Agenda

To receive and note apologies for absence.

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To approve and sign the minutes of the Council meeting on 18 September 2025 and the Extraordinary Council meeting on 16 October 2025.

To consider any announcements made by the Lord Mayor in respect of Civic business.

At this point in the meeting, any member of the public who has registered to address the Council, or to ask a Member of the Council a question, on a matter directly relevant to the business of the Council or the City, may do so. The deadline for registering is 5:00pm on Tuesday, 4 November 2025.

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Webcasting of Public Meetings

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To consider any petitions received from Members in accordance with Standing Order B5. 

No petitions were received on this occasion.

To receive a report from the Leader of the Council and Executive providing an updating on key activity since the last Council meeting.

To ask questions of the Leader and/or Executive Members in respect of any matter within their portfolio responsibility, in accordance with Standing Order B8.

To receive a report from Councillor Fenton, Chair of the Corporate Scrutiny Committee, on the work of Scrutiny.

To consider the appointments and changes to membership of committees and outside bodies set out on the list attached to this summons.

To receive and consider for approval the recommendations of Executive, as set out in the attached draft Part B minute. 

*Recommendations subject to approval at the Executive meeting on 4 November 2025

To receive a report from the Director of City Development presenting the Community Infrastructure Levy for adoption*, as proposed to be modified, for implementation on 1 February 2026.

*subject to any additional comments raised at the Executive meeting on 4 November 2025.

To receive a report from the Corporate Director of Children and Education presenting the Corporate Parenting Annual Report for 2024/25.

To consider the following Motions on Notice under Standing Order B13.

1)   Access to Transport for All

To be moved by Councillor Fenton

Council notes:

·      That under the English National Concessionary Travel Scheme, disabled residents are entitled to free bus travel on local buses, but this is usually restricted to journeys made between 9:30am and 11:00pm on weekdays, unless local councils choose to extend the hours.

·      That City of York Council currently allows disabled people’s bus passes to be used from 9:00am, half an hour earlier than the national minimum, but that many essential appointments, employment opportunities, and educational commitments require travel to take place before this time.

·      That Liberal Democrat MP Tom Gordon has led a national campaign calling on the Government to remove time restrictions entirely, to allow disabled people to use their bus passes at any time of day, reflecting the principle that disability does not only occur between 9:00am and 11:00pm.

·      That York’s Dial & Ride community transport service - used by many older and disabled people - ceased operating at the end of December 2023 and that a cross-party Task & Finish Group made a number of recommendations which were approved by the Economy, Place, Access & Transport Scrutiny Committee in June 2024.

Council believes:

·      That the current time limits create unnecessary barriers for disabled residents, particularly for those needing to attend early morning medical appointments, commute to work or education.

·      That local flexibility should not mean a postcode lottery, where disabled people in some areas have full access to public transport and others do not.

·      That improving access to bus travel for disabled people supports the Council’s wider commitments to equality, inclusion, and sustainable transport.

·      That the quality of life of many older and disabled people has been adversely impacted by the absence of a replacement Dial & Ride service for the past 22 months, many of whom do not have access to a car and are unable to get to their nearest bus stop.

Council therefore resolves to:

1.    Support Tom Gordon MP’s campaign to lift national time restrictions on the use of disabled bus passes.

2.    Ask the Group Leaders to write to the Secretary of State for Transport urging the Government to amend the English National Concessionary Travel Scheme to make disabled bus passes valid 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

3.    Ask the Executive Member for Transport to explore options for City of York Council to amend the local start time to earlier than 9:00am, and for officers to bring a report to the People Scrutiny Committee within 6 months, outlining cost implications and potential partnerships with local bus operators.

4.    Ask the Executive Member for Transport to meet with the Dial & Ride Task & Finish Group members as soon as possible to discuss the progress made with identifying options for a replacement service.

2)   Tackling pollution in York’s Rivers

To be moved by Councillor Kent

This Council notes:

-       that in 2023, storm overflows discharged wastewater, including untreated sewage, into the River  ...  view the full agenda text for item 14.

Any other business which the Chair considers urgent under the Local Government Act 1972.

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