(a) Councillor Moulton to move:
This Council supports the principle of the Living Wage and resolves to introduce it for its employees.
To fund the pressure to the General Fund, Council resolves to look at using some of the savings that would be achieved should planned pay restoration not go ahead for those earning over £65,000pa.
(b) Councillor Letts to move:-
Council resolves in accordance with Overview and Scrutiny Management Procedure Rule 3.4.2 that Cllr Matt Stevens may serve forthwith on Overview and Scrutiny Management Committee and any panels of that committee and that the firebreak period is accordingly waived.
(c) Councillor Keogh to move:-
The Council welcomes the recent Government confirmation of the finances necessary for the rebuild of Bitterne Park secondary school. Furthermore, the Council urges the Government to bring forward plans to allow Southampton to rebuild all those secondary schools that require it, because this would not only help regenerate the local economy but provide the young people of this City with the highest standard of educational facilities to help them fulfil their potential.
(d) Councillor Smith to move:-
This Council calls on the Executive to rethink its plans to introduce night time parking charges in the City centre.
(e) Councillor Vinson to move:-
This Council calls upon the Executive to tackle the spread of betting shops and pay-day-loan premises and to bar the opening of fast food outlets near schools by adopting additional planning powers through an Article 4 Direction or Special Planning Document as appropriate.
Minutes:
(a) Living Wage
Councillor Moulton moved and Councillor Claisse seconded:
“This Council supports the principle of the Living Wage and resolves to introduce it for its employees.
To fund the pressure to the General Fund, Council resolves to look at using some of the savings that would be achieved should planned pay restoration not go ahead for those earning over £65,000pa”.
Amendment moved by Councillor Jeffery and seconded by Councillor Keogh:
1st Line after “Living Wage” insert a full stop.
deletethe remainder of the sentence “and resolves to introduce it for its employees.”
Deletethe second paragraph
“To fund the pressure to the General Fund, Council resolves to look at using some of the savings that would be achieved should planned pay restoration not go ahead for those earning over £65,000pa.”
Insert a new second paragraph
“Council welcomes the decision made by the Executive at the budget in February to pay a Living Wage to its directly employed staff, and calls on the Executive to work with partners to make Southampton a Living Wage City”
The amended motion to read:
This Council supports the principle of the Living Wage.
Council welcomes the decision made by the Executive at the budget in February to pay a Living Wage to its directly employed staff, and calls on the Executive to work with partners to make Southampton a Living Wage City.
Further Amendment moved by Councillor Vinson and seconded by Councillor Turner:
Delete second paragraph
“To fund the pressure to the General Fund, Council resolves to look at using some of the savings that would be achieved should planned pay restoration not go ahead for those earning over £65,000pa.”
The amended motion to read:
This Council supports the principle of the Living Wage and resolves to introduce it for its employees.
Members agreed to suspend Council Procedure Rule 14.4 to enable flexibility in debate and more than one motion to be debated at the same time.
UPON BEING PUT TO THE VOTE THE AMENDMENT IN THE NAME OF COUNCILLOR VINSON WAS DECLARED LOST
UPON BEING PUT TO THE VOTE THE AMENDMENT IN THE NAME OF COUNCILLOR JEFFERY WAS DECLARED CARRIED
UPON BEING PUT TO THE VOTE THE MOTION AS AMENDED WAS DECLARED CARRIED
RESOLVED that the motion as amended by Councillor Jeffery be approved
(b) Overview and Scrutiny Management Procedure
Councillor Barnes-Andrews moved and Councillor Rayment seconded:
“Council resolves in accordance with Overview and Scrutiny Management Procedure Rule 3.4.2 that Councillor Matt Stevens may serve forthwith on Overview and Scrutiny Management Committee and any panels of that committee and that the firebreak period is accordingly waived”.
UPON BEING PUT TO THE VOTE THE MOTION WAS DECLARED CARRIED
RESOLVED that the motion be approved.
(c) Secondary School Rebuild
Councillor Keogh moved and Councillor Stevens seconded:
“The Council welcomes the recent Government confirmation of the finances necessary for the rebuild of Bitterne Park Secondary School. Furthermore, the Council urges the Government to bring forward plans to allow Southampton to rebuild all those secondary schools that require it, because this would not only help regenerate the local economy but provide the young people of this City with the highest standard of educational facilities to help them fulfil their potential”.
Amendment moved by Councillor Moulton and seconded by Councillor Hannides:
Second line, deletethe word ‘Furthermore,’
Replace with ‘Whilst recognising the difficult state of the national finances,’
Amended Motion to read:
The Council welcomes the recent Government confirmation of the finances necessary for the rebuild of Bitterne Park Secondary School. Whilst recognising the difficult state of the national finances, the Council urges the Government to bring forward plans to allow Southampton to rebuild all those secondary schools that require it, because this would not only help regenerate the local economy but provide the young people of this City with the highest standard of educational facilities to help them fulfil their potential.
UPON BEING PUT TO THE VOTE THE AMENDMENT WAS DECLARED CARRIED
UPON BEING PUT TO THE VOTE THE MOTION AS AMENDED WAS DECLARED CARRIED
RESOLVED that the motion as amended be approved.
(d) Night Time Parking Charges
Councillor Smith moved and Councillor Hannides seconded:
“This Council calls on the Executive to rethink its plans to introduce night time parking charges in the City centre”.
Amendment moved by Councillor Vinson and seconded by Councillor Turner:
1st Line delete the word “rethink”
andreplace with the word “review”
The amended motion to read:
This Council calls on the Executive to review its plans to introduce night time parking charges in the City centre.
UPON BEING PUT TO THE VOTE THE AMENDMENT WAS DECLARED LOST
UPON BEING PUT TO THE VOTE THE MOTION AS SUBMITTED WAS DECLARED LOST
RESOLVED that the motion be not approved.
FOR THE AMENDMENT: Councillors Turner and Vinson
AGAINST: Councillors Baillie, Barnes-Andrews, Mrs Blatchford, Bogle, Burke, Claisse, Daunt, Fitzhenry, Furnell, Hammond, Hannides, B.Harris, L.Harris, Inglis, Jeffery, Kaur, Keogh, Kolker, Laming, Lewzy, Lloyd, McEwing, Mead, Mintoff, Morrell. Moulton, Noon, Norris, Dr Paffrey, Parnell, Payne, Pope, Rayment, Shields, Spicer, Stevens, Smith, Thomas, Thorpe, Tucker and White
FOR THE MOTION: Councillors Baillie, Claisse, Daunt, Fitzhenry, Hannides, B.Harris, L.Harris, Inglis, Kolker, Mead, Morrell, Moulton, Norris, Parnell, Smith, Thomas, Vassiliou and White
AGAINST: Councillors Barnes-Andrews, Mrs Blatchford, Bogle, Burke, Furnell, Hammond, Jeffery, Kaur, Keogh, Laming, Lewzy, Lloyd, McEwing, Mintoff, Noon, Dr Paffrey, Payne, Pope, Rayment, Shields, Spicer, Stevens, Thorpe and Tucker
ABSTAINED: Councillors Turner and Vinson
(e) Additional Planning Powers
Councillor Vinson moved and Councillor Turner seconded:-
“This Council calls upon the Executive to tackle the spread of betting shops and pay-day-loan premises and to bar the opening of fast food outlets near schools by adopting additional planning powers through an Article 4 Direction or Special Planning Document as appropriate”.
Amendment moved by Councillor Shields and seconded by Councillor Thorpe:
1st Line delete “calls upon the Executive to tackle the spread of”
Replace with “deplores the unwelcome spread”
2nd Line delete the first word “and”, and replace with a comma
2nd Line after “pay day loan premises” Insert“and cheap off licenses”
2nd Line after the second “and” insert “seeks”
3rd Line after “ schools” insert a full stop.
Delete the remaining sentence
“by adopting additional planning powers through an Article 4 Direction or Special Planning Document as appropriate.”
Insert
“This Council calls upon the Executive to undertake a thorough review of its planning policies (including the potential for additional Article 4 Directions and supplementary planning documentation), reporting back in six months, in order to minimise the harmful impact of these unchecked and unwelcome developments in the City’s district shopping centres, especially where they are likely to harm the health and wellbeing of our more vulnerable communities”
Add additional clause:
“This Council also calls upon the Executive to write to central Government urging them to consider the introduction of a ‘cap’ on pay-day lending rates that is based on affordability and is linked to the Bank of England Base Rate”.
The amended motion to read:
“This Council deplores the unwelcome spread of betting shops, pay-day-loan premises, cheap off-licenses and seeks to bar the opening of fast food outlets near schools.
This Council calls upon the Executive to undertake a thorough review of its planning policies (including the potential for additional Article 4 Directions and supplementary planning documentation), reporting back in six months, in order to minimise the harmful impact of these unchecked and unwelcome developments in the City’s district shopping centres, especially where they are likely to harm the health and wellbeing of our more vulnerable communities.
This Council also calls upon the Executive to write to central Government urging them to consider the introduction of a ‘cap’ on pay-day lending rates that is based on affordability and is linked to the Bank of England Base Rate.”
UPON BEING PUT TO THE VOTE THE AMENDMENT WAS DECLARED CARRIED
UPON BEING PUT TO THE VOTE THE MOTION AS AMENDED WAS DECLARED CARRIED
RESOLVED that the motion as amended be approved.