The Worshipful the Mayor informed Members that last Tuesday, as a result of an accident at home, Councillor Longley was admitted to Queen’s Hospital in Romford. 

On behalf of the Council, I would like to extend my best wishes to Councillor Longley and his family for a speedy recovery.

Apologies for absence were received from Councillors Jarvis, Longley and Ward.

·      Councillor Assenheim

Cabinet – 22^nd September 2015

Minute 260 – Review of ALMO – Non-pecuniary interest – Board Member of South Essex Homes;

Policy & Resources Scrutiny Committee – 15^th October 2015

Minute 341 – Review of ALMO (South Essex Homes) – Non-pecuniary interest – Board member South Essex Homes – attended pursuant to the dispensation agreed by the Standards Committee on 19th February 2015, under S.33 of the Localism Act 2011 to participate in the debate and vote;

Full Council – 22^nd October 2015

Agenda Item 6 - Questions from Members of the Council in relation to South Essex Homes from Councillor Flewitt – Non-pecuniary interest – Board member South Essex Homes – attended pursuant to the dispensation agreed by the Standards Committee on 19th February 2015, under S.33 of the Localism Act 2011 to participate in the debate and vote;

·      Councillor Ayling

Development Control Committee – 2^nd September 2015

Minute 213(a) – 14/02050/FULM – Non-pecuniary interest – son is employed as a maintenance engineer at the school;

Minute 213(b) – 15/01129/AMDT – Non-pecuniary interest – Lives in the vicinity of the application site;

·      Councillor Betson

Audit Committee – 30^th September 2015

Minute 286 – Internal Audit Report Action Plans – Non-pecuniary interest – Employee of HMRC dealing with international trade;

Minute 288 – Internal Audit Services, Quarterly Performance Report – Non-pecuniary interest – Board Member of South Essex Homes & Member of Fostering Panel;

People Scrutiny Committee – 13^th October 2015

Minute 321 – School Admissions Arrangements – Non-pecuniary interest – School Governor at Heycroft School;

Policy & Resources Scrutiny Committee – 15^th October 2015

Minute 341 – Review of ALMO (South Essex Homes) – Non-pecuniary interest – Board member South Essex Homes – attended pursuant to the dispensation agreed by the Standards Committee on 19th February 2015, under S.33 of the Localism Act 2011 to participate in the debate and vote;

Full Council – 22^nd October 2015

Agenda Item 6 - Questions from Members of the Council in relation to South Essex Homes from Councillor Flewitt – Non-pecuniary interest – Board member South Essex Homes – attended pursuant to the dispensation agreed by the Standards Committee on 19th February 2015, under S.33 of the Localism Act 2011 to participate in the debate and vote;

·      Councillor Borton

Appeals Committee A – 20^th August 2015

Minute 203 – Secondary School Transport Appeal (Pupil AG) – Non-pecuinary interest – works for DWP;

Development Control Committee – 2^nd September 2015

Minute 213(i) – 15/00869/FUL – Non-pecuinary interest – Fellow Councillor (friend) lives in the road;

People Scrutiny Committee – 13^th October 2015

Minutes 321 – School Admission Arrangements and Minute 322 – Local Account of Adult Social Care – Non-pecuniary interest – School Governor at Milton Hall School and JobCentre Plus mentioned in the draft report – employer;

·      Councillor Buckley

Development Control – 2^nd September 2015

Minute 213(f) – 15/01112/FUL – Non-pecuniary interest – supported and lobbied for refusal;

Cabinet Committee –  ...  view the full minutes text for item 351.

The Worshipful the Mayor presented the chain of office to this year's Youth Mayor, Ms Sarah-Jane Glew, and the Chain of Office to this year’s Deputy Youth Mayor, Ms Maise Riley.

The relevant Executive Councillors responded to written questions received from members of the public.

The relevant Executive Councillors responded to written questions received from Councillors Aylen, Cox, Courtenay, Assenheim, Flewitt and J Garston.

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Resolved:-

That the Minutes of the Meeting held on Thursday 23^rd July 2015 be confirmed as a correct record and signed.

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Resolved:

That the minutes of this meeting be noted.

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Resolved:

That the minutes of this meeting be noted.

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Resolved:

That the minutes of this meeting be noted.

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Resolved:

That the minutes of this meeting be noted.

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Resolved:

That the minutes of this meeting be noted.

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Resolved:

That the minutes of this meeting be noted.

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Resolved:

That the minutes of this meeting be noted.

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Resolved:

That the minutes of this meeting be noted.

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Resolved:

That the minutes of this meeting be noted and the recommendations contained in Minutes 248, 250, 251, 252, 256, 261, 267 and 268, be adopted.

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Resolved:

That the minutes of this meeting be noted.

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Resolved:

That the minutes of this meeting be noted.

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Resolved:

That the minutes of this meeting be noted.

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Resolved:

That the minutes of this meeting be noted.

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During consideration of Minute 305 (Beecroft and Central Museum Energy Project) a requisition for a named vote was made in accordance with Council Procedure Rule 12.1 to refer the matter back to Cabinet. The voting was as follows:-

For reference back:

Cllrs Arscott, Aylen, Buckley, Butler, Byford, Courtenay, Cox, Davidson, Evans, Flewitt, Folkard, D Garston, J Garston, Habermel, Hadley, Holland, Lamb, Phillips, Robertson, Salter, Velmurugan, Walker (22)

Against reference back:

Cllrs Assenheim, Ayling, Betson, Borton, Crystall, Davies, Endersby, Gilbert, Jones, Kenyon, McGlone, McMahon, Moyies, Mulroney, Nevin, Norman, Robinson, Stafford, Terry, Van Looy, Ware-Lane, Waterworth, Willis, Woodley (24)

Abstentions:

Cllr Callaghan, Moring (2)

Absent:

Cllr Jarvis, Longley, Ward (3)

Accordingly the motion to refer the matter back was lost.

During consideration of Minute 308 (Surface Water Management Plan) a requisition for a named vote was made in accordance with Council Procedure Rule 12.1 to refer the matter back to Cabinet.  The voting was as follows:

For reference back:

Cllrs Arscott, Aylen, Buckley, Butler, Byford, Courtenay, Cox, Davidson, Evans, Flewitt, Folkard, D Garston, J Garston, Habermel, Hadley, Holland, Lamb, Phillips, Robertson, Salter, Velmurugan, Walker (22)

Against reference back:

Cllrs Assenheim, Ayling, Betson, Borton, Callaghan, Crystall, Davies, Endersby, Gilbert, Jones, Kenyon, McGlone, McMahon, Moyies, Mulroney, Nevin, Norman, Robinson, Stafford, Terry, Van Looy, Ware-Lane, Waterworth, Willis, Woodley (25)

Abstentions:

Cllr Moring (1)

Absent:

Cllr Jarvis, Longley, Ward (3)

Accordingly the motion to refer the matter back was lost.

Resolved:

That the minutes of this meeting be noted and the recommendations contained in Minutes 305, 307 and 308, be adopted.

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Resolved:

That the minutes of this meeting be noted.

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During consideration of Minute 341 (Review of ALMO – South Essex Homes) a requisition for a named vote was made in accordance with Council Procedure Rule 12.1 to refer the matter back to Cabinet for further consideration of the proposed length of the extension of the Management Agreement with South Essex Homes. The voting was as follows:-

For reference back:

Cllrs Arscott, Aylen, Buckley, Butler, Byford, Courtenay, Cox, Davidson, Davies, Evans, Flewitt, Folkard, D Garston, J Garston, Habermel, Hadley, Holland, Lamb, Phillips, Robertson, Salter, Velmurugan, Walker (23)

Against reference back:

Cllrs Ayling, Borton, Crystall, Endersby, Gilbert, Jones, Kenyon, McMahon, Moyies, Mulroney, Nevin, Norman, Robinson, Stafford, Terry, Van Looy, Ware-Lane, Waterworth, Willis, Woodley (20)

Abstentions:

Cllrs Assenheim, Betson, Callaghan, McGlone and Moring (5)

Absent:

Cllrs Jarvis, Longley, Ward (3)

Accordingly it was resolved:

That the proposed length of the extension of the Management Agreement with South Essex Homes (Minute 341) be referred back to Cabinet for further consideration.

It was also resolved:

1.  That minutes 331-335, 339-340 and 342-348 be noted and the recommendations contained in minutes 336 and 338 be adopted.  Resolution 2 of Minute 336 is set out below:

“That the resolution made by the Council on 1^st March 2012 to make a Compulsory Purchase Order in respect of land at Fossetts Farm be withdrawn as it is no longer required.”

2.  That the recommendations contained in Minute 337 be adopted, subject to an amendment to Paragraph 6.4 of the submitted report (underlined) to read:

“Once terms are agreed in principle for a disposal of Public Open Space, the relevant officers and Executive Councillors for the land (Parks, Foreshore, Highway, Housing, etc) and for Corporate Services will be briefed to check that they are in principle supportive of the proposed disposal subject to advertisement.  Ward members will be notified seven days before an advertisement is placed; this will not apply if Cabinet has endorsed the principle as members will already be aware.”

Notice of Motion attached.

Resolved:

That in accordance with Standing Order 8.4 the following notice of motion be referred to the Cabinet:

“We call upon Members of Southend on Sea Borough Council, to support a request to write to Her Majesty’s Government with the following request, this being:

‘That consideration be given to include within the ‘Hazard Perception Test’, which is part of the Theory Test for the UK Driving License, a digital simulation of the road as visually perceived by users of other types of road transport, namely motorcycles and cycles. This may highlight the perspective(s) that may be misinterpreted by car drivers without experience of using motorcycles or pedal cycles in the mixed highway environment’

This request is to assist the reduction of incidents of an untoward nature involving these types of transport, with particular regard to Southend on Sea’s commitment to ‘Safe Sustainable Transport’ and the reduction of accidents, especially on our gateway roads into Southend, where unfortunately the combination of these types of transport, with low awareness of the others perception, does, on occasions, have untoward consequences.”

Notice of Motion attached.

Resolved:

That in accordance with Standing Order 8.4 the following notice of motion be referred to the Cabinet:

“This council recognises the plight of the refugees caught in the Syrian crisis and that this is a real tragedy and genuine help needs to be offered.

We support George Osborne, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, in looking at some of the overseas aid budget as a way of funding financial assistance to the many men, women and children affected and we request funding from the Overseas Aid Budget should this local authority be asked to offer assistance to any of the displaced men, women or children.”

Notice of Motion attached.

Resolved:

That in accordance with Standing Order 8.4 the following notice of motion be referred to the Cabinet:

“We the undersigned wish to put before the council a motion to rescind the decision of this council to stop the printing and distribution of hard copies of council papers.”

Notice of Motion attached.

Resolved:

That in accordance with Standing Order 8.4 the following notice of motion be referred to the Cabinet:

“That this Council:

(i)        recognises the importance of local action in co-ordinating and commissioning accessible and effective HIV testing to reach the undiagnosed and reduce the late HIV diagnosis.  107,800 people were living in the United Kingdom with HIV in 2013; 24% were unaware of their status; and 42% of people diagnosed with HIV in 2013 were diagnosed late (with a CD4 count <350mm³).  Late diagnosis impacts on individual health, public health and health budgets;

(ii)        recognises that Southend-on-Sea has a high prevalence of HIV (over diagnosed per 1000 residents) and commits to strengthening its own provision of HIV testing services through working with local NHS partners, HIV charities and patient groups;

(iii)       recognises that late HIV diagnosis is a Public Health Outcomes Indicator in the Public Health Outcomes Framework and that, if diagnosed early, put on a clear treatment pathway and guaranteed access to antiretroviral therapy (ART), people living with HIV can expect to have a near normal life expectancy and live healthy and active lives; and

(iv)       recognises the volume and quality of public health and local government guidelines and performance indicators designed to support local authority implementation and monitoring of appropriate and effective testing guidelines.

Recognising the weight of evidence in favour of expanding local HIV testing services, Southend-on-Sea Borough Council:

(i)           resolves to:

·           act to halve the proportion of people diagnosed late with HIV (with a CD4 count <350mm³) in the Borough of Southend-on-Sea by 2020; and

·           act to halve the proportion of people living with undiagnosed HIV in the Borough by 2020.

(ii)        Further resolves to:

·           Ensure that rates of late diagnosed HIV are included as an indicator in its Joint Strategic Needs Assessment (JSNA); and

·           Ask the Director for Public Health to provide a report outlining what needs to be done locally in commissioning and provision of services in order to halve the late diagnosed and undiagnosed HIV by 2020.”

Report of the Corporate Director for Corporate Services attached.

The Council considered a report of the Corporate Director for Corporate Services which recommended minor changes to the Council’s Constitution.

Resolved:

1. That the specific delegations to Chief Officers in Section 4 of Part 3 Schedule 3 of the Constitution be amended as set out in Appendix 1 to the submitted report.

2. That the Special Schemes of Delegation in Section 5 of Part 3 Schedule 3 of the Constitution be amended as set out in Appendix 2 to the submitted report.

3. That the Contracts Procedure Rules in Part(g) of the Constitution be amended as set out in Appendix 3 to the submitted report.

The Worshipful the Mayor informed Members that Councillors Aylen and Dr. Velmurugan had given notice of their resignation from the Independent Group. As a result Councillor Endersby had replaced Councillor Aylen as a member of the Place Scrutiny Committee.