Agenda and minutes
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Apologies for Absence Minutes: Apologies for absence were received from
Councillor S Goodall, Councillor |
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To receive the Minutes of the previous meeting Minutes: From the minutes of the meeting held on 6th June 2018 it was noted by Councillor Dr S Peaple that a written response on Question from Member of the Council number 1 is still outstanding. Councillor S Claymore confirmed a response would be received within 7 days.
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Declarations of Interest To receive any declarations of Members’ interests (pecuniary and non-pecuniary) in any matters which are to be considered at this meeting.
When Members are declaring a pecuniary or non-pecuniary interest in respect of which they have dispensation, they should specify the nature of such interest. Members should leave the room if they have a pecuniary or non-pecuniary interest in respect of which they do not have a dispensation. Minutes: There were no Declarations of Interest. |
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To receive any announcements from the Mayor, Leader, Members of the Cabinet or the Chief Executive Minutes: Councillor D Cook made the following the announcement,
“Thank you Mr Mayor, Just that time of year to present the Chamber with the outside bodies, Copies have been given to Democratic services, and the Chief Executive and here is a copy for yourself and the leader of the Labour Group and leader of the other opposition party I will give them out at the end, they have been circulated and amended as per conversation we had last week. Thank you”
Councillor Dr S Peaple made the following announcement
“Thank you Mr Mayor first of all in writing can I ask the council to note for the minutes that the sad parting of Councillor Turner who was a member of this authority, he is somebody who I can remember when I first came to Tamworth in 1989 he was generally described in political circles as an old warhorse he knew everything there was to know about Labour Party and continued to serve and the people of Tamworth for a long time, not only on the Borough Council, previously been a Birmingham Councillor but also in running trips for the members of high rise residents for many years and was some discussion amongst us as to who was the greatest negotiator because the deals he got for the coach trips down to Torquay and places like that made them very affordable outings for a large number of people over the years and obviously we want to extend our Condolences to Joan and his great extended family and I know they would be appreciative that it was noted today. Then Secondly Mr Mayor I’ve had a conversation with the leader following the delayed election, The leader has given me the courtesy of the allocation up to our discretion therefore to say I am pleased that Councillor Standen will step down from ISG Committee and will be replaced by Councillor Faulkner and Councillor Faulkner will be replaced on Health by Councillor Bishop and that leaves Councillor Sheree Peaple who is not on a Scrutiny due to work commitments but she will continue to be our specialist on regulatory committees, may god love her because somebody needs to when you’re on those committees. Thank you very much Mr Mayor I will circulate that in detail but Councillor Standen was bringing it with him but hasn’t been able to”
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Question Time: (i) To answer questions from members of the public pursuant to Procedure Rule No. 10.
(ii) To answer questions from members of the Council pursuant to Procedure Rule No. 11
Minutes: QUESTIONS FROM MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC NO. 1
Under Procedure Rule No 10, Vivien Shaw of Tamworth will ask the Portfolio Holder Heritage and Growth, Councillor Steven Claymore, the following question:-
“With the decline of Tamworth's town centre so far as its retail shops are concerned and the Borough Council's much publicised ambition to convert to more of a cultural centre for visitors and residents, WHY then is the provision of adequate toilet facilities NOT seen as a priority ? I would ask, therefore what the council's plans are, if any, to rectify this shortfall”
Councillor S Claymore gave the following reply:-
“Within the 2018/19 budget setting process, and in recognition of the need to improve toilet facilities serving the Town Centre, proposals were put forward to undertake refurbishment work within the existing public conveniences located in the Castle Grounds.
These proposals will see the existing Male, Female, Disabled and Baby Change rooms being converted into a series of individual general use toilets that will also provide additional wheelchair accessibility, aides for disabled users, baby change facilities and will include one ‘changing places’ toilet. The toilets will be designed to be easy clean and low maintenance, which will mean we will be able keep one or more of the toilets open at all times and all year round.
Already a work in progress is the refurbishment of the Assembly Rooms, included within this refurbishment will be a new café complete with toilet facilities which will be open to and accessible by the general public. It was always envisaged that these facilities would go some way to replacing the old Aldergate toilets that were demolished to enable the Creative Quarter regeneration scheme”
Vivien Shaw asked the following supplementary question:-
“What is the timeline for the Assembly Rooms? Will the toilet facilities be open to everyone for the Assembly Rooms or just the people using the Café and will they be signposted because at the moment there are no signposts”
Councillor S Claymore gave the following reply:-
“Yes they will be signposted and the facilities will be open to everyone not just people using the Café. The Timeline for the Assembly Rooms is still on plan for Christmas time this year or early next year”
QUESTIONS FROM MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC NO. 2Under Procedure Rule No 10, Vivien Shaw of Tamworth will ask the Portfolio Holder Heritage and Growth, Councillor Steven Claymore, the following question:-
“Bearing in mind the Council's clear ambition to turn Tamworth's town centre into a more of a tourist attraction than a 'shopping experience' , would it not be advantageous to prospective visitors to have a larger and more impressive "Visitor Centre" where they could obtain information on events available? Rather than the small, barely visible, corner within the council offices reserved for this purpose?”
Councillor S Claymore gave the following reply:-
“The Tamworth Information Centre is currently based in Marmion House, purely as a temporary measure following the building works taking place in the Enterprise Quarter ... view the full minutes text for item 32. |
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Community Infrastructure Levy (Report of the Portfolio Holder for Heritage and Growth) Additional documents:
Minutes: Report of the Portfolio Holder for Heritage and Growth to; consider the outcome of public consultation on the Regulation 123 List, Infrastructure Delivery Plan and Planning Obligations Supplementary Planning Document and to approve the Tamworth Borough Council Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) Charging Schedule arising from the Planning Inspectorate’s report of the examination for adoption and implementation. The Infrastructure Delivery Plan and Regulation 123 List that sit alongside the Charging Schedule to be published and a new Planning Obligations Supplementary Planning Document to be adopted
(Moved by Councillor S Claymore and Seconded by Councillor Dr S Peaple)
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Appointment of a Deputy Electoral Registration Officer (Report of the Chief Executive) Minutes: Report of the Chief Executive to; seek Council approval to appoint a Deputy Electoral Registration Officer, with the same duties as the Electoral Registration Officer (ERO) to provide resilience and business continuity in this role.
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Exclusion of the Press and Public To consider excluding the Press and Public from the meeting by passing the following resolution:-
“That in accordance with the provisions of the Local Authorities (Executive Arrangements) (Meeting and Access to Information) (England) Regulations 2012, and Section 100A(4) of the Local Government Act 1972, the press and public be excluded from the meeting during the consideration of the following business on the grounds that it involves the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in paragraph 3 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Act and the public interest in withholding the information outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information to the public”
At the time this agenda is published no representations have been received that this part of the meeting should be open to the public.
Minutes: Councillor R Bilcliff Spoke against the motion of Exclusion of the Press and Public and stated that if the Agenda item is held in private he would take no further part in the meeting.
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Local Authority Trading Company
(Report of the Chief Executive)
Minutes: Report of the Chief Executive to invite the Council to consider the enclosed approach to the set up and governance of a Local Authority Trading Company (LATC), which will result in an operating Company with distinct separation of powers from the Council and at the same time furthering the Council’s vision and priorities in terms of its Commercial Investment Strategy (CIS).
(Moved by Councillor D Cook and Seconded by Councillor R Pritchard)
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