Agenda item

9.1     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. 

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

The list of 35 questions will follow and the responses will be published on Tuesday 12 July 2016, the day before the meeting. 

1.1   Urgent Questions

Two requests for urgent questions had been received but these had not been accepted as urgent by the Mayor.

1.2.  Questions by Councillors

NOTED

1      The thirty seven questions on the Council agenda and written responses provided, by the relevant Cabinet Members.

2      The following supplementary questions and responses received, for the questions indicated below:

Question 1 (Camden Town Brewery) from Councillor Levy to Councillor Sitkin, Cabinet Member for Economic Regeneration and Business Development

“By way of clarity, please can the Cabinet Member confirm how many of the borough jobs to be created by the Camden Town Brewery will be new and how many will be bought over from Camden?.”

Reply from Councillor Sitkin

“There will be 250 – 300 new jobs in total.  One hundred being brought up from Camden and 150-200 newly created in Enfield”. 

Question 2 (Interim Appointments) from Councillor Neville to Councillor Lemonides, Cabinet Member for Finance and Efficiency

“Can Councillor Lemonides confirm that the Council employs no interims, as there are a number of officers that have “interim” in their title?  If the Council does have interims, can he confirm how many there are?” 

Reply from Councillor Lemonides

“A written answer will be provided.”

Question 4 (Cycle Enfield – Appointment of Traffic Consultants) from Councillor Neville to Councillor Anderson, Cabinet Member for Environment

“Does the Cabinet member not think that the appointment of Jacobs as traffic consultants, providing traffic modelling analysis for the Cycle Enfield Scheme, creates a perception in the mind of the public of a conflict of interest as they are an offshoot of the company already employed by the Council to carry out highway works?  Would it not be better to get an independent analyst to undertake the traffic modelling?” 

Reply from Councillor Anderson

“The contractors were appointed following a full open and compliant process.  The Council originally had its own framework agreement to find the required traffic analysis services.  The consultancy firm Sinclair Knight Merz (SKM) was called off from the framework agreement and helped pull the original mini Holland bid together.  They were subsequently taken over by Jacobs. 

The Council entered into a call off contract via LOPAC with Ringway Jacobs and they were the successful contractor for North East London, providing a wide range of services.  Following the award and for continuity it made sense from both a technical and economic point of view to employ them.  There are also efficiencies in having the design team and contractor working collaboratively.  Council officers have been engaged at every stage of the process.” 

Question 6 (Failings at North Middlesex University Hospital Accident and Emergency Department) from Councillor Anne Marie Pearce to Councillor Alev Cazimoglu, Cabinet Member for Health and Social Care

“Does the Cabinet Member know if any meetings been put in place to monitor the future situation at the North Middlesex University Hospital Accident and Emergency Department?” 

Reply from Councillor Alev Cazimoglu

“A meeting of the Programme Oversight Group would be held on Friday 15 July 2016 and this would include representation from the Council at the Director and Assistant Director level.”