Issue - meetings

To consider any Notices of Motion that have been received in accordance with the Council Procedure Rules.

Consideration was given to the following Notices of Motion, which had been submitted in accordance with the Council’s Procedural Rules.

1          Review of Winter Service (Gritting) Programme Assessment Criteria

Proposed by Councillor R Moreton and Seconded by Councillor D Edwardes.

Council resolves that: prior to carrying out the next planned operational review of the Winter Service (Gritting) Programme for the 2022/23 season and in advance of any changes to secondary gritting routes, the scoring assessment criteria and threshold for inclusion in the Winter Service (Gritting) Programme should also be reconsidered.

RESOLVED:

That the Motion be referred to the Highways and Transport Committee.

2          Safer School Streets

Proposed by Cllr Suzie Akers Smith and Seconded by Cllr Lata Anderson.

That Council creates a process that allows a Safer School Street to be created for all schools, where supported by those schools and the community, which will provide a safer environment and enable children to walk and cycle to school safely.

RESOLVED:

That the Motion be referred to the Highways and Transport Committee.

3          Sprinklers Save Lives and Protect Property from Fire       

Proposed by Councillor N Mannion and seconded by Councillor J Nicholas

That:-

1.      Our Council explores local policy options to promote and secure the fitting of sprinklers in the above building types when they are built, or if they undergo a major refurbishment.

2.      Our Council writes to the Secretary of State for the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities and local Members of Parliament to promote changes to the law to require sprinklers in at least the above building types.

3.      Our Council writes to the Secretary of State for the Department for Education to strongly oppose  the proposed removal of sprinkler provisions from the revision of the design guide for fire safety in schools (Building Bulletin 100) and to request that the requirement for sprinklers in schools is strengthened rather than removed.

RESOLVED:

That the Motion be referred to the Environment and Communities Committee.