Agenda for Council on Tuesday, 28th February, 2017, 7.00 pm

Agenda and minutes

Venue: Council Chamber, Civic Centre, Silver Street, Enfield, EN1 3XA. View directions

Contact: Penelope Williams  Email: penelope.williams@enfield.gov.uk

Items
No. Item

1.

Election if required of the Chair/Deputy Chair of the Meeting

Minutes:

Not required. 

2.

The Mayor's Chaplain to give a Blessing

Minutes:

The Mayor’s Chaplain, Hazel Miall, from Christ Church, Southgate, gave the blessing. 

3.

Mayor's Announcements in Connection with the Ordinary Business of the Council

Minutes:

The Mayor made the following announcements: 

 

February had been a busy month for the mayoral team, and the Mayor began by thanking the officers, her consorts, the deputy mayor and her consort for their support and the people of Enfield for their wonderful invitations. 

 

1.               Past Engagements

 

1.1     Commemoration of Holocaust Memorial Day – led ably by Councillor Levy with wonderful musical performances.  The Mayor said that no-one could help but be moved as they remembered those who had died in the Holocaust. 

 

1.2     Presentations:

 

·       Supporting local schools who had taken part in poetry and public speaking competitions. 

·       Presenting awards to girl guides at the Millfield Theatre as part of the Jack Petchey award scheme. 

·       Awarding medals and prizes at the Dugdale Centre to those who had taken part in the Christmas Parade of Lights on 27 November 2016, bringing Christmas to the borough.

 

1.3           Kurdish Community Breakfast and Mosque Open Days – The Mayor reported that she had attended the Mevluna Rumi Mosque and the Almasjid Trust Mosque with Councillors Georgiou, Sitkin, Ekechi and Jiagge. 

 

1.4           Dinner with the Sisters of the Holy Family Convent in London Road:  an evening learning about the sacrifices that the founder sisters had made in Poland to save the lives of the men of the town where they had settled.  This was an astonishing story with particular relevance to the upcoming International Women’s Day on 8 March 2017. 

 

1.5           Chickenshed Theatre Fundraiser – a wonderful evening showcasing outstanding Enfield talent.  All had loved the performance of her son, in particular. 

 

1.6           Opening of the New Lidl supermarket in the Hertford Road – a lovely morning.

 

1.7           Attending the Islam Exhibition at the Enfield Mosque in Ponders End.  The Mayor thanked the imams for their welcome. 

 

2.               Enfield Sounds Great Charity

 

Future fundraising projects included St Patrick’s Eve Celebrations (16 March 2017) and the Mayor’s Spring Ball at the Royal Chase Hotel on 25 March 2017.  All were invited.  There was to be wonderful live music as well as a surprise live performance.  One of the tables would be sponsored by local businesses and would be occupied by a mixture of guests from the Metropolitan Police, Fire Service, NHS, local volunteers and veterans. 

 

Tickets for the ball are on sale through the Mayor’s Office. 

 

3.               International Women’s Day

 

There will be a major event at the Millfield Theatre, organised by the Mayor, Councillor Brett and Councillor Doyle as well as other events through the day including in the evening a film on the suffragettes at the Fox Pub in Palmers Green. 

 

Enfield Town Football club would be supporting the “Women at the Game Initiative”, on the following weekend (Saturday 4 March 2017) offering free entry to women and girls – an initiative to encourage women to go to a football match. 

 

4.               WASPI (Women Against State Pension Inequality)

 

The Mayor paid tribute to all the women involved in the WASPI Campaign, the solidarity shown to each other in Enfield and to the Leader of  ...  view the full minutes text for item 3.

4.

Minutes of the meeting held on 25 January 2017 pdf icon PDF 272 KB

To approve the minutes of the meeting held on 25 January 2017 as a correct record. 

Minutes:

The minutes of the meeting held on 25 January 2017 were agreed as a correct record. 

5.

Apologies

Minutes:

Apologies for absence were received from Councillors Barry and Bond and from Councillor Lavender for lateness. 

6.

Declaration of Interests

Members of the Council are invited to identify any disclosable pecuniary, other pecuniary or non-pecuniary interests relating to items on the agenda. 

Minutes:

Before inviting members to declare any interests, the Mayor asked Asmat Hussain (Assistant Director Legal and Governance) to make a short statement regarding the declaration of interests’ requirements in relation to agenda item 6 Budget Report 2017/18 and Medium Term Financial Plan. 

 

Council noted:

 

1.     Under guidance issued by the Department of Communities and Local Government members would not be required to declare a Disclosable Pecuniary Interest (DPA) in relation to the budget or setting of the Council Tax.  This was on the basis that Council Tax liability would apply to the borough’s population as a whole, with councillors not having any unique position in that regard.  The requirements within Section 106 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992 would, however, still apply, which required any Member who was two or more months in arrears on their Council Tax to declare their position and not vote on any issue that could affect the calculation of the budget or Council Tax.  No declarations in this respect were made at the meeting.

 

2.     The Councillor Conduct Committee (May 2013) had also granted a dispensation for all members in terms of the declaration of Disclosable Pecuniary Interests relating to the setting of housing rents.

 

Subject to the requirements within Section 106 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992, this would allow all members to participate in the debate and vote on decisions relating to the setting of the Council Tax and Housing Rents.

 

Having noted the advice provided, the following declaration of interests were made at the meeting:

 

·       Councillors Stewart and Maguire declared disclosable pecuniary interests in item 8 on account of their employment by Unison. 

 

·       Councillor Laban declared a non-pecuniary interest in item 6 as she was employed by the Greater London Authority. 

7.

Budget report 2017/18 and Medium Term Financial Plan 2017/18 to 2020/21 pdf icon PDF 4 MB

To receive the report of the Executive Director of Finance, Resources & Customer Services presenting for approval the Budget for 2017/18 and Medium Term Financial Plan (General Fund).                     (Report No: 194A)

(Key Decision – Reference No: 4371)

 

Members are asked to note that:

 

·            Recommendations 2.1 – 2.12 were endorsed and recommended onto Council for formal approval by Cabinet on 8 February 2017.

 

·            The report will need to be considered in conjunction with Report No: 204A on the Part 2 Council agenda.

Additional documents:

Minutes:

Councillor Taylor moved and Councillor Lemonides seconded the report of the Executive Director of Finance, Resources and Customer Services (171A) presenting for approval the Budget for 2017/18 and the Medium Term Financial Plan. 

 

NOTED

 

1.          Recommendations 2.1 – 2.12 had been endorsed and recommended onto Council for formal approval by Cabinet on 8 February 2017.

 

2.          The revised Appendix 10 to the report as tabled at the meeting. 

 

3.          The report would need to be considered in conjunction with Report No:  204A on the Part 2 Council agenda (Min ??? refers).

 

4.     The following comments highlighted by the Leader of the Council:

 

a.          He could not excuse the way that the Government, since 2010, had systematically reduced the support to public services.  Local Government was the bedrock of public provision from cradle to grave and had served this country well. 

 

b.          The current Government was cutting so hard and so deep that he felt that the fabric of local provision was on the brink of collapse. 

 

c.           Budgets should be about improving services but local government was being defined by Conservative financial mismanagement and continuing austerity policies.  It was now 10 years since the financial crash and things ought to be improving.  Instead Government deficits are increasing and services being cut. 

 

d.          Local Authorities were being instructed that they must find the extra money for social care but this will mean further cuts, dirtier streets, less public provision, riskier child protection and closure of voluntary sector initiatives. 

 

e.          The Conservatives’ ideological desire to shrink the state and hand over services to a marketised, privatised and unaccountable system, making services uncompetitive, under-resourced and overburdened is overriding the needs of ordinary people. 

 

f.            Despite the difficult times he felt that there have been achievements to celebrate including the Meridian Water proposals, new housing opportunities, the provision of social care and children’s services to thousands of people, improvements to schools, keeping parks and playgrounds open and the streets clean. 

 

g.          This has been achieved through sound financial management and despite the lack of fair funding for Enfield.  If the Council had the same level of funding as Westminster we would have an extra £86m.   

 

h.          The administration were resolved to manage the authorities money carefully and would take tough action on the overspend.  Many other London boroughs were also struggling to maintain spending within budgets.

 

i.             Enfield was good at collecting council taxes increasing the collection rate and reducing arrears by 2.1m. 

 

j.            Having set a zero increase Council tax for 7 years it was with reluctance that he was proposing at 1.99% increase plus 3% social care precept which would add £1.10 per week to the average band D property.  In contrast Government cuts since 2010 equate to £710 per household. 

 

k.           To meet adult social care pressures the council needed an extra £8.6m for social care and an extra £2.5m for Children’s Services.  To note that the Leader of Surrey County Council had been looking for a 15% increase in Council  ...  view the full minutes text for item 7.

8.

Housing Revenue Account (HRA) 30 Year Business Plan, Budget 2017/18, Rent Setting and Service Charges pdf icon PDF 98 KB

To receive the joint report of the Executive Director of Finance, Resources and Customer Services and Executive Director of Regeneration and Environment presenting for approval the revenue estimates of the Housing Revenue Account (HRA) for 2017/18 and the updated position on the HRA 30 year business plan.                                                               (Report No: 195)

(Key Decision – Reference No: 4451)

 

Members are asked to note that the recommendations in the report were endorsed and approved for recommendation onto Council by Cabinet on 8 February 2017.

Minutes:

Councillor Ahmet Oykener proposed and Councillor Pite seconded the report of the Executive Director of Finance, Resources and Customer Services and the Executive Director of Regeneration and Environment presenting for approval the revenue estimates of the Housing Revenue Account (HRA) for 2017/18 and the updated position on the HRA 30 year business plan.   (Report No:  195)

 

NOTED

 

1.               That the recommendations in the report had been endorsed and approved for recommendation onto Council by Cabinet on 8 February 2017. 

 

2.               The plan had been written at a time when resources were tightly constrained and there was much uncertainty about Government housing policy, including proposals about the enforced sale of high value voids. 

 

3.               Thanks to the officers who had worked so hard on the housing revenue account and producing the plan, making their way through the complexities of changing legislation.

 

4.               The one percent reduction in Council house rents, while good for tenants, had caused problems for the Council who were to receive millions less in housing income.  Increases in service charges had been discussed with the Customer Voice who had welcomed the better services.   Gas charges would stay the same or reduce but electricity costs were due to increase by 16% as a result of Brexit. 

 

5.               Capital funding of £234.8m had been set aside for major works and estate renewal schemes.

 

6.               Concerns about the many vulnerable people for whom housing was an issue and praise for the work being done to provide more housing despite constraints.  

 

7.               Concerns of the Opposition in relation to: 

a.     Whilst supporting the rises in gas and electricity which were due to market volatility, concern in relation to the 8% increase in service charges.

b.     The 5 year capital programme in the light of lack of progress on previously approved spending.  That there has been substantial slippage needs to be recognised and addressed in any future works.  The programme cannot be endorsed.

c.     Looking at numbers of homes that have actually been completed, many of these were part of the Highlands development, started under the Conservative administration, very few have been provided by the Labour administration. 

d.     About the spiralling need for temporary accommodation which has been inadequately addressed with very few new houses provided for social rent.

 

8.               The response from the Cabinet Member for Housing and Estate Regeneration that the Council had been able to redefine the meaning of affordable rent (defined as 80% of marketable local rent under the Government) into a more meaningful figure – a real affordable rent - based on local housing elements.  The numbers of housing units quoted did not include the many built by partners such as the Notting Hill Housing Trust. 

 

AGREED

 

1.               To approve the Housing Revenue Account (HRA) 30-Year Business Plan.

2.               To approve the detailed HRA revenue budget for 2017/18.

3.               To approve the HRA Capital Programme and Right to Buy (RTB) One for One Receipts Programme 2017/18 to 2021/22.

4.               To note the  ...  view the full minutes text for item 8.

9.

Review and Adoption of Statutory Pay Policy Statement pdf icon PDF 236 KB

To receive the report of the Assistant Director Human Resources presenting the Council’s Statutory Pay Policy Statement for consideration and approval.

                                                                                        (Report No: 212)

 

Members are asked to note that the Pay Policy Statement was considered and approved for recommendation onto Council, subject to the amendments identified, by the Remuneration Committee on 31 January 2017. 

Minutes:

Councillor Simon proposed and Councillor Lemonides seconded a report of the Assistant Director of Human Resources presenting the Council’s statutory pay policy for consideration and approval.  (Report No:  212)

 

NOTED

 

1.               That the pay policy statement had been considered and approved for recommendation on to Council by the Remuneration Sub Committee on 31 January 2017. 

 

2.               The key change from last year was the creation of a new grade at director level and more senior heads of service to allow more flexibility at the senior level.

 

3.               It was a requirement of the Localism Act 2011 that Council review the policy annually.

 

4.               Councillor Neville added that Opposition members had contributed to the discussion at the Remuneration Sub Committee and they were content with the proposed changes. 

 

AGREED the amendments to the statutory Pay Policy Statement attached as Appendix 1 of the report.

10.

ICT Capital Investment 2017-2020 pdf icon PDF 383 KB

To receive a report from the Chief Executive and Executive Director of Finance, Resources and Customer Services outlining the proposed next phase of ICT investment. 

 

The report seeks Council approval for the addition of £32m to the Council’s capital programme for ICT capital requirements over 3 years: 2017/18, 2018/19 and 2019/20.                                          (Report No.157A)

(Key Decision – Reference Number 4410)

 

Please note that Cabinet (14 December 2016) agreed to recommend that Council approve this addition to the Capital Programme. 

Additional documents:

Minutes:

Councillor Lemonides proposed and Councillor Achilleas Georgiou seconded the report of the Chief Executive and the Executive Director of Finance, Resources and Customer Services outlining the proposed next phase of ICT investment.  (Report No:  157A)

 

NOTED

 

1.               That Cabinet (14 December 2016) agreed to recommend that Council approve this addition to the Capital Programme. 

 

2.               The report is proposing that the Council spend £32m over 3 years to improve ICT:  £9m on technical infrastructure and £23m on systems replacement.

 

3.               The investment will enable the Council to undertake a range of activities including improving the customer service on the website, replacing a key support system, making the Council more efficient and able to share data across services more effectively. 

 

4.               It will place ICT investment funding on a more secure footing to enable the Council to meet the digital needs of major service areas.

 

5.               The concerns of the Opposition:  

 

a.     That the proposal had not been included in last year’s capital programme and that the poor organisation and lack of advanced planning revealed. 

 

6.               That ICT spending in the past had come from department underspends.  This proposal was more honest, open and transparent setting out ICT spending for the next 3 years. 

 

7.               The Mayor refused the Opposition’s request for a roll call vote due to the need to stick to the timed agenda and time constraints.   The Opposition asked for their names to be recorded in the minutes. 

 

Following the debate the issue was put to the vote and agreed with the following result: 

 

For:  33

 

Against:  21

 

Councillor Erin Celebi

Councillor Lee Chamberlain

Councillor Jason Charalambous

Councillor Lee David-Sanders

Councillor Dogan Delman

Councillor Nick Dines

Councillor Peter Fallart

Councillor Alessandro Georgiou

Councillor Elaine Hayward

Councillor Robert Hayward

Councillor Ertan Hurer

Councillor Eric Jukes

Councillor Joanne Laban

Councillor Andy Milne

Councillor Terence Neville

Councillor Anne Marie Pearce

Councillor Daniel Pearce

Councillor Michael Rye

Councillor Edward Smith

Councillor Jim Steven

Councillor Glynis Vince

 

Abstentions: 0

 

AGREED

 

1.               To approve, following the recommendation made by Cabinet on 14 December 2016, the addition of £32m to the capital programme for ICT capital requirement over the 3 years 2017/18, 2018/19 and 2019/20.

 

2.               To note that this will need to be met from Council borrowing. 

11.

Motions

Motion 10.1  In the name of Councillor Alessandro Georgiou

 

“The people of the United Kingdom have voted to leave the European Union. Therefore the Council resolves that the flag of the EU should be removed from the flag pole on the civic centre premises and replaced with the Union Flag of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.”

 

Motion 10.2  In the name of Councillor Alessandro Georgiou

 

“This Council resolves that the National Anthem of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland should have time reserved to be sung during the beginning of each Full Council Meeting.”

 

Motion 10.3  In the name of Councillor Terry Neville 

 

“Borough residents were once again exposed to an unnecessary and pointless 24 hour strike on the London Underground in January, including the Piccadilly Line locally, which brought chaos to our capital and put extra pressure on other transport services. As with previous disputes this strike served only to inflict the maximum inconvenience and misery on hard working Londoners trying to get to and from their place of work.

 

The Council condemns the actions of the Transport Unions involved, and calls upon the Government to fully implement the relevant provisions of the Trade Union Act 2016 to further restrict the ability to take industrial action in the public transport sector.”

 

Motion 10.4  In the name of Councillor Alan Sitkin 

 

“Enfield Council calls on the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to immediately reverse its decision to close the Upper Edmonton Job Centre Plus (JCP) and commit to collaborating with the Council in providing residents in this part of the borough with the employability services that they merit and require. Enfield Council prioritises the regeneration of this deprived area, including through the excellent local career opportunities we have engineered through the Meridian Water project. JCP is a key partner in this effort and must maintain its high street presence.”

 

Motions 10.5  In the name of Councillor Ahmet Oykener

 

“The White Paper helpfully returns to an emphasis on affordable housing of all tenures, both rented and affordable homeownership. The government does now accept that the housing market is “broken” and so in this regard we are disappointed that the Paper did not go further. Whilst the Paper recognises the great role that Local Authorities can play in meeting the serious housing demand challenge it could and should have gone further. In particular we continue to ask for the government to allow councils to borrow against our assets which is the one measure which will truly enable a renaissance in housing building. There are different ways to do this so what I propose is we work together, meet the Minister, and agree a new deal which is right for the people of Enfield”.

Minutes:

Urgent Motion

 

Council noteed that the Mayor has agreed to accept the following as an urgent motion under Part 4 paragraph 11.6 of the constitution. 

 

The decision was accepted as urgent, as notice as under Part 4, Paragraph 11 could not reasonably have been given for the following reasons: 

 

  • It was not possible to submit this motion within the normal timescale as notification of the consultation was only received after the deadline for submission of ordinary motions had passed.

 

  • It is not possible for consideration of this matter to await the next Council meeting, as this is scheduled for 6th April and this next stage of the Boundary Commission for England consultation process concludes before then on 27th March 2017.

 

Motion in the name of Councillor Jemal

 

Councillor Jemal proposed and Councillor Bambos Charalambous seconded the following motion: 

 

“This Council notes that the second stage of consultation on responses to the initial proposals for the 2018 Parliamentary Constituency Boundary review is due to begin on Tuesday 28th  February.  The consultation is being undertaken by the Boundary Commission for England and concludes on Monday 27th March.  The initial consultation closed in December 2016 and the Boundary Commission are now requesting responses commenting on the submissions from this first stage of consultation.

 

In view of the timescale for the second stage of consultation, Council empowers the Electoral Review Panel to co-ordinate and prepare a response on behalf of the London Borough of Enfield for approval by the Leader of the Council calling on the Boundary Commission to reconsider its initial proposals in order to better reflect the needs of the local area.”

 

Following a short debate Councillor Neville proposed and Councillor seconded an amendment that the Leader of the Opposition should also approve the response calling on the Boundary Commission to reconsider its initial proposals. 

 

The amended motion was agreed without a vote. 

 

CHANGE IN THE ORDER OF BUSINESS

 

Councillor Stewart moved and Councillor Bambos Charalambous seconded a change in the order of business so that item 10.4 followed by 10.5 should be taken as the next item of business. 

 

This was agreed with the following result: 

 

For:  32

Against:  20

Abstentions:  0

 

Motion 10.4  In the name of Councillor Alan Sitkin 

 

Councillor Sitkin proposed and Councillor Ekechi seconded the following motion: 

 

“Enfield Council calls on the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to immediately reverse its decision to close the Upper Edmonton Job Centre Plus (JCP) and commit to collaborating with the Council in providing residents in this part of the borough with the employability services that they merit and require. Enfield Council prioritises the regeneration of this deprived area, including through the excellent local career opportunities we have engineered through the Meridian Water project. JCP is a key partner in this effort and must maintain its high street presence.”

 

During the debate Councillor Stewart proposed and Councillor Taylor seconded a motion that the question now be put.  This was agreed without a  ...  view the full minutes text for item 11.

12.

Change in the Order of Business

Minutes:

Councillor Stewart moved and Councillor Bambos Charalambous seconded the proposal under paragraph 2.2(B) of the Council procedure rules to change the order of items in the agenda to take item 17 on the part 2 agenda as the next item of business.

 

The change in the order was agreed without a vote. 

 

The minutes reflect the order of the meeting. 

13.

Exclusion of Press and Public

To pass a resolution under Section 100A(4) of the Local Government Act 1972 excluding the press and public from the meeting for the  item of business moved to the part 2 on the grounds that it involves the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in those paragraphs of Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Act (as amended by the Local Government (Access to Information) (Variation) Order 2006) as listed on the agenda.

 

(Members are asked to refer to the part two agenda)

Minutes:

AGREED in accordance with Section 100(A) of the Local Government Act 1972 to exclude the press and public from the meeting for consideration of Item 17 listed on Part 2 of the agenda on the grounds that it involves the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in Paragraph 3 (information relating to the financial or business affairs of any particular person (including the authority holding that information) of Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Act (as amended by the Local Government (Access to Information) (Variation) Order 2006).

14.

Budget Report 2017/18 and Medium Term Financial Plan 2017/18 to 2020/21

To receive a report from the Executive Director of Finance, Resources and Customer Services seeking approval, as part of the 2017/18 Budget and Medium Term Financial Plan, to fees and charges for Environmental Services.

 

The report will need to be considered in conjunction with Report No: 194A on the Part 1 Council agenda.                                                 (Report No: 204A)

(Key decision – reference number 4371)

 

Members are asked to note that the recommendation set out in the report was endorsed and recommended for approval to Council, at the Cabinet meeting held on 8 February 2016.

 

(This document contains exempt information as defined in Paragraph 3 (information relating to the financial or business affairs of any particular person (including the authority holding that information)) of Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act 1972 as amended).

Minutes:

Councillor Lemonides proposed and Councillor Anderson seconded the report of the Executive Director of Finance, Resources and Customer Services seeking approval, as part of the 2017/18 Budget and Medium Term Financial Plan to fees and charges for Environmental Services.  (Report No:  204A)

 

NOTED

 

1.               The report was considered in conjunction with Report No: 194A on the part 1 agenda. 

 

2.               The recommendation set out in the report was endorsed and recommended for approval to Council at the Cabinet meeting held on 8 February 2017. 

 

3.               The information in the report was concerned with the fees for environmental services which were being considered in part 2 due to commercial sensitivities. 

 

4.               The concern of the Opposition, who would be opposing the fees, in relation to:

 

a.     The increase in the fees and charges including the high fees proposed for planning advice when it was so difficult for members of the public to speak to officers on the telephone. 

b.     The complaints of residents that they cannot speak to anyone at the Council. 

 

5.               Fees were assessed on the basis of 4 elements, the full cost of the service, inflation, statutory fees and benchmarking information. 

 

6.               The new fee structure for planning better reflected the time and input of officers and should improve the customer experience. 

 

Following the debate the recommendations were put to the vote and agreed with the following result: 

 

For:  33

 

Councillor Abdul Abdullahi

Councillor Daniel Anderson

Councillor Yasemin Brett

Councillor Alev Cazimoglu

Councillor Nesil Cazimoglu

Councillor Bambos Charalambous

Councillor Katherine Chibah

Councillor Guney Dogan

Councillor Sarah Doyle

Councillor Christiana During

Councillor Pat Ekechi

Councillor Turgut Esendagli

Councillor Krystle Fonyonga

Councillor Achilleas Georgiou

Councillor Christine Hamilton

Councillor Ahmet Hasan

Councillor Suna Hurman

Councillor Jansev Jemal

Councillor Doris Jiagge

Councillor Nneka Keazor

Councillor Adeline Kepez

Councillor Dino Lemonides

Councillor Derek Levy

Councillor Mary Maguire

Councillor Don McGowan

Councillor Ayfer Orhan

Councillor Ahmet Oykener

Councillor Vicki Pite

Councillor George Savva

Councillor Toby Simon

Councillor Andrew Stafford

Councillor Claire Stewart

Councillor Doug Taylor

 

Against:  20

 

Councillor Erin Celebi

Councillor Lee Chamberlain

Councillor Jason Charalambous

Councillor Lee David-Sanders

Councillor Dogan Delman

Councillor Peter Fallart

Councillor Alessandro Georgiou

Councillor Elaine Hayward

Councillor Robert Hayward

Councillor Ertan Hurer

Councillor Eric Jukes

Councillor Joanne Laban

Councillor Andy Milne

Councillor Terence Neville

Councillor Anne Marie Pearce

Councillor Daniel Pearce

Councillor Michael Rye

Councillor Edward Smith

Councillor Jim Steven

Councillor Glynis Vince

 

Abstentions:  0

 

AGREED  that the Pest Control, Commercial Waste, Schedule 2 waste, clinical waste, planning pre-application service, parks events and outdoor facilities, people transport services, fleet services and schools health & safety fees and charges for environmental services are agreed as set out in Section 3.1 and Appendix 1 to the report.

 

15.

Duration of Council Meeting

Minutes:

The Mayor advised, at this stage of the meeting, that the time available to complete the agenda had now elapsed so Council Procedure Rule 9 would apply.

 

NOTED that in accordance with Council Procedure Rule 9 (page 4-8 – Part 4), the remaining items of business on the Council agenda were considered without debate.

16.

Motions

Minutes:

NOTED in accordance with Council procedure rule 9 the remaining motions lapsed due to lack of time:   

 

Motion 10.1  In the name of Councillor Alessandro Georgiou

 

“The people of the United Kingdom have voted to leave the European Union. Therefore the Council resolves that the flag of the EU should be removed from the flag pole on the civic centre premises and replaced with the Union Flag of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.”

 

Motion 10.2  In the name of Councillor Alessandro Georgiou

 

“This Council resolves that the National Anthem of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland should have time reserved to be sung during the beginning of each Full Council Meeting.”

 

Motion 10.3  In the name of Councillor Terry Neville 

 

“Borough residents were once again exposed to an unnecessary and pointless 24 hour strike on the London Underground in January, including the Piccadilly Line locally, which brought chaos to our capital and put extra pressure on other transport services. As with previous disputes this strike served only to inflict the maximum inconvenience and misery on hard working Londoners trying to get to and from their place of work.

 

The Council condemns the actions of the Transport Unions involved, and calls upon the Government to fully implement the relevant provisions of the Trade Union Act 2016 to further restrict the ability to take industrial action in the public transport sector.”

 

Motions 10.5  In the name of Councillor Ahmet Oykener

 

“The White Paper helpfully returns to an emphasis on affordable housing of all tenures, both rented and affordable homeownership. The government does now accept that the housing market is “broken” and so in this regard we are disappointed that the Paper did not go further. Whilst the Paper recognises the great role that Local Authorities can play in meeting the serious housing demand challenge it could and should have gone further. In particular we continue to ask for the government to allow councils to borrow against our assets which is the one measure which will truly enable a renaissance in housing building. There are different ways to do this so what I propose is we work together, meet the Minister, and agree a new deal which is right for the people of Enfield”.

17.

Councillor Question Time pdf icon PDF 415 KB

13.1    Urgent Questions (Part 4 - Paragraph 10.2.(b) of Constitution – Page 4-9)

 

With the permission of the Mayor, questions on urgent issues may be tabled with the proviso of a subsequent written response if the issue requires research or is considered by the Mayor to be minor.

 

Please note that the Mayor will decide whether a question is urgent or not.

 

The definition of an urgent question is “An issue which could not reasonably have been foreseen or anticipated prior to the deadline for the submission of questions and which needs to be considered before the next meeting of the Council.”

 

Submission of urgent questions to Council requires the Member when submitting the question to specify why the issue could not have been reasonably foreseen prior to the deadline and why it has to be considered before the next meeting. 

 

13.2    Councillors’ Questions (Part 4 – Paragraph 10.2(a) of Constitution – Page 4 - 8)

 

The list of 41 questions is attached and the responses will be published, in accordance with the Council procedure rules, on Monday 27 February 2017, the day before the Council meeting.

Additional documents:

Minutes:

1.1           Urgent Questions

 

There were no urgent questions.

 

1.2           Questions by Councillors

 

NOTED the forty one questions on the Council agenda and the written responses provided by the relevant Cabinet members. 

 

18.

Committee Membership

To confirm any changes to the committee memberships.

 

Please note no changes have been identified to date.  Any received once the agenda has been published will be tabled on the Council update sheet at the meeting.  

Minutes:

AGREED to note that Councillor Don McGowan had been appointed chair of the Local Pension Board following the decision at the last meeting for the name of the chair to be notified. 

19.

Nominations to Outside Bodies

To confirm any changes notified to the nominations on outside bodies.

 

Please note no changes have been identified to date.  Any received once the agenda has been published will be tabled on the Council update sheet at the meeting. 

Minutes:

AGREED to confirm the following change to the appointments to Outside Bodies:

 

·       Enfield in Bloom:  Councillor Robert Hayward to replace Councillor Daniel Pearce. 

20.

Called in Decisions

None received. 

Minutes:

No called in decisions were discussed. 

21.

Date of next meeting

Members are asked to agree to move the date of the next ordinary meeting of the Council from Wednesday 29 March to Thursday 6 April 2017 at 7pm at Enfield Civic Centre.   

 

This is to enable the Council to agree the appointment of a new Chief Executive. 

Minutes:

Council agreed to change the date of the next Council meeting from Wednesday 29 March to Thursday 6 April 2017 at 7pm at the Civic Centre.