Agenda item

Report of Executive Leader and Executive Recommendations

Meeting of Council, Monday, 30 June 2008 6.30 pm (Item 19.)

To receive and consider a written report from the Leader on the work of the Executive, and the Executive recommendations for approval, as set out below:

Meeting

Date

Recommendations

Executive

3 June 2008

17 June 2008

30 June 2008

Minute 7 – York: A City Making History: York’s Sustainable Community Strategy and Local Area Agreement

Note: the draft Sustainable Community Strategy (Annex A to item 5 on the Executive agenda) can be found by clicking on the link below. Printed copies can be obtained on request from Democratic Services:

http://democracy.york.gov.uk/ieListDocuments.asp?CId=102&MId=3395&Ver=4

Minute 16 - Urgent Business: Reconsideration of Decision on Back Park Petition

Minute - Statement of Accounts

(to follow)

Note: a copy of the Statement of Accounts was circulated to all Members on 27 June 2008, together with the recommendations of the Audit & Governance Committee on the Annual Governance Statement.

Minutes:

A written report was received from the Leader, Cllr Andrew Waller, on the work of the Executive.

Cllr Waller then moved, and Cllr Runciman seconded, the recommendation contained in Minute 7 of the Executive meeting on 3 June 2008, relating to the Sustainable Community Strategy. On being put to the vote, the motion was declared CARRIED and it was

RESOLVED: That the recommendation in Minute 7 of the Executive meeting on 3 June 2008 be accepted and that the Sustainable Community Strategy be approved.

Cllr Waller then moved, and Cllr Runciman seconded:

“That the recommendation under Minute 16 of the Executive meeting on 17 June 2008 be approved and that Balfour Street Play Area be removed from the capital receipts programme and the capital programme be reduced by the size of the budgeted receipt (£350k) as a consequence (as set out in Option A in paragraph 8 of the Officer report circulated to Members on 27 June 2008.”

On being put to the vote, the above motion was declared carried and it was

RESOLVED: That the above motion, incorporating the recommendation from the Executive meeting on 17 June 2008, be approved.

Cllr Waller then moved, and Cllr Runciman seconded, the recommendation contained in Minute 27 of the Executive meeting on 30 June 2008, relating to the Statement of Accounts.

On being put to the vote, the motion was declared CARRIED and it was

RESOLVED: That the recommendation in Minute 27 of the Executive meeting on 30 June 2008 be accepted and that the Statement of Accounts be approved.

At the invitation of the Lord Mayor, Cllr Pierce then moved as urgent business, and Cllr Scott seconded, the recommendation made by the Audit and Governance Committee at their meeting on 26 June 2008 regarding the Annual Governance Statement (AGS).

Cllr Waller then moved, and Cllr Runciman seconded, an amendment to the above motion, as follows:

“Delete paragraph a) of the recommendation in Minute 8 of the meeting of the Audit and Governance Committee held on 26 June 2008.”

In accordance with Standing Order 14(f), a named vote of those Members present was requested and put on the above amendment, as follows:

For	Against	Abstained
Cllr Aspden	Cllr Alexander
Cllr Ayre	Cllr Blanchard
Cllr Firth	Cllr Bowgett
Cllr Steve Galloway	Cllr Cregan
Cllr Sue Galloway	Cllr D’Agorne
Cllr Hogg	Cllr Douglas
Cllr Holvey	Cllr Fraser
Cllr Hyman	Cllr Funnell
Cllr Jamieson-Ball	Cllr Galvin
Cllr Kirk	Cllr Gillies
Cllr Moore	Cllr Gunnell
Cllr Morley	Cllr Healey
Cllr Orrell	Cllr Horton
Cllr Reid	Cllr Hudson
Cllr Runciman	Cllr King
Cllr Sunderland	Cllr Looker
Cllr Vassi	Cllr Merrett
Cllr Waller	Cllr Pierce
Cllr R Watson	Cllr Potter
Cllr Waudby	Cllr Scott
	Cllr Simpson-Laing
	Cllr Taylor
	Cllr B Watson (Lord Mayor)
	Cllr Watt
	Cllr Wiseman
20	25	0

In accordance with the named vote, the amendment was declared LOST.

The original motion was then put to the vote and declared CARRIED and it was

RESOLVED: That recommendation in Minute 8 of the Audit and Governance Committee meeting on 26 June 2008 be accepted and that the 2007/08 Annual Governance Statement be approved subject to the amendments set out in that recommendation.

[At this point in the meeting, the guillotine fell]

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