Minutes:
(a) Councillor S Bentley moved, in accordance with Council Procedure Rule 7, the following Motion:
“This council welcomes and supports the recent announcement by H.M
Prime minister that the government is to begin a program of construction, and investment into the provision of nuclear energy SMRs across the nation, and will seek through effective public consultation in our emerging local plan to identify suitable sites within the borough.”
Councillor T Nelson seconded the Motion.
Following a robust debate, the Motion was lost by a majority vote.
RESOLVED - that the motion not be approved.
(b) The Speaker announced that as a result of engagement with the government the Council had been appointed as an early adopter site and due to this being the action sought, Motion 14b had been withdrawn.
(c) Councillor K Middleton proposed the following Motion:
“This council is concerned and
disappointed at local health bosses decision not to award the
‘out of hours’ GP service contract to the
not-for-profit GP co-operative organisation Shropdoc as the
preferred provider for out of hours services for Shropshire and
Telford & Wrekin, which has been serving our Borough for almost
30 years.
The service is vital to the residents of Telford and Wrekin and
council resolves to seek urgent clarification from NHS Telford and
Wrekin that any new contract will:
1.
Ensure that under the proposed new arrangements there is no
decrease in the services based at the Princess Royal Hospital
currently provided by Shropdoc.
2.
That the number of GPs are maintained and enhanced
3.
That the number of other qualified care professionals are
maintained and enhanced
4. That the number, accessibility and availability, of face-to-face appointments remain the same or are increased
5. That GP and Care Professionals home visits out of hours continue as they do now or are increased
6.
That access to the services across Telford and Wrekin are
enhanced
7.
That the new contract should not increase demand at
A&E
We note that this re-tender was conducted under
procurement law specific to the selection of Health Care providers
but note that the new government will shortly be implementing
legislation which requires public bodies to consider the overall
public interest when commissioning services. As part of the assurances above, this council
resolves to seek clarification as to the assessment criteria for
the new contract, assurances that the interest of residents within
the Borough was taken into account and, in particular, how all
aspects of the procurement complied with s.242 National Health
Service Act 2006.
Council also recommends that the ICB reports every 3 months to the
Joint Health Overview and Scrutiny Committee on how the Out of
Hours contract is performing.”
The Motion was seconded by Councillor W L Tomlinson.
Following the debate, the Motion was unanimously approved.
RESOLVED - that the motion be approved.
(d) Councillor R A Overton proposed the following Motion:
“This council deplores the
Conservative West Mercia Police and Crime Commissioner’s
decision to cut 150 jobs from West Mercia Police Force, despite
receiving a £180.9m grant from the new Labour Government,
amounting to a 6.5% funding boost.
This Council resolves that rather than the Conservative Police and
Crime Commissioner spending over £2.8m on his ballooned
office costs, he should spend that money on 92 new frontline police
officers serving the West Mercia region.”
The Motion was seconded by Councillor O Vickers.
Following the debate, the Motion was approved by a majority.
RESOLVED - that the motion be approved.
(e) Councillor R Tyrrell proposed the following Motion:
“This Council confirms its commitment to support residents suffering from the operation of the Granville Landfill site; including holding the Environment Agency to account and pressing for the termination of the operator’s licence and closing the site to new deliveries of waste forthwith.”
The Motion was seconded by Councillor P Thomas.
Councillor R Overton then moved an amendment, with additional words shown in bold and underlined, that was seconded by Councillor O Vickers.
“This Council confirms
its commitment to support residents suffering from the operation of
the Granville Landfill site; including
continuing to holding
the Environment Agency to account
and pressing the EA for the termination of the operator’s licence
as despite an action plan being in place, the odour continues to
blight the local community, sometimes on a daily
basis.
The Council calls on the Leader and the Deputy Leader
as Cabinet Member for Enforcement, to write to the Secretary of
State seeking instruction for
theEnvironment Agency to issue
a regulator initiated closure notice under Environmental Permitting
(England and Wales) Regulations 2016. the remove the
permit with a view to closing the site to new deliveries of waste
forthwith.”
A vote was taken on the adoption of the amendment put forward by Councillor R Overton which was unanimously approved and it was:-
RESOLVED – that the amendment be carried and become the substantive motion.
A vote was taken on the substantive motion and it was unanimously:-
RESOLVED – that the motion be approved.