Agenda and minutes

At this point, Members are asked to declare any personal or prejudicial interests they may have in the business on this agenda.

Members were invited to declare at this point in the meeting any personal or prejudicial interests they might have in the business on the agenda.  No interests were declared.

At this point in the meeting, members of the public who have registered their wish to speak regarding an item on the agenda or a matter within the Executive’s remit can do so.  The deadline for registering is 5:00 pm on Monday 21 March 2011.

It was reported that there had been no registrations to speak at the meeting under the Council’s Public Participation Scheme.

To reconsider the decisions taken by the Executive Member for City Strategy on 1 March 2011 regarding the above item, if requested to do so by the Scrutiny Management Committee (Calling In) meeting on 21 March 2011.

Members reconsidered the decisions taken by the Executive Member for City Strategy on 1 March 2011 in relation to a report which sought approval for a proposed approach for the submission of an application to the Department of Transport’s Local Sustainable Transport Fund.

The Executive Member’s decisions on this item had been called in by Cllrs Merrett, Potter and Simpson-Laing and subsequently considered by the Scrutiny Management Committee (SMC) (Calling In) at a meeting on 21 March 2011. The SMC (Calling In) had resolved:

“That Option B be approved and resolution 8 (iv) referred to the Executive (Calling-In) meeting, for the reason that any final submission delegated to officers should only follow consultation with all Groups’ transport spokespersons as well as the Executive Member given the importance of this bid for future transport funding in the city.”

Having heard the comments of the Executive Member for City Strategy and having considered the decisions in the light of these and of the advice offered by the SMC (Calling In), it was

RESOLVED:             That Resolution (iv) of the Executive Member’s decisions be amended to include a requirement that consultation on the Local Sustainable Transport Fund (LSTF) bid take place with the transport spokespersons from all Groups prior to submission of the bid.

REASON:                  In accordance with the calling-in procedure and the advice of the Scrutiny Management Committee (Calling-In).

To reconsider the decisions taken by the Executive Member for City Strategy on 1 March 2011 regarding the above item, if requested to do so by the Scrutiny Management Committee (Calling In) meeting on 21 March 2011.

The reports on the above two items were published as part of the agenda for the Executive Member Decision Session held on 1 March and the agenda for the Scrutiny Management Committee (Calling In) to be held on 21 March.  The links to those agendas on the Council’s website are provided below:

http://modgov.york.gov.uk/ieListDocuments.aspx?CId=672&MId=5370&Ver=4

http://modgov.york.gov.uk/ieListDocuments.aspx?CId=602&MId=5576&Ver=4

This item was not referred back by the SMC (Calling-In), so was not considered at this meeting.

To reconsider the decisions taken by the Executive Member for Leisure, Culture & Social Inclusion on 8 March 2011 regarding the above item, if requested to do so by the Scrutiny Management Committee (Calling In) meeting on 21 March 2011.

The report on this item was published as part of the agenda for the Executive Member Decision Session held on 8 March and the agenda for the Scrutiny Management Committee (Calling In) to be held on 21 March.  The links to those agendas on the Council’s website are provided below:

http://modgov.york.gov.uk/ieListDocuments.aspx?CId=676&MId=5459&Ver=4

http://modgov.york.gov.uk/ieListDocuments.aspx?CId=602&MId=5576&Ver=4

This item was not referred back by the SMC (Calling-In), so was not considered at this meeting.