Issue - meetings

To consider the attached Notices of Motion, submitted in accordance with Procedure Rule 12 by Councillor J Macrae and Councillor R Menlove

Two Notices of Motion had been submitted, one by Cllr Macrae and one by Cllr Menlove. The Mayor had agreed, in accordance with Council Procedure Rule 12, that it was conducive to the dispatch of business for both Motions to be dealt with at the meeting. 

1)     Consideration was given to the following Notice of motion submitted, by Cllr Macrae and seconded by Cllr Fitzgerald :-

“Following recent and further projected rises in the retail costs of petrol and diesel fuel due both to world oil prices an U.K. Government taxation and duty increases,

Cheshire East Council resolves to lobby government and H.M. Treasury to urgently review and amend current policies to ensure that planned increases are moderated. 

Cheshire East Council is increasingly concerned that the continuing rises in fuel costs will seriously impact on the economic recovery locally and within the sub-region, particularly our SME's, transport providers and the sustainability of rural communities."

Cllrs Macrae and Fitzgerald agreed to accept an amendment to the wording of the Motion, to replace the words “planned increases” with the words ”fluctuations in costs” in the first paragraph and to replace the word “rises” with the word “fluctuations” in the second paragraph.

RESOLVED

That, the motion, as amended, be approved as follows :-

Following recent and further projected rises in the retail costs of petrol and diesel fuel due both to world oil prices an U.K. Government taxation and duty increases,

Cheshire East Council resolves to lobby government and H.M. Treasury to urgently review and amend current policies to ensure that fluctuations and costs are moderated. 

Cheshire East Council is increasingly concerned that the continuing  fluctuations in fuel costs will seriously impact on the economic recovery locally and within the sub-region, particularly our SME's, transport providers and the sustainability of rural communities.

2)     Consideration was given to the following Notice of motion, submitted by Cllr Menlove and seconded by Cllr Fitzgerald :-

“That Council endorses the following actions:

·         immediate investment of up to a further £500,000 in reactive maintenance gangs to clear any back log of defects and keep our roads open and safe – this will be managed as part of the Council’s overall financial position, despite the significant pressures on general balances at the present time

·        capital investment is made in the road network across the Borough to ease a strained situation and stop further deterioration in key areas in the future – this will be prioritised, in the planning of the spending of the Local Transport Plan allocation for 2011/12; and

·         a submission will be made to central government to request significant financial support, at least to the level of last year’s winter impact grant, given the evident major damage to road surfaces and the challenges of meeting the required expenditure from the Council’s resources.”

 RESOLVED

That the motion be approved.