Meeting documents
Dorset County Council County Council
Thursday, 12th November, 2015
Committee Information
Dorset County Council - 12/11/2015: 10:00:00
COUNCIL CHAMBER, COUNTY HALL, COLLITON PARK, DORCHESTER
COUNCIL CHAMBER, COUNTY HALL, COLLITON PARK, DORCHESTER
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Agenda Details | |
| Item Number: | 0 |
| Status: | Public |
| Heading: | Agenda |
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| Reports and Attachments: | |
| Item Number: | 1 |
| Status: | Public |
| Heading: | Apologies for Absence |
| Item: | To receive any apologies for absence. |
| Item Number: | 2 |
| Status: | Public |
| Heading: | Code of Conduct |
| Item: | Councillors are required to comply with the requirements of the Localism Act 2011 regarding disclosable pecuniary interests. Check if there is an item of business on this agenda in which the member or other relevant person has a disclosable pecuniary interest. Check that the interest has been notified to the Monitoring Officer (in writing) and entered in the Register (if not this must be done on the form available from the clerk within 28 days). Disclose the interest at the meeting (in accordance with the County Council's Code of Conduct) and in the absence of a dispensation to speak and/or vote, withdraw from any consideration of the item. The Register of Interests is available on Dorsetforyou.com and the list of disclosable pecuniary interests is set out on the reverse of the form. |
| Item Number: | 3 |
| Status: | Public |
| Heading: | Minutes |
| Item: | To confirm the minutes of the meeting of the County Council held on 23 July 2015 (attached). |
| Reports and Attachments: | |
| Item Number: | 4 |
| Status: | Public |
| Heading: | Public Participation |
| Item: | (a) Public Speaking (b) Petitions To consider the submission of the following petition regarding the X31/X53 Bus Service (attached). |
| Reports and Attachments: | 08 Agenda Item 04 File - 04(b) - X31-X53 Bus Service 121115.pdf |
| Item Number: | 5 |
| Status: | Public |
| Heading: | Chairman's Announcements |
| Item: | To deal with correspondence, communications or other business brought forward by the Chairman. (a) Deaths of Former Members of the Council. (b) Chairman's Announcements |
| Item Number: | 6 |
| Status: | Public |
| Heading: | Leader's Announcements |
| Item: | To deal with business raised by the Leader of the Council which is not otherwise raised under any other item on the agenda, including the item below. Questions from councillors will be invited on the issues raised by the Leader. |
| Item Number: | 7 |
| Status: | Public |
| Heading: | Questions from County Councillors |
| Item: | The Chairman of the Council, Leader of the Council, Cabinet Members, or chairman of appropriate committees to answer questions on any business not covered on this agenda, including any questions on the discharge of the functions of the Fire Authority. The closing date for the receipt of questions is 10.00am on 9 November 2015. This item is limited to 45 minutes. |
| Item Number: | 8 |
| Status: | Public |
| Heading: | To consider the following motions submitted by members of the Council. In accordance with Standing Order 17, motions which if adopted would constitute the exercise of an executive function, shall be presented to the Council by the proposer and be referred automatically to the appropriate Committee without debate by the Council. The motion will be placed on the next appropriate agenda. The appropriate Committee will then consider how the motion will be dealt with. |
| Item: | Unless determined otherwise by the Chairman the maximum time to be allowed to present each motion shall be 10 minutes. Paul Kimber (County Councillor for Portland Tophill): Navitus Bay The motion is seconded by: Mike Byatt (County Councillor for Weymouth Town) 'The Dorset County Labour Group opposes and regrets the Government's decision not to proceed with the wind farm called Navitus Bay. Had this gone ahead Dorset would have been playing its part in supplying innovative sustainable energy that would have cut our reliance on fossil fuels in the County. We believe the creation of jobs, work and prestige would have had a great benefit for our Dorset community plus quality employment for the local workforce and economic community. We regret this great loss, which we believe will be felt for years. Therefore this Council calls on the Government to reconsider their decision regarding Navitus Bay.' Ros Kayes (County Councillor for Bridport): Trade Union Bill The motion is seconded by: Janet Dover (County Councillor for Colehill and Stapehill) 'This Council recognises the positive contribution that trade unions and trade union members make in our workplaces. This Council values the constructive relationship that we have with our trade unions and we recognise their commitment, and the commitment of all our staff, to the delivery of good quality public services. This Council notes with concern the Trade Union Bill which is currently being proposed by the Government and which would affect the Council's relationship with the trade unions and our workforce as a whole. This Council rejects this Bill's attack on local democracy and the attack on our right to manage our own affairs. This Council is clear that facility time, negotiated and agreed by us and the trade unions to suit our own specific needs, has a valuable role to play in the creation of good quality and responsive local services. Facility time should not be determined or controlled by the Government. This Council is happy with the arrangements we currently have in place for deducting trade union membership subscriptions through our payroll. We see this as an important part of our positive industrial relations and a cheap and easy to administrative matter for the Council should not be interfered with by the Government. This Council resolves to seek to continue its own locally agreed industrial relations strategy and will take every measure possible to maintain its autonomy with regard to facility time and the continuing use of check-off.' |
| Item Number: | 9 |
| Status: | Public |
| Heading: | Reports of the Cabinet |
| Item: | The Chairman of the Cabinet to present and move the adoption of the following reports (attached) and to answer questions, if any, under Standing Order 19:- (a) Meeting held 2 September 2015 (b) Meeting held 30 September 2015 (c) Meeting held on 28 October 2015 |
| Reports and Attachments: | 14 Agenda Item 09 File - 09(a) - 2 September 121115.pdf |
| Item Number: | 10 |
| Status: | Public |
| Heading: | Reports of Overview and Scrutiny Committees |
| Item: | The chairmen of overview committees to present and move the adoption of the following reports (attached) and to answer questions, if any, under Standing Order 19:- Overview Committees (a) Adult and Community - 7 October 2015 (b) Children's Services - 13 October 2015 (c) Environment - 20 October 2015 Scrutiny Committees (d) Audit and Scrutiny - 21 July 2015 (e) Audit and Scrutiny - 15 September 2015 (f) Audit and Scrutiny - 15 October 2015 (g) Dorset Health Scrutiny - 8 September 2015 |
| Reports and Attachments: | 18 Agenda Item 10 File - 10(a) - 7 October 121115.pdf |
| Item Number: | 11 |
| Status: | Public |
| Heading: | Recommendations from Quasi/ Legal Committees, Joint Committees and Other Committees |
| Item: | The chairmen of the relevant committees to present and move the adoption of the following recommendation (attached) and to answer questions, if any, on the proceedings in respect of the recommendation below:- Standards and Governance: 26 October 2015 Recommendation 88 - Scrutiny Review 2015 |
| Reports and Attachments: | 26 Agenda Item 11 File - 11 - Background 121115.pdf |
| Item Number: | 12 |
| Status: | Public |
| Heading: | Dorset Fire Authority |
| Item: | To receive the minutes of the meeting of the Dorset Fire Authority held on 23 September 2015, and to answer any questions on the proceedings of the Fire Authority. |
| Reports and Attachments: | 29 Agenda Item 12 File - 12. DFA Minutes 23 September 121115 |
| Item Number: | 13 |
| Status: | Public |
| Heading: | Review of Member's Allowances Scheme 2016/17 |
| Item: | To consider a report by the Members Remuneration Panel (attached). |
| Reports and Attachments: | 31 Agenda Item 13 File - 13. Review of Members' Allowances Scheme 2016-17 121115 |
| Item Number: | 14 |
| Status: | Public |
| Heading: | Appointments to Committees 2015/16 |
| Item: | To agree any changes to the chairmanship or membership of committees, including any changes notified by Group Leaders. |
