Agenda Template

Notice of a public

Decision Session - Executive Member for Environment and Climate Emergency

To:	Councillor Kent (Executive Member)
Date:	Tuesday, 15 October 2024
Time:	10.00 am
Venue:	West Offices - Station Rise, York YO1 6GA

AGENDA

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Notice to Members – Post Decision Calling In:

Members are reminded that, should they wish to call in any item* on this agenda, notice must be given to Democratic Services by 4:00 pm on 22 October 2024

*With the exception of matters that have been the subject of a previous call in, require Full Council approval or are urgent, which are not subject to the call-in provisions. Any called in items will be considered by the Corporate Services, Climate Change and Scrutiny Management Committee.

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Written representations in respect of items on this agenda should be submitted to Democratic Services by 5.00 pm on Friday, 11 October 2024.

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1. Declarations of Interest

At this point in the meeting, the Executive Member is asked to declare any disclosable pecuniary interest, or other registerable interest, they might have in respect of business on this agenda, if they have not already done so in advance on the Register of Interests. The disclosure must include the nature of the interest.

(Pages 1 - 2)

An interest must also be disclosed in the meeting when it becomes apparent to the member during the meeting.

[Please see attached sheet for further guidance for Members].

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2. Minutes

(Pages 3 - 6)

To approve and sign the minutes of the Decision Session held on 16 July 2024.

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3. Public Participation

At this point in the meeting members of the public who have registered to speak can do so. Members of the public may speak on agenda items or on matters within the remit of the Committee.

Please note that our registration deadlines are set as 2 working days before the meeting, in order to facilitate the management of public participation at our meetings. The deadline for registering at this meeting is 5:00pm on Friday, 11 October 2024.

To register to speak please visit www.york.gov.uk/AttendCouncilMeetings to fill in an online registration form. If you have any questions about the registration form or the meeting, please contact Democratic Services. Contact details can be found at the foot of this agenda.

Webcasting of Public Meetings

Please note that, subject to available resources, this meeting will be webcast including any registered public speakers who have given their permission. The meeting can be viewed live and on demand at www.york.gov.uk/webcasts.

During coronavirus, we made some changes to how we ran council meetings, including facilitating remote participation by public speakers. See our updates (www.york.gov.uk/COVIDDemocracy) for more information on meetings and decisions.

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4. Food Service Plan 2024-2025

(Pages 7 - 46)

This report seeks approval for the council’s Food Service Plan 2024-25 in compliance with the requirements of the Food Law Code of Practice.

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5. York Green Streets - Progress and Next Steps

(Pages 47 - 60)

This report sets out progress towards finalising City of York Council’s tree planting proposals for the 2024/25 tree planting season as part of the York Green Streets initiative. The report also seeks Executive Member approval to engage the market to help identify likely costs of tree supply, installation, and aftercare and grant delegated authority to the Director of City Development in consultation with the Director of Finance and Director of Governance to award delivery contracts subject to grant funding being secured.

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6. Urgent Business

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

Interim Democratic Services Manager: Louise Cook

Telephone: 01904 551031

Email: louise.cook@york.gov.uk

For more information about any of the following please contact the Democratic Services Officer responsible for servicing this meeting:

· Registering to speak

· Business of the meeting

· Any special arrangements

· Copies of reports and

· For receiving reports in other formats

Contact details are set out above.

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Reasonable Adjustments and Alternative formats statement
To request reasonable adjustments or to provide this document in an alternative language or format such as large print, braille, audio, Easy Read or BSL, you can:
	Email us at: cycaccessteam@york.gov.uk
	Call us: 01904 551550 and customer services will pass your request onto the Access Team.
	Use our BSL Video Relay Service: www.york.gov.uk/BSLInterpretingService Select ‘Switchboard’ from the menu.
	We can also translate into the following languages: