Meeting Details

MOTION ONE  

“Given the uncertainty that surrounds the extraction of shale gas in the County by the process known as fracking, we call on the County Council to have separate policies for the extraction of shale gas and other hydrocarbons. This will enable due consideration to be given to the process of fracking which is both very controversial and could have possible consequences that could adversely affect the health of people and the environment of Nottinghamshire.”

Cllr Steve Carr         Cllr Ken Rigby

MOTION TWO

“This Council:-

a)  Notes the recent amendments made to the Cities & Local Government Devolution Bill

b)  Recognises the potential implications for Nottinghamshire County Council and the “East Midlands Deal” bid for devolved powers

c)  Agrees that bidding for a unitary solution for the County of Nottinghamshire would now serve the best interests of our council tax payers;

d)  Agrees that forming a unitary County would release millions of pounds to meet pressures on critical services, achieving savings and economies of scale through such measures as:-

   i)  a single headquarters for the new council, in place of  district councils and the County Council each having a separate administrative centre;

  ii)  concentrating services into fewer buildings and delivering capital receipts by disposing of surplus properties;

  iii) bringing together the collection and disposal of domestic waste;

  iv)  rationalising the collection of council tax;

  v)  simplifying the planning system, especially in securing the Section 106/Community Infrastructure Levy funds required to pay for local services and facilities;

  vi)  removing duplication across all service areas and reducing the total wage bill.

e) Instructs officers to begin work on preparing the case for a Nottinghamshire County unitary authority, in order to present this to Government at the earliest opportunity.”

Cllr Kay Cutts MBE           Cllr Martin Suthers OBE      Cllr Bruce Laughton

(A)   For Councillors

(1)    Members will be informed of the date 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 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 up to three minutes on any issues which specifically relates to their division and is relevant to the services provided by the County Council.  These speeches must relate specifically to the area the Member represents and should not be of a general nature.  They are constituency speeches and therefore must relate to constituency issues only.  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.  There is a maximum time limit of 30 minutes for this item.

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

(7)    Commonly used points of order

        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

(8)    Time limit of speeches

        Motions

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

        Constituency Issues

        24 - up to 30 minutes allowed

        Petitions

        27 - up to one minute allowed

        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

(B)    For Members of the Public

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