Issue - meetings

This report presents the recommendations of a task group set up to consider the scope to develop “green jobs” within the City, following a question asked at Council in January of this year.

RESOLVED:       (i)               That the recommendations of the Green Jobs Task  Force, as set out in Annex A to the report, be endorsed for further consultation.

(ii)              That further consultation on the recommendations be carried out primarily through the Without Walls Local Strategic Partnership and its constituent thematic partnerships.

(iii)             That the Task Force be requested to continue to meet to consider the outcome of the further consultation and to develop an action plan to take forward agreed recommendations.

(iv)             That a further report be received on this action plan, including a programme for implementation.

REASON:                  To develop an action plan to enable more locally based jobs to be created in the city focussed on environmental technologies.

Members considered a report which presented the recommendations of the task group set up to consider the scope to develop ‘green jobs’ within the City.

The Green Jobs Task Force had been convened at the request of the Executive Leader in response to a question asked at Council in January of this year.  Its final report, setting out recommendations for action to stimulate the further development of ‘green jobs’ in the City, was attached at Annex A.

Members were invited to decide whether to accept, reject or carry out further consultation on these recommendations.  The latter option would enable the development of an action plan to implement the recommendations.

Having noted the comments of the Shadow Executive on this item, it was

RESOLVED:       (i) That the recommendations of the Green Jobs Task  Force, as set out in Annex A to the report, be endorsed for further consultation.

(ii)That further consultation on the recommendations be carried out primarily through the Without Walls Local Strategic Partnership and its constituent thematic partnerships. ^1.

(iii)That the Task Force be requested to continue to meet to consider the outcome of the further consultation and to develop an action plan to take forward agreed recommendations.

(iv)That a further report be received on this action plan, including a programme for implementation. ^2.

REASON:                  To develop an action plan to enable more locally based jobs to be created in the city focussed on environmental technologies.

Note: Resolution (iv) has now been amended following re-consideration of the above decisions at a meeting of the Executive (Calling In) on 27 October 2009.  For details, click on the link below:

http://democracy.york.gov.uk/ieListDocuments.aspx?CId=601&MId=4349&Ver=4