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Agenda and minutes
Venue: Town Hall, Queen's Square, Priory Meadow, Hastings, TN34 1QR
Contact: Michael Courts on 01424 451764 email mcourts@hastings.gov.uk
Items No. Item Additional documents:
- Minutes Public Pack, 25/02/2015 Council , item 32. PDF 74 KB
- Minutes Public Pack, 11/03/2015 Council , item 32. PDF 52 KB
Minutes:
RESOLVED that the minutes of the Council meeting held on 18 February 2015, the Budget Council meeting on 25 February 2015 and the Special Council meeting on 11 March 2015 be approved and signed by the Mayor as a correct record of the proceedings
Declarations of Interest
Minutes:
The following Councillors declared their interest in the minutes indicated: -
Councillor
Committee
Minute
Interest
Chowney
Cabinet – 30 March 2015
76 – Proposed Discretionary Selective Licensing Scheme for Private Rented Homes in Hastings
Prejudicial – he owns a tenanted property in the town
Clark
Cabinet – 30 March 2015
76 – Proposed Discretionary Selective Licensing Scheme for Private Rented Homes in Hastings
Prejudicial – he owns a tenanted property in the town
Forward
Cabinet – 30 March 2015
76 – Proposed Discretionary Selective Licensing Scheme for Private Rented Homes in Hastings
Prejudicial – she owns a tenanted property in the town
Hodges
Cabinet – 30 March 2015
76 – Proposed Discretionary Selective Licensing Scheme for Private Rented Homes in Hastings
Prejudicial (if charity fee exemptions are discussed – he is a trustee of Magdalen and Lasher charity
Poole
Cabinet – 30 March 2015
76 – Proposed Discretionary Selective Licensing Scheme for Private Rented Homes in Hastings
Prejudicial (if charity fee exemptions are discussed – she is a trustee of Magdalen and Lasher charity
Questions from Councillors under Rule 12
(a) Members of the public under Rule 11
(b) Councillors under Rule 12
Minutes:
Questions to the Leader, Deputy Leader and other Lead Members were asked and answered in accordance with rule 12.1 as follows: -
Question and Councillor
Subject
Reply Given by Councillor
Pragnell
Hastings Pier is there an update on the restoration of Hastings Pier?
Councillor Chowney replied that Hastings Pier Charity were due to hold a press conference on 16 April 2015, when they would announce the opening date of the refurbished pier. He added that, due to extensive damage caused by recent storms, the opening of the pier had been delayed until 2016. However, portions of the pier may be opened for specific activities before then, once the structural works had been completed.
Chowney
Turner
Ore Valley Road Doctors Surgerywill the Leader of the Council write to NHS England again highlighting the need for a new Doctor’s surgery in Ore Valley Road?
Councillor Birch thanked Councillor Turner for continuing to bring this matter to the council’s attention. He explained that new Doctor’s surgeries had originally been planned for Station Plaza, Ore Valley Road and north St Leonards. He had previously written to NHS England emphasising the need for a new surgery in the area, due to the lack of existing surgeries and high levels of health need. A site in Ore Valley Road had also been identified for the new surgery. Councillor Birch agreed to contact the local MP after the election to raise this matter with them, before writing to NHS England again.
Birch
Motion - Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP)
Councillor Davies to propose the following motion, seconded by Councillor Fitzgerald: -
“This Council is concerned that the Investor-State Dispute Mechanism (ISDS) of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) currently being negotiated by the USA and the European Union will threaten our ability, as an elected local council to:
1) Pursue interventionist policies promoting social equity and community cohesion;
2) Choose the most effective way to provide contractual services;
3) Foster environmental protection or protect the public health to the benefit of the citizens of Hastings & St Leonards.
The European Commission's proposal on "regulatory co-operation" will further jeopardise Hastings Borough Council's powers to implement an autonomous regulatory framework for procuring, managing and guaranteeing best social and commercial value from our most important outsourced contracts.
Specifically, Hastings Borough Council seeks guarantees that the implications of this are not to give powers to companies to dictate terms favourable to themselves at the expense of the public interest.
We therefore resolve to:
1) Write to the Prime Minister, the Secretary of State for Business Innovation and Skills, our MP and MEPs raising our concerns about TTIP;
2) Contact the local governments of our twin towns within the EU with a copy of this motion, with the objective of making a joint statement to the EU Trade Commission and to urge our MEPs to lobby on our behalf;
3) Write to the Local Government Association to urge them to lobby on behalf of all local authorities on the potential impact of the TTIP."
Minutes:
Councillor Davies moved approval of the Motion, as set out in the resolution below, which was seconded by Councillor Fitzgerald.
RESOLVED (by 23 votes to 4 against with 0 abstentions) that this council is concerned that the Investor-State Dispute Mechanism (ISDS) of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) currently being negotiated by the USA and the European Union will threaten our ability, as an elected local council to:
1) Pursue interventionist policies promoting social equity and community cohesion;
2) Choose the most effective way to provide contractual services;
3) Foster environmental protection or protect the public health to the benefit of the citizens of Hastings and St Leonards
The European Commission’s proposal on “regulatory co-operation” will further jeopardise Hastings Borough Council’s powers to implement an autonomous regulatory framework for procuring, managing and guaranteeing best social and commercial value from our most important outsourced contracts.
Specifically, Hastings Borough Council seeks guarantees that the implications of this are not to give powers to companies to dictate terms favourable to themselves at the expense of the public interest.
We therefore resolve to:
1) Write to the Prime Minister, the Secretary of State for Business Innovation and Skills, our MP and MEPs raising our concerns about TTIP;
2) Contact the local governments of our twin towns within the EU with a copy of this Motion, with the objective of making a joint statement to the EU Trade Commission and to urge our MEPs to lobby on our behalf;
3) Write to the Local Government Association to urge them to lobby on behalf of all local authorities on the potential impact of the TTIP
Reports of Committees PDF 54 KB
(a) To resolve that the public be excluded from the meeting during the discussion of any items considered while the public were excluded by the relevant committee because it is likely that if members of the public were present there would be disclosure to them of “exempt” information as defined in the respective paragraphs of Schedule 12A to the local Government Act 1972 referred to in the minutes of the relevant committee.
(b) To receive and consider the recommendations and any decisions of the following committees: -
Minute No.
Subject
Cabinet Member / Chair
Cabinet – 2 March 2015
71.
Hastings and St Leonards Play Space Strategy Refresh
Poole
72.
Cabinet Appointments to Committee, Working Groups and Partnerships etc
Birch
Cabinet – 30 March 2015
75.
Review of the Hastings Houses in Multiple Occupation Additional Licensing Scheme
Forward
76.
Proposed Discretionary Selective Licensing Scheme for Private Rented Homes in Hastings
Birch
77.
Management Response to the Overview and Scrutiny Review of Outsourced Contracts
Cartwright
78.
Leisure Facilities Strategy Refresh
Poole
79.
Contracting Out Part VII Housing Act 1996 Functions
Forward
81. (E)
4 Stanier Road
Birch
(C) = Council Decision
Notes:
(1) The Mayor will call over the minutes and members will rise
and indicate those items, which they wish to have discussed
(2) No discussion shall take place at this stage upon any Part II
minute covered by the resolution at 8(a) above. Any such
discussion shall be deferred until item 9 on this agenda.
Additional documents:
Minutes:
The Mayor having called over the minutes set out in the agenda, the under mentioned minutes were reserved for discussion.
RESOLVED under rule 13.3 that the reports and minutes of committees set out in the agenda be received. Only those items which were reserved were discussed, as follows: -
Meeting
Minute
Councillor
Cabinet, 30 March 2015
75 – Review of the Hastings Houses in Multiple Occupation Additional Licensing Scheme
Batsford
Cabinet – 30 March 2015
76 – Proposed Discretionary Selective Licensing Scheme for Private Rented Homes in Hastings
Webb
Councillors Chowney, Forward and Clark, having declared a prejudicial interest in minute number 76 of Cabinet on 30 March 2015, left the chamber while this matter was discussed. The fee structure of the proposed discretionary selective licensing scheme for private rented home sin Hastings was not discussed, and it was therefore not necessary for Councillors Hodges and Poole to leave the chamber during the debate.
No motions for reference to an Overview and Scrutiny Committee or reference back to Cabinet were approved in respect of the items reserved for discussion and they were, therefore, received and agreed.
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