Meeting Details

“TWENTY REALLY IS PLENTY OUTSIDE OUR PARKS AND PLAY AREAS.

This Council recognises the huge difference that reducing the speed limit to 20 mph on residential streets across the County has made.

This Council acknowledges that according to transport statistics - more than half of roads deaths and serious injuries occur on roads with 30 mph limits.  We also recognise that many parks and play areas in the County do not have the protection that residential streets enjoy.

This Council further notes the rise in serious road traffic accidents around our parks and play areas.  This includes a recent one in Teversal, where a child was seriously injured whilst leaving a play area.

We therefore call upon Nottinghamshire County Council to do a review of all speed limits outside our parks and play areas and to adopt a policy of twenty really is plenty outside our parks and play areas, thus giving park users - many of the them young people and children the same protection outside our parks as on our residential streets.”

Councillor Jason Zadrozny         Councillor Tom Hollis

“ELECTRIFICATION OF NOTTINGHAM TO LONDON RAILWAY LINE

This Council is appalled at the decision of the Government to put on hold the electrification of the Nottingham to London Railway line.

This Council notes that the East Midlands is the biggest growing region outside of the London.  We also note the promises made by Conservative Party Candidates in the region in the recent elections.

This Council believes that the delay to the electrification of the substandard existing line will have a devastating impact on the East Midland’s economy.  This project would have brought significant benefits to our region including construction jobs and created long term economic growth.

We therefore call, as a Council on the Government to make good their promise to the people of Nottinghamshire and the East Midland’s region and reverse their decision to prioritise other transport projects across the UK and reinstate their plans to electrify the line that will make a huge difference to our economy.

We call for the Council to write to the Department of Transport and to all MPs in the region making the case of the reinstatement of the project and call for a transport summit to ensure that transport in our County and across our region is no longer treated in this manner.”

Councillor Rachel Madden          Councillor Jason Zadrozny

“PCSOs

That this Council notes the valuable contribution that Police Community Support Officers make in our communities.

This Council notes the announcement by Nottinghamshire’s Police and Crime Commissioner Paddy Tipping that he intends to axe a number of them.

This council supports the work they do and calls on PCC to protect the officers we value so much.”

Councillor Tom Hollis                   Councillor Jason Zadrozny

(A) For Councillors

(1) Members will be informed of the date and time of their Group meeting for Council by their Group Researcher.

(2) The Chairman has agreed that the Council will adjourn for lunch at their discretion.

(3) (a) Persons making a declaration of interest should have regard to the Code of Conduct and the Procedure Rules for Meetings of the Full Council.  Those declaring must indicate whether their interest is a disclosable pecuniary interest or a private interest and the reasons for the declaration. 

     (b) Any member or officer who declares a disclosable pecuniary interest in an item must withdraw from the meeting during discussion and voting upon it, unless a dispensation has been granted. Members or officers requiring clarification on whether to make a declaration of interest are invited to contact the Monitoring Officer or Democratic Services prior to the meeting.

     (c) Declarations of interest will be recorded and included in the minutes of this meeting and it is therefore important that clear details are given by members and others in turn, to enable the Team Manager, Democratic Services to record accurate information.

(4) At any Full Council meeting except the annual meeting, a special meeting and the budget meeting, Members are given an opportunity to speak for three minutes on any issue which specifically relates to their division and is relevant to the services provided by the County Council. This is an opportunity simply to air these issues in a Council meeting. It will not give rise to a debate on the issues or a question or answer session

(5) Members are reminded that petitions can be presented from their seat with a 1 minute time limit set on introducing the petition.

(6) Members attention is drawn to the questions put to the Chairman of Public Health Committee and Chairman of the Adult Social Care and Health Committee under paragraph 36 of the Procedure Rules, and the answers to which are included at the back of the Council book.

(7) Members are reminded that these papers may be recycled.  Appropriate containers are located in the respective secretariats.

36 – Supplementary Questions must be on the same matter

50 – The Member has spoken for more than 10 minutes

52 – The Member is not speaking to the subject under discussion

55 – The Member has already spoken on the motion

60 – Points of Order and Personal Explanations

79 – Disorderly conduct

Time limit of speeches

Motions

50 – no longer than 10 minutes (subject to any exceptions set out in the Constitution)

Petitions

27 – up to one minute

Questions to Committee Chairmen

32 – up to 60 minutes allowed

Adjournment Debates

74– Mover has up to 5 minutes

75 – any other Councillor has up to 3 minutes

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