smith - Full Circle and Charity Mentors (Details of these charities have been placed in Members’ pigeonholes in the Members’ area)
Questions
Andrew Brough – Teaching children to swim;
Sue Brough – Previous public consultation on building new pool in Blackbird Leys;
Cathy Wheeler – The legal nature of Oxford City Council;
Sietske Boeles – Potential risk to the environment caused by the Castle Mill development;
Jane Alexander – Access to swimming pools;
Adrian Arbib – Photo montages for the Roger Dudman Way development
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Petitions None submitted |
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Outside organisation reports and questions None submitted |
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Scrutiny Committee - Reports from the Chair Report attached to main agenda at pages 79 to 86 |
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Scrutiny Committee Recommendations None submitted |
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PART 3 – MOTIONS – REPRESENTING THE CITY |
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The Constitution provides for a total time of 60 minutes for this agenda item. Members’ speeches are subject to a maximum of 3 minutes.
All Motions are attached to this Briefing Note, as follows:-
(1) Financial Transactions Tax – proposed by Councillor Bob Price, seconded by Councillor James Fry;
(2) Community Budgets – proposed by Councillor Jean Fooks;
(3) Tar Free Oxford – proposed by Councillor Sam Hollick;
(4) Supermarket Levy – proposed by Councillor Craig Simmons, seconded by Councillor David Williams;
(5) Supporting Youth Employment – proposed by Councillor David Williams, seconded by Councillor Sam Hollick;
(6) Impartiality of the Planning Process – proposed by Councillor David Williams, seconded by Councillor Elise Benjamin;
(7) Supporting the Robin Hood Tax – proposed by Councillor Elise Benjamin
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