(time limit 30 minutes)
Motion 1 – Tackling Dog Fouling and Nuisance
Councillor C Gloster to MOVE and Councillor Murphy to SECOND:
This Council notes that:
In October 2014, following the adoption of a motion by Council, the Overview and Scrutiny Board looked at additional measures to combat dog fouling and nuisance; however, none were adopted.
Council recognises that, with the passage of time, new innovative practices and the greater use of technology have in other local authorities had a proven impact in addressing these issues.
This Council wishing to more effectively prevent dog fouling and nuisance in this borough resolves to:
And then bring a report back on this matter to Council at the earliest opportunity.
Motion 2 – Tackling Speeding
Councillor Harkness to MOVE and Councillor H Gloster to SECOND:
Council notes that speeding continues to be a factor in road collisions and that a pedestrian is four times more likely to die if they are hit by a vehicle travelling at forty miles per hours than they are at 30mph.
It is therefore imperative that Council working with the Police and residents seek to reduce excessive vehicular speeds in this borough, especially outside schools, on minor residential roads and in rural areas.
Council believes that we should work with our residents’ groups to deter and catch offenders and that we should employ mobile technology in order to do so.
Council therefore resolves to ask the Overview and Scrutiny Board to:
· Identify, with the assistance of District Executives, local police and the Council’s highways officers, locations not currently equipped with a speed camera which might benefit from one for consideration by the Drive Safe Greater Manchester Casualty Reduction Partnership.
· Explore the availability of funding to purchase and deploy mobile speed cameras to catch offenders, change driver behaviour and improve road safety.
· Investigate how the Council and the police can work with community and residents’ groups to establish Community Speed Watch schemes and Community Concern speed enforcement sites in the Borough
· Explore the merits of establishing ‘bus gates’ at suitable sites outside schools and look at establishing a pilot project. (‘Bus gates’ limit vehicular through traffic outside schools to cycles and local buses at the start and end of the school day, with a fixed penalty for transgressors.)
Motion 3 – Pensions Scheme Divestment from Fracking and Fossil Fuels
Councillor Heffernan to MOVE and Councillor Sykes to SECOND:
Council notes that:
· Given the adverse impact of fracking, the Greater Manchester Combined Authority has recently agreed to put planning measures in place for a ‘presumption’ against fracking operations in Greater Manchester.
· Despite this, the Greater Manchester Pension Fund, as the largest in the country, has over £1.2 billion invested in coal, oil and gas companies, including over £150,000 invested with companies engaged in fracking operations in neighbouring Lancashire
Council therefore resolves to request the Chief Executive write to the Chief Executive of the Greater Manchester Pension Scheme and the Mayor of Greater Manchester asking them to review this position, and to take action to resolve this dilemma.
Minutes:
Motion 1 – Tackling Dog Fouling and Nuisance
Councillor C. Gloster MOVED and Councillor Murphy SECONDED the following MOTION:
“This Council notes that:
· Though most dog owners are law-abiding, a small number of irresponsible owners still fail to clean up after their dogs or control them in public places
· The law requires owners to clean up after their dogs in public places, to keep control of their pets, and to ensure their animal is micro-chipped and displays a dog collar with name and address of the owner
· Under powers granted to the Council under the Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014, this Council introduced a borough-wide Public Space Protection Order to replace fix existing Dog Control Orders.
In October 2014, following the adoption of a motion by Council, the Overview and Scrutiny Board looked at additional measures to combat dog fouling and nuisance, however, none were adopted.
Council recognises that, with the passage of time, new innovative practices and the greater use of technology have in other local authorities had a proven impact in addressing these issues.
This Council wishing to more effectively prevent dog fouling and nuisance in this borough resolves to:
· Apply the maximum on-the-spot fixed penalty applicable under the law (currently £100) where offences occur within areas covered by the Public Space Protection Order
· Ask the Overview and Scrutiny Board to:
· Re-examine current examples of best practice, and the powers granted to it in recent legislation, to determine which can, and should, be adopted in this borough;
· Confer with The Dogs Trust to establish the ways in which the Council might work in partnership with them to address dog fouling, promote micro-chipping, or other improve animal welfare;
And then bring a report back on this matter to Council at the earliest opportunity.
In moving the Motion, Councillor C. Gloster explained that consultation to apply the maximum on-the-spot fixed penalty (currently £100) would have take place.
Councillor Hudson spoke against the Motion.
Councillor Fielding MOVED and Councillor Chauhan SECONDED the MOTION be put to the VOTE. The MOVE to the VOTE was AGREED.
Councillor C. Gloster exercised his right of reply.
On being put to the vote, 53 votes were cast in FAVOUR of the MOTION and 0 votes were cast AGAINST with 1 ABSTENTIONS. The MOTION was therefore CARRIED.
RESOLVED that:
1. Consultation be undertaken on the application of the maximum on-the-spot fixed penalty applicable under the law (currently £100) where offences occurred within areas covered by the Public Space Protection Order.
2. The Overview and Scrutiny Board be asked to:
a. Re-examine current examples of best practice, and the powers granted to it in recent legislation, to determine which could, and should, be adopted in this borough;
b. Confer with The Dog Trust to establish the ways in which the Council might work in partnership with them to address dog fouling, promote micro-chipping, or otherwise improve animal welfare;
And then bring a report back on this matter to Council at the earliest opportunity.
Motion 2 – Tackling Speeding
Councillor Harkness MOVED and Councillor H. Gloster SECONDED the following MOTION:
“Council notes that speeding continues to be a factor in road collisions and that a pedestrian is four times more likely to die if they are hit by a vehicle travelling at forty miles per hour than they are at 30 mph.
It is therefore imperative the Council working with the Police and residents seek to reduce excessive vehicular speeds in this borough, especially outside schools, on minor residential roads and in rural areas.
Council believes that we should work with our residents’ groups to deter and catch offenders and that we should employ mobile technology in order to do so.
Council therefore resolves to ask the Overview and Scrutiny Board to:
· Identify, with the assistance of District Executives, local police and the Council’s highways officers, locations not currently equipped with a speed camera which might benefit from one for consideration by the Drive Safe Greater Manchester Casualty Reduction Partnership.
· Explore the availability of funding to purchase and deploy mobile speed cameras to catch offenders, change driver behaviour and improve road safety.
· Investigate how the Council and the police can work with community and residents’ groups to establish Community Speed Watch schemes and Community Concern speed enforcement sites in the Borough
· Explore the merits of establishing ‘bus gates’ at sites outside schools and look at establishing a pilot project. (‘Bus gates’ limit vehicular through traffic outside schools to cycles and local buses at the start and end of the school day, with a fixed penalty for transgressors.)
Councillor Chauhan MOVED and Councillor Chadderton SECONDED the MOTION be put to the VOTE. The MOVE to the VOTE was AGREED.
Councillor Harkness did not exercise his right of reply.
On being put to the vote, the MOTION was CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
RESOLVED that the Overview and Scrutiny Board be asked to:
· Identify, with the assistance of District Executives, local police and the Council’s highways officers, locations not currently equipped with a speed camera which might benefit from one for consideration by the Drive Safe Greater Manchester Casualty Reduction Partnership.
· Explore the availability of funding to purchase and deploy mobile speed cameras to catch offenders, change driver behaviour and improve road safety.
· Investigate how the Council and the police can work with community and residents’ groups to establish Community Speed Watch schemes and Community Concern speed enforcement sites in the Borough
· Explore the merits of establishing ‘bus gates’ at sites outside schools and look at establishing a pilot project. (‘Bus gates’ limit vehicular through traffic outside schools to cycles and local buses at the start and end of the school day, with a fixed penalty for transgressors.)
Motion 3 – Pensions Scheme Divestment from Fracking and Fossil Fuels
Councillor Heffernan MOVED and Councillor Sykes SECONDED the following MOTION:
“Council notes that:
· Given the adverse impact of fracking, the Greater Manchester Combined Authority has recently agreed to put planning measures in place for a ‘presumption’ against fracking operations in Greater Manchester.
· Despite this, the Greater Manchester Pension Fund, as the largest in the country, has over £1.2 billion invested in coal, oil and gas companies, including over £150,000 invested with companies engaged in fracking operations in neighbouring Lancashire
Council therefore resolves to request the Chief Executive write to the Chief Executive of the Greater Manchester Pension Scheme and the Mayor of Greater Manchester asking them to review this position, and to take action to resolve this dilemma.”
Councillor Heffernan did not exercise his right of reply.
On being put to the vote, the MOTION was CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
RESOLVED that the Chief Executive write to the Chief Executive of the Greater Manchester Pension Scheme and the Mayor of Greater Manchester asking them to review this position, and to take action to resolve this dilemma.