Issue - meetings

To consider any Notices of Motion that have been received in accordance 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                     Car Free Days and Parklets

Proposed by Councillor S Akers Smith and Seconded by Councillor
D Murphy

The Council’s Corporate Plan Green Priority of a thriving and sustainable place supports economic growth in the high street and encourages more people to use their cars less and walk and cycle more especially for short journeys into and out of the town or village centre.  Car Free Days and Parklets are a way of achieving this ambition as set out in the attached document (see links below).

Council therefore requests that a communications plan be developed, explaining how residents and communities across the towns and villages are able to host a car free day and to introduce parklets within the high street for businesses before World Car Free Day on the 22^nd September 2022.

RESOLVED:

That the Motion be referred to the appropriate Committee.

2.         Local Authority Remote/Hybrid Meetings

Proposed by Councillor S Corcoran and Seconded by Councillor
C Browne

This Council supports the petition launched by ADSO and LLG on
5 January with regard to remote and hybrid meetings. We agree to write to the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities calling on the Government to change the law to allow councils the flexibility to hold such meetings when they deem appropriate within agreed rules and procedures.

Following debate, the Motion was put to the vote. In accordance with the provisions in the Constitution a named vote was requested with the following results:

FOR

Cllrs L Anderson, J Barber, L Braithwaite, J Bratherton, S Brookfield, C Browne, P Butterill, S Corcoran, L Crane, H Faddes, A Farrall, K Flavell, R Fletcher, M Goldsmith, S Handley, A Harewood, S Hogben, D Jefferay, L Jeuda, N Mannion, A Moran, D Murphy, J Nicholas, J Parry, B Puddicombe, J Rhodes, A Stott, M Warren and P Williams.

AGAINST

Cllrs S Akers Smith, M Asquith, R Bailey, M Beanland, M Benson, D Brown, B Burkhill, J Clowes, S Edgar, D Edwardes, JP Findlow, S Gardiner, L Gilbert, A Gregory, P Groves, S Holland, A Kolker, A Martin, R Moreton, B Murphy, K Parkinson, P Redstone, J Saunders, M Sewart, M Simon, L Wardlaw, J Weatherill and  N Wylie.

NOT VOTING

Cllr S Pochin

The motion was declared carried with 29 votes for, 28 against and 1 not voting.

RESOLVED:

That the Motion be adopted.