Meeting Details

North Ayrshire Council
19 Dec 2018 - 14:00 to 16:00
Occurred
Meeting open to the public.
  • Documents
  • Members Attending
  • Others Attending
  • Declarations of Interests

Documents

Agenda

Agenda Items
1 Apologies
2 Declarations of Interest

Members are requested to give notice of any declarations of interest in respect of items of business on the Agenda.

The accuracy of the Minutes of the meeting held on 7 November 2018 will be confirmed and the Minutes signed in accordance with Paragraph 7(1) of Schedule 7 of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 (copy enclosed).

Submit report by the Provost for the period from 30 October - 10 December 2018 (copy enclosed).

Submit report by the Leader for the period from 30 October - 10 December 2018 (copy enclosed).

Submit, for noting, the Minutes of meetings of committees of the Council held in the period 15 June - 10 December 2018.

Submit report by the Chief Executive on the Minutes of the meeting of the North Ayrshire Community Planning Partnership Board held on 29 November 2018 (copy enclosed).

Consider the undernoted nominations:- 

Committee

Nominations

Proposer

Seconder

Ayrshire Regional Economic Joint Committee


3 representatives

3 named substitutes

Leader of the Council

Substitute: Cllr Bell

Cllr Cullinane

Cllr Bell

Cabinet Member for the Economy

Substitute: Cllr Sweeney

Cllr Cullinane

Cllr Bell

Leader of the Opposition

Substitute: -

Cllr Cullinane

Cllr Bell

Leader of the Opposition

Substitute: Depute Leader of the Opposition

Cllr Macaulay

Cllr Burns

Cllr McTiernan

Cllr McTiernan

Cllr Marshall

Substitute: Cllr Billings

Cllr Marshall

Cllr Ferguson


Ayrshire Regional Economic Partnership Sub-Committee


3 representatives

3 named substitutes

Leader of the Council

Substitute: - Cllr Bell

Cllr Cullinane

Cllr Bell

Cabinet Member for the Economy

Substitute: Cllr Sweeney

Cllr Cullinane

Cllr Bell

Leader of the Opposition

Substitute: -

Cllr Cullinane

Cllr Bell

Leader of the Opposition

Substitute: Depute Leader of the Opposition

Cllr Macaulay

Cllr Burns

Cllr McTiernan

Cllr McTiernan

Cllr Billings

Substitute: Cllr Marshall

Cllr Marshall

Cllr Ferguson


Integration Joint Board


named substitute

(for Cllr Sweeney)

Cllr Clarkson

Cllr Cullinane

Cllr Bell


Submit report by the Executive Director (Finance and Corporate Support) on the HRA capital investment programme and revenue budget for 2019/20 and the consequential rent levels (copy enclosed).

In terms of Standing Order No. 12 submit:-

“Following a recent event where an elderly and disabled couple in Beith were given a time scale of 60 days for the repair of an outside light at their front door, can I ask if NAC will consider adopting a policy of giving priority treatment to older and disabled tenants for repairs which are important for their well-being and safety.”

“Is the better measure of school performance pupils’s  “Insight “ or “position in school league tables”?”

"Given the Scottish Government's commitment to green energy, and pledge to phase out diesel and petrol-driven vehicles by the year 2032, eight years before the UK Government, could the Cabinet member for Place please give an update on the steps being taken to increase the availability of electric vehicle charging stations in North Ayrshire, in particular the more efficient "fast chargers"?"

"In October 2018 there were two public consultation events relating to the harbour development at Ardrossan. Can the member provide feedback on the outcomes from the events, and how is this information going to be used to inform the harbour project?"

“The Scottish Government recently consulted on the removal of the single person discount on the Water Charge.  Questioned on 8 November 2018 by  Jackie Baillie  MSP, the First Minster refused to give assurance that the Government would not rule out cuts to the single person Council Tax discount. 

Would the Leader of the Opposition support the removal of the single person Council Tax discount  for North Ayrshire residents?”

Councillor Robert Barr and I were nominated and sanctioned by the Full North Ayrshire Council to represent them at the new Liaison Committee for the Oil Rig Decommissioning site at Hunterston.

I believe that this was a planning condition and as such had a time limit for arranging and conducting the first meeting.

I believe that the time limit was within three months. Can you please let me know if this is the case and if there has been a breach of planning conditions.”

“At the last Planning Committee meeting held on Wednesday 5th December, Ms Rita Holmes, Chair of Fairlie Community Council was mentioned in part of a discussion regarding the Hunterston Decommissioning Site.

Can you confirm in what content was her name mentioned and why considering she was present at the meeting was she not allowed to answer on her own behalf.”

11 Motions
In terms of Standing Order 13, submit:-

“North Ayrshire Council fully supports the principle of openness and accountability in terms of donations to, and funding of, political parties.  As such, Council agrees that the Chief Executive should write to the Leader of the Conservative and Unionist Party Group to request him to make a statement to the next Council meeting in relation to the original source of an April 2016 donation of £100,000 received by the North Ayrshire and Arran Conservative and Unionist Association from the Irvine Unionist Club.”

"Rent Support for Care Experienced Students

North Ayrshire Council recognises the Care Experienced Bursary, provided by the Students Awards Agency for Scotland, is designed to provide financial support for travel, books, food etc while recognising that many care experienced students will be unable to access the same family support while studying that many other young people receive. Care experienced students are very unlikely to be eligible for any benefits out with of the Care Experienced Bursary therefore resulting in a rent liability. 

North Ayrshire Council currently have 10 young people who are in Council tenancies and eligible for the Care Experienced Bursary who have a rent liability. North Ayrshire Council therefore agrees to work with the Integration Joint Board to provide financial support to care experienced students who are our tenants and in receipt of the Care Experienced Bursary."

12 Urgent Items

Any other items which the Provost considers to be urgent.

Webcasting

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Sederunt
North Ayrshire Council
Ian Clarkson (Provost)
Robert Barr (Depute Provost)
John Bell
Timothy Billings
Joy Brahim
Marie Burns
Joe Cullinane
Scott Davidson
Anthea Dickson
John Easdale
Todd Ferguson
Robert Foster
Scott Gallacher
Alex Gallagher
Margaret George
John Glover
Tony Gurney
Alan Hill
Christina Larsen
Shaun Macaulay
Jean McClung
Ellen McMaster
Ronnie McNicol
Louise McPhater
Davina McTiernan
Tom Marshall
Jimmy Miller
Jim Montgomerie
Ian Murdoch
Donald Reid
Donald L Reid
Angela Stephen
John Sweeney

Declarations of Interests

Member NameItem Ref.DetailsNature of DeclarationAction
No declarations of interest have been entered for this meeting.

Others Attending

In Attendance

C. Hatton, Chief Executive; L. Friel, Executive Director and M. Boyd, Head of Service (Finance) (Finance and Corporate Support); K. Yeomans, Executive Director (Economy and Communities); S. Brown, Director (Health and Social Care Partnership); C. Amos, Head of Service (Inclusion) (Education and Youth Employment); Y. Baulk, Head Service (Physical Environment)  (Place); and A. Fraser, Head of Democratic Services, A. Craig, Senior Manager (Legal Services), M. McColm, Senior Communications Officer (Media and Internal Communications); H. Clancy and A. Little, Committee Services Officers and M. Anderson, Committee Services Team Leader (Chief Executive's Service).

 

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