Agenda item

This item is to receive any Notices of Motion.  Four have been accepted and attached to the agenda.

Notice of Motion 1

(a)       That Council instructs the Leader of Flintshire County Council to write to the Prime Minister, copying in the leaders of all political groups and local Members of Parliament and Members of the Senedd,  expressing the council’s strong opposition to this policy, including a copy of this motion, and calling on him to abandon this plan; and

(b)       That Council instructs the Leader of Flintshire County Council to write to both Members of Parliament and Members of the Senedd representing communities in Flintshire, copying in the leaders of all political groups expressing the council’s strong opposition to this policy, including a copy of this motion, and calling on them to set out their views on this matter in reply.

Notice of Motion 2

This Notice of Motion was deferred to the next scheduled meeting of County Council.

The Chief Officer (Governance) advised that the following Notices of Motion

had been submitted:

Notice of Motion: Merchant Navy Roll of Honour

Councillor Ibbotson introduced the Notice of Motion (agenda item 13) which was seconded by Councillor Hodge.

Councillor David Coggins-Cogan proposed an amendment to recommendation 1. that the wording ‘perished at sea’ be amended to read ‘died in the course of their duties’.  This amendment was supported by Councillors Ibbotson and Hodge.

RESOLVED:

That Council:

1. Create a Merchant Navy Roll of Honour, on which merchant mariners born or resident in Flintshire, or with an otherwise strong connection to the county who have died in the course of their duties shall be listed;
2. That “Flintshire” in the section above shall refer to the historic county of

Flintshire prior to 1 April 1974, the districts of Delyn and Alyn and Deeside from 1 April 1974 to 1 April 1996, and the modern county of Flintshire from 1 April 1996 onwards;

3. That the role shall be maintained, as far as possible, in chronological order of

death, and

4. That the Roll of Honour shall be displayed in a case in a publicly accessible

part of the County Council’s headquarters, and available for detailed inspection by the public upon appointment.

Notice of Motion: Flintshire Teachers and School Employees to Take Oath to Work with Children

Councillor Gladys Healey introduced the Notice of Motion (agenda item 13) which was seconded by Councillor Dave Healey.

Councillor Eastwood moved an amendment, which was adopted by Councillors Gladys and Dave Healey.  When put to the vote, this amendment was carried. 

RESOLVED:

(a)       That Council deplores any abuse of our children and young people, including the formation of inappropriate relationships between teaching staff and the pupils and students for whom they are responsible; and

(b)       That Council continues its robust approach to recruitment, to monitor and provide guidance on safeguarding policies, provide safeguarding training and develop a culture within our schools where abuse of any kind is not condoned in any circumstances and all safeguarding concerns are reported immediately for appropriate action.

Notice of Motion: Winter Fuel Payments

Councillor Preece introduced the Notice of Motion (agenda item 13) which was seconded by Councillor Swash.

A recorded vote was requested on the amendment proposed by Councillor Maddison, for which the requisite number of Members stood in support.

For the amendment:-

Councillors: Bernie Attridge, Tina Claydon, Chris Dolphin, David Healey, Richard Lloyd, Gina Maddison, Hilary McGuill and Ryan McKeown

Against the amendment:-

Councillors: Glyn Banks, Pam Banks, Marion Bateman, Sean Bibby, Chris Bithell, Gillian Brockley, Helen Brown, Mel Buckley, Teresa Carberry, David Coggins-Cogan, Bill Crease, Paul Cunningham, Rob Davies, Ron Davies, Adele Davies-Cooke, Rosetta Dolphin, Mared Eastwood, Carol Ellis, Gladys Healey, Dave Hughes, Ray Hughes, Alasdair Ibbotson, Paul Johnson, Christine Jones, Richard Jones, Fran Lister, Dave Mackie, Allan Marshall, Billy Mullin, Ted Palmer, Andrew Parkhurst, Mike Peers, Carolyn Preece, Dan Rose, Kevin Rush, Dale Selvester, Jason Shallcross, Sam Swash, Linda Thew, Linda Thomas, Roy Wakelam and Antony Wren

Abstention:-

Councillor Geoff Collett

The amendment by Councillor Maddison was lost.

A recorded vote was requested on the substantive motion, as amended, proposed by Councillor Preece, for which the requisite number of Members stood in support.

For the amendment:-

Councillors: Bernie Attridge, Glyn Banks, Marion Bateman, Sean Bibby, Chris Bithell, Gillian Brockley, Helen Brown, Mel Buckley, Teresa Carberry, Tina Claydon, David Coggins-Cogan, Geoff Collett, Bill Crease, Paul Cunningham, Rob Davies, Ron Davies, Adele Davies-Cooke, Chris Dolphin, Rosetta Dolphin, Mared Eastwood, Carol Ellis, David Healey, Gladys Healey, Dave Hughes, Ray Hughes, Alasdair Ibbotson, Paul Johnson, Christine Jones, Richard Jones, Fran Lister, Richard Lloyd, Dave Mackie, Gina Maddison, Allan Marshall, Hilary McGuill, Ryan McKeown, Billy Mullin, Ted Palmer, Andrew Parkhurst, Mike Peers, Carolyn Preece, Dan Rose, Kevin Rush, Dale Selvester, Jason Shallcross, Sam Swash, Linda Thew, Linda Thomas and Roy Wakelam

Against the amendment:-

There were no votes against.

Abstention:-

There were no abstentions.

RESOLVED:

(a)       That Council instructs the Leader of Flintshire County Council to write to the Prime Minister, copying in the leaders of all political groups and local Members of Parliament and Members of the Senedd,  expressing the council’s strong opposition to this policy, including a copy of this motion, and calling on him to abandon this plan; and

(b)       That Council instructs the Leader of Flintshire County Council to write to both Members of Parliament and Members of the Senedd representing communities in Flintshire, copying in the leaders of all political groups expressing the council’s strong opposition to this policy, including a copy of this motion, and calling on them to set out their views on this matter in reply.

Prior to consideration of the remaining items, Councillor Alasdair Ibbotson moved a procedural motion under section 12(n) of the Constitution to suspend Section 4, Standing Order 8 – that the meeting conclude at 5.00pm.  This was seconded by Councillor Sam Swash.

On being put to the vote this motion was lost and the meeting was concluded.  All remain items would be considered at the next ordinary meeting.

Notice of Motion: Three-weekly Bin Collections

This Notice of Motion was deferred to the next scheduled meeting of County Council.