Agenda and minutes

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The Lord Mayor welcomed all attendees to the meeting, and made a safety announcement in relation to the fire/emergency evacuation procedure.

Apologies for absence were received from Councillor Windows.

a. To agree the minutes of the Extraordinary Full Council meeting held on 17 January

2017 as a correct record.

b. To agree the minutes of the Full Council meeting held on 17 January 2017 as a correct record.

a. Minutes – Extraordinary Full Council – 17 January 2017

On the motion of the Lord Mayor, seconded by Councillor Eddy, it was

RESOLVED:

That the minutes of the meeting of the Extraordinary Full Council held on 17 January 2017 be confirmed as a correct record and signed by the Lord Mayor.

b. Minutes – Full Council – 17 January 2017

On the motion of the Lord Mayor, seconded by Councillor Eddy, it was

RESOLVED:

That the minutes of the meeting of the Full Council held on 17 January 2017 be confirmed as a correct record and signed by the Lord Mayor.

To note any declarations of interest from the Mayor and councillors.

They are asked to indicate the relevant agenda item, the nature of the

interest and in particular whether it is a disclosable pecuniary interest.  Any declaration of interest made at the meeting which is not on the

register of interests should be notified to the Monitoring Officer for

inclusion.

Note: at its meeting held on 27 January 2017, the Audit Committee oversaw and granted a range of dispensations to the Mayor and councillors, to enable them to participate in discussion and vote on matters in relation to the civic budget and the setting of council tax.

The Lord Mayor reminded members that at its meeting held on 27 January 2017, the Audit Committee had overseen and granted a range of dispensations to the Mayor and councillors, to enable them to participate and vote on matters relating to the civic budget 2017-18 and the setting of the Council Tax.

It was noted that a number of members had recently switched to a Bristol Energy Company energy contract, but that this did not constitute a pecuniary interest.

Cllr Morris advised that he was a member of Jubilee swimming pool.

Former Councillor Jackie Bowles

The Lord Mayor informed members of the recent death of former Councillor Jackie Bowles.

Councillor Campion-Smith then addressed the Full Council, paying tribute to Jackie Bowles’ work as a councillor.

The Full Council then observed a minute’s silence in memory of former Councillor Jackie Bowles.

Note: Under the Council’s constitution, there is no provision for public forum at the

Budget Council meeting. However, in consultation with the Mayor and other party group leaders, the Lord Mayor has determined that public petitions and written statements will be accepted for this meeting on the following basis:

1. The wording of all petitions and all written statements must be submitted

by the deadline of 5.00 pm on Thursday 16 February.

Questions are not permitted on this occasion. Petition details / written statements should be sent to: democratic.services@bristol.gov.uk

2. Petitions and statements for this meeting must be about the budget / reports included on this agenda.

3. Details of all petitions and statements submitted will be sent to the Lord Mayor, Mayor and all councillors as soon as possible after the above deadline.

4. At the meeting, the Lord Mayor will permit a brief opportunity for petitions to be presented at the start of the meeting, to allow petitioners to formally present their petitions and to confirm the final number of signatures. The Lord Mayor will ask Full Council to receive and formally note all petitions and written statements received. Please note there will not be an opportunity at the meeting for the oral presentation of any statements.

The Full Council received and noted the following petitions:

Petition PP 01 – “Marvin Rees – lead a mass campaign against local spending cuts”

Petition organiser – Matthew Carey

Petition PP 02 – “Save Symes House, our library and our neighbourhood partnership”

Petition organiser – Jim Hodgson

Petition PP 03 – “Petition against the proposal to charge for parking at Oldbury Court estate”

Petition organiser – Stuart Main

The Full Council received and noted written statements from the following:

Re: agenda item 7 – Budget 2017-18:

Written statements from:

Julie Boston – budget cuts

David Redgewell – transport budget issues

Michael Owen – council tax

Rami Ghali (Brigstowe project), Berkeley Wilde (Diversity Trust) and Dr Hannah Condry (Wellspring surgery GP) – Brigstowe project HIV support service, and 6 other statements on this subject

Cllr Ruth Pickersgill – budget issues

Cllr Harriet Bradley, Cllr Mike Langley, Cllr Nicola Bowden-Jones, Annie Thomas, Andy Burkitt, & Erica Wildgoose – budget issues

Rob Acton-Campbell (Bristol Parks Forum) – Park and green spaces maintenance

Laura Welti (Bristol Disability Equality Forum – Budget issues and impacts

Viran Patel – Budget impacts

Re: agenda item 8 – Appointment of Chief Executive and Head of Paid Service:

A written statement from Paul Wheeler (Equality Bristol)

The Full Council considered a report setting out the Mayor’s 2017-18 budget recommendations.

The Lord Mayor drew members’ attention to the updated budget procedure to be followed at this meeting.

At this point, on the motion of the Lord Mayor, seconded by the Deputy Lord Mayor, it was

RESOLVED –

That the relevant standing orders (policy and budget framework procedure rules) be suspended, given that the procedure agreed for this meeting (by prior agreement between the Lord Mayor, Mayor, party group leaders and whips) is at variance with the relevant Council standing orders.

As per section 1 of the procedure, the Mayor then introduced, summarised and moved the budget report.

As per section 2 of the procedure, Cllr Cheney, Cabinet member for Finance, Governance and Performance then seconded the report.

As per section 3 of the procedure:

a.      Cllr Tincknell responded to the Mayor’s budget proposals on behalf of the Labour group.

b.      Cllr Weston responded to the Mayor’s budget proposals on behalf of the Conservative group.

c.       Cllr Bolton responded to the Mayor’s budget proposals on behalf of the Green group.

d.      Cllr Hopkins responded to the Mayor’s budget proposals on behalf of the Liberal Democrat group.

As per section 4 of the procedure, Cllr Gollop presented comments on behalf of the Overview and Scrutiny Management Board

As per section 5 of the procedure, the Full Council then considered and debated each of the proposed budget amendments, as follows:

LIBERAL DEMOCRAT AMENDMENT 1 – relating to restructuring capital finance requirements in 2017-18; reinvesting in parks; reversing a cut in the wellbeing budget and agreeing a new councillor community grant scheme; reducing the cut in the subsidy for Jubilee pool; establishing a community meeting fund; reducing the cut in subsidy for bus routes with low numbers of passengers; and re-investing in libraries.

Councillor Kent moved the amendment.

Councillor Negus seconded the amendment.

Following debate, upon being put to the vote, the amendment was LOST (27 members voting for the amendment, 40 against, with 1 abstention).

GREEN AMENDMENT 1 – relating to generating £1m of one-off income to the general fund in 2017-18 offset by acceleration of the drawdown of the MRP (Minimum Revenue Provision); reducing the cut to the Supporting People budget; reducing the cut to the Local Crisis Prevention Fund; and providing a new post of Income Generation Manager.

Councillor Stevens moved the amendment.

Councillor Clarke seconded the amendment.

Following debate, upon being put to the vote, the amendment was LOST (18 members voting for the amendment, 50 against, with 1 abstention).

GREEN AMENDMENT 2 – relating to introducing higher charges for older diesel vehicles in RPZs; and IT programming changes to residents parking software, any required amendment to TROs (Traffic Regulation Orders) and communication to affected residents.

Councillor Thomas moved the amendment.

Councillor English seconded the amendment.

Following debate, upon being put to the vote, the amendment was LOST (11 members voting for the amendment, 57 against, with no abstentions).

ADJOURNMENT – At this point, on the motion  ...  view the full minutes text for item 100.

Report to follow.

The Full Council considered a report seeking approval of the appointment of the Chief Executive and Head of Paid Service.

Following debate, the Lord Mayor moved the report and the recommendation set out therein.

The Deputy Lord Mayor seconded the motion.

Upon being put to the vote, it was

RESOLVED (44 members voting in favour, none against, and with 18 abstentions):

That Anna Klonowski be appointed Chief Executive and Head of Paid Service with effect from 22February 2017 on a fixed term contract until 31December 2020 subject to final contract terms being agreed by the Service Director – Human Resources, Change and Communications in consultation with the Chair of the Human Resources Committee.

At the conclusion of the meeting, the Lord Mayor and members thanked the security staff for their work during the course of this meeting.