Agenda item

(1) To consider Minutes for Confirmation from Cabinet:

• Minute 55(4) – Review of Town Twinning.
• Minute 71(3) – Economic Strategy for Swindon Consultation and Adoption.
• Minute 79(1) – Independent Renumeration Panel on Councillors’ Allowances – Recommendations 2012/13.
• Minute 82(1) – Wiltshire and Swindon Waste Sites Allocation Plan – Inspectors Report and Adoption.

(2) To note Minutes from Cabinet:

·         Minute 52(9) and (10) – Financial Update 2012-13 and 2013-14.

·         Minute 80(6) – Houses in Multiple Occupation.

(1) Councillor Roderick Bluh moved and Councillor Jim Grant seconded:

“That Minute 55(4) of the Cabinet (Review of Town Twinning) be confirmed and adopted.”

            The Motion was put to the vote and declared carried.

(2) Councillor Roderick Bluh moved and Councillor Jim Grant seconded:

“That Minute 71(3) of the Cabinet (Economic Strategy for Swindon Consultation and Adoption) be confirmed and adopted.”

The Motion was put to the vote and declared carried.

(Councillor Michael Dickinson made a personal and prejudicial declaration of interest in respect of this as he was an employee of New College and left the room during the discussion.)

(3) Councillor Roderick Bluh moved and Councillor David Renard seconded:

“That Minute 79(1) of the Cabinet (Independent Renumeration Panel on Councillors’ Allowances – Recommendations 2012/13) be confirmed and adopted.”

Councillormark Dempsey moved and Councillor Bob Wright seconded that the Motion be amended to read:

“That subject to the removal of the Vice-Chair Allowance for the Joint Police and Crime Panel, Minute 79(1) of the Cabinet (Independent Renumeration Panel on Councillors’ Allowances – Recommendations 2012/13) be confirmed and adopted.”

The amendment was put to the vote and declared lost.

The Motion was put to the vote and declared carried.

(4) Councillor Dale Heenan moved and Councillor Roderick Bluh  seconded:

“That Minute 82(1) of the Cabinet (Wiltshire and Swindon Waste Sites Allocation Plan – Inspectors Report and Adoption) be confirmed and adopted.”

The Motion was put to the vote and declared carried.

(5) Councillor Mark Edwards moved and Councillor Roderick Bluh seconded:

“That Minutes 52(9) and (10) of the Cabinet (Financial Update 2012-13 and 2013-14) be noted.”

The Motion was put to the vote and declared carried.

(6) Councillor Russell Holland moved and Councillor Roderick Bluh seconded:

“That Minute 80 (6) of the Cabinet (Houses in Multiple Occupation) be noted.”