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01

Announcements by the Mayor and Chief Executive
To receive any announcements from the Mayor and Chief Executive.
02

Apologies for absence
Group Business Managers to submit any apologies for absence.
03

Minutes of Previous Meeting
To agree and authorise the Mayor to sign the Minutes of Council held on 13 November 2019.

Minutes of Previous Meeting
04

Declaration of Interests
The Councillors will be asked to advise if there are any items listed on the Agenda in which they have a Disclosable Pecuniary Interest, which would prevent them from participating in any discussion or vote on the item, or any other interest.

Declaration of Interests
05

Petitions (From Members of the Council)
To receive any Petitions from Members of the Council in accordance

with Council Procedure Rule 9.
06

Deputations & Petitions (From Members of the Public)
The Committee will receive any petitions and hear any deputations from members of the public. A deputation is where up to five people can attend the meeting and make a presentation on some particular issue of concern. A member of the public can also hand in a petition at the meeting but that petition should relate to something on which the body has powers and responsibilities.

In accordance with Council Procedure Rule 10 (2), Members of the Public should provide at least 24 hours’ notice of presenting a deputation.

(Any person wishing to make a deputation is requested to contact andrea.woodside@kirklees.gov.uk / leigh.webb@kirklees.gov.uk (tel 01484 221000) and will be required to complete a form at least 24 hours in advance of the meeting).
07

Public Question Time
The Committee will hear any questions from the general public.
08

Proposed Revision to Statement of Licensing Policy 2020-2025 (Reference from Licensing and Safety Committee)
To consider the report.

Contact: Stephanie Mashiter, Licensing Service

FINAL Full Council Report (inc all amendments)
Appendix A
Appendix B
Appendix C
Item 8 Licensing Act Policy - Full Council - Addendum to report
09

Treasury Management Activity 2019/2020 - Half Yearly Monitoring (Reference from Cabinet)
To receive the report.

Contact: Eamonn Croston, Service Director – Finance

2019-20 Treasury Mgt Half Yearly Report
10

Calculation of Council Tax Base 2020/2021 (Reference from Cabinet)
To consider the report.

Contact: Eamonn Croston, Service Director – Finance

Item 14 2020-01-14Council Taxbase Report V2.2 2020-21 (002)
11

Peer Challenge Feedback Report and Action Plan (Reference from Cabinet)
To consider the report.

Contact: Kate McNicholas, Head of Policy, Partnerships and Corporate Planning

CPC Feedback and Action Plan Report - Full Council - 15 January 2020
Appendix 1 - Kirklees CPC Feedback Report - FINAL oct19
Appendix 2 - Action Plan
12

Appointment of Chair - Heavy Woollen Area Planning Sub Committee
To confirm the appointment of Councillor S Hall as Chair of Planning Sub Committee (Heavy Woollen Area) for the remainder of the municipal year.

HWA Appt of Chair
13

Written Questions to the Leader, Cabinet Members, Chairs of Committees and Nominated Spokespersons
To receive written questions to the Leader, Cabinet Members, Chairs of Committees and Nominated Spokespersons in accordance with Council Procedure Rule 12/12(1).

The schedule of written questions will be tabled at the meeting.

Written Questions Agenda Item 13
14

Key Discussion - Developing Dementia Design in Kirklees
Council will receive a presentation from the Strategic Director for Adults and Health prior to the Key Discussion debate.

(Under the provision of Council Procedure Rule 5(5), the Key Discussion shall commence no later than 7.00pm. Council Procedure Rule 18 (23) permits a maximum of 60 minutes for this item).

Item 11 Presentation - No notes
15

Motion as to Forgotten Workers - Update
To receive an update from the Cabinet Member – Corporate Services on the progress of the resolution of Council on 18 September 2019.
16

Motion submitted in accordance with Council Procedure Rule 14 as to Pension Credit
To consider the following Motion in the names of Councillors Simpson, Pandor, Turner, McBride, O’Donovan, Zaman, Khan, Ahmed, Walker, Warner, Loonat, P Davies, Homewood and Lowe;

“This Council;

(i)            believes that the abolition of free TV licences is a terrible blow to many vulnerable older people who already struggle to make ends meet and particularly to those who are housebound or isolated and rely on their TV for company

(ii)          notes the pledge made in the Conservative Party 2017 manifesto to fully fund the TV licence for all over 75s

(iii)         notes the Independent Age Credit ‘Credit Where It’s Due’ campaign report, which found that £21m of support for Kirklees’ most vulnerable pensioners is being held back by the barriers to accessing Pension Credit

(iv)         does not believe it is acceptable that almost half of all pensioners in Kirklees who are entitled to Pension Credit do not receive it. These vulnerable older residents will also now lose their free TV licences and will be pushed further into deprivation

This Council therefore resolves;

(i)            to write to the new Prime Minister to outline the unacceptable effect that this policy will have on Kirklees’ most vulnerable pensioners and call upon him to back the ‘Credit Where It’s Due’ campaign to reform Pension Credit to better support Kirklees’ most vulnerable older residents

(ii)          to use opportunities that exist within the Council to promote the availability of Pension Credit to residents to ensure as many residents as possible are aware of its availability.”
17

Motion submitted in accordance with Council Procedure Rule 14 as to Improving School Air Quality
To consider the following Motion in the names of Councillors Munro, Burke, Lawson, A Pinnock, K Pinnock, Iredale, Eastwood, P A Davies, A Smith and Marchington;

“This Council notes:

1.    That clean air is one of the most fundamental requirements for a healthy environment;

2.    That, according to Defra, the inhalation of particulate pollution can have adverse health impacts and there is ‘understood to be no safe threshold below which no adverse effects would be anticipated’.

3.    That polluted air is a silent killer, with an estimated 28,000 – 36,000 deaths in the UK attributed to long-term exposure to air pollution. It also costs our health system between £8.5bn and £18.6 billion each year and has been linked to the development of a range of medical issues, including respiratory disease, coronary heart disease, lung cancer and dementia;

4.    That road transport is the principal source of both particulate matter and nitrogen dioxide pollution;

5.    That Kirklees Council has an Air Quality Action Plan which outlines the need to improve the physical infrastructure across the district to ensure that

walking and cycling is easier. The Council has also declared a ‘climate emergency’ and established a councillor-led working party to identify practical measures to reduce emissions, take environmental considerations in mind when developing new policies and to propose targets for future action;

6.    Public Health England’s Review of Interventions to Improve Outdoor Air Quality and Public Health (2019) report, which outlines measures to tackle air pollution, including improving air quality at schools;

7.    Some schools in Kirklees have expressed concern about the impact of air pollution on pupils and would be supportive of measures and initiatives to improve air quality.

This Council believes that:

Air pollution particularly affects the most vulnerable in society. It poses a serious threat to the health of children, whose lungs are still developing;

1.    Local authorities, including Kirklees Council, have a hugely important role in tackling air pollution and improving air quality across the district. Children need to be a priority in improving air quality and the Council need to do more to tackle air pollution at schools across Kirklees to ensure that our children are healthy;

2.    The Government’s Clean Air Strategy (2019) has failed to show adequate leadership in tackling air pollution at a national level. Local authorities, including Kirklees Council, need to respond and shift their focus towards preventative measures in tackling air pollution, rather than being reactive;

3.    The Council needs to develop a dialogue and work more closely with local schools and parents to discuss air quality issues. The Council understands that tackling air pollution can require a holistic approach;

4.    It is important that the Council promotes sustainable active travel, including walking and cycling to schools;

5.    There are opportunities for the Council to work with local schools to devise and implement new initiatives to tackle air pollution, including conducting school air quality audits; creating ‘no idling zones’ for motor vehicles outside schools; promoting ‘School Streets’ and ‘Street Play’. It is also vital to regularly monitor air quality outside all schools across the district.

This Council, therefore, resolves to:

1.    Ask Cabinet to engage with local schools to prepare school air quality audits in order to help identify bespoke and tailored local measures to tackle toxic air pollution;

2.    Ask Cabinet to engage with schools to design and deliver air pollution campaigns that engage with and encourage pupils to learn about air pollution in their area;

3.    Ask Cabinet to consider pilot schemes to tackle air pollution at schools across Kirklees. This might include ‘Street Play’ and ‘Car Free School Streets’, which enables local authorities to use existing powers to allow temporary road closures outside schools. These types of initiatives cut down on traffic and parking pressures outside schools, provide greater opportunities for children to play outdoors, improve road safety and promote a healthy environment;

4.    Promote vehicle ‘no idling’ zones outside schools and ask Cabinet to investigate the possibility of implementing a programme of work to educate pupils and parents about the dangers of vehicle engine idling on health;

5.    Actively encourage local businesses to sponsor green walls and pollution-absorbing trees near schools”
18

Motion submitted in accordance with Council Procedure Rule 14 as to Interest Rates Starving NHS Trusts
To consider the following Motion in the names of Councillors Munro, Burke, Lawson, A Pinnock, K Pinnock, Iredale, Eastwood, P A Davies, A Smith and Marchington:

“This Council notes that:

1.    Following Freedom of Information requests by the national Liberal Democrat party, it has been revealed that health trusts across England have paid more than £607m in interest payments since 2013-14;

2.    Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust has paid at least £2,841,049 in interest on outstanding debt since 2013-14. Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust has paid £575,776 in interest, while Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust has paid at least £4,734,551 in the same period;

3.    NHS health trusts paid almost £63m of interest on outstanding debt in 2013/14, rising dramatically to over £205m in 2017/18. NHS trusts across England are more than £1.2bn in debt;

4.    Health trusts can request repayable loans from the Department of Health and Social Care if they face a shortfall in funding, but the Government charges interest of up to 6% on the loans. Currently, nearly a third of loans have rates of 3.5% or more;

5.    The scheme of ‘deficit loans’, which requires health trusts to pay back the loans with interest, replaced the system of permanent public investment in 2014;

6.    Kirklees Council has responsibility for improving local public health services. The Health and Social Care Act 2012 conferred new duties on local authorities, including Kirklees Council, to improve public health as well as existing social care obligations, which are impacted by NHS services.

This Council believes that:

1.    The excessive interest rates and the compounding lack of investment in our NHS is putting the future of health trusts, including Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust, in jeopardy by forcing them to take out loans to stay afloat day-to-day and impacting the residents in Kirklees;

2.    The budget deficits experienced by health trusts are often the result of underfunding, rather than overspending;

3.    The current system of loans and interest payments does little to provide long-term planning or improve the quality of patient care. There need to be changes to the way that money moves around the NHS. The current system is forcing our local health trusts to make further cuts in spending on patients to pay interest charges.In doing so, it is undermining local health care across Kirklees.

This Council, therefore, resolves:

That the Leader of the Council writes to the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, requesting an urgent review of the current system of loans and interest payments in the health sector.”
19

Motion submitted in accordance with Council Procedure Rule 14 as to Proportional Representation in Local Elections
To consider the following Motion in the names of Councillors Cooper, Lee-Richards and Allison;

This Council notes that;

The electoral system used for local elections in England and Wales, First Past the Post (FPTP), is not a fair system, because it means that votes do not have equal weight and many votes are wasted. This leads to voter apathy and a feeling of disconnection from local democracy. Certain parties are over-represented, the most extreme example in May 2019 being Havant, where the Conservative Party took all of the seats up for election on Havant Council with just 43.9% of the vote.

The alternative to FPTP is a system of proportional representation (PR), where votes cast for parties translates more or less directly into seats won. There are many variants of PR. The Single Transferable Vote system (STV) variant of PR is already in use for local elections in Scotland and Northern Ireland. With this system, voters rank candidates and those who receive the most backing (including second and subsequent choices) are elected to serve in multi-member wards.

Kirklees Council (in common with most other Metropolitan councils) already has multi-member wards and thus the transfer to a similar system would be easier than if the wards were single-member.

The introduction of PR for local elections in Scotland has led to an increase in turnout, which was 47% at the last elections, held in 2017. In contrast turnout in Kirklees in 2019 was 33%.

A move to a system of PR for local elections would necessitate moving to all-out elections every four years, rather than the current one-third system. This would benefit the council and Kirklees residents too, since it would mean more time for decision-making.

This Council believes that a move to the use of proportional representation for local elections would boost turn-out, make the council more representative of the political make-up of its residents, and improve the quality of its decision-making, thereby benefiting all Kirklees residents.

This Council resolves to;

-       write to the Minister responsible for Housing, Communities and Local Government requesting that Kirklees be allowed to pilot a system of Proportional Representation on the Scottish model at the earliest possible election

-       signal our interest to be a pilot area for Proportional Representation to the Electoral Commission

-       work through the Local Government Association to promote Proportional Representation more widely in English and Welsh Local Authorities.
20

Response to Motion of Council - Universal Credit
To receive the response of the Department for Work and Pensions to the Motion of Council, approved on 16 October 2019, as to Universal Credit.

Response to Universal Credit Motion

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Broadcasted on: Wednesday, 15th of January 2020 at 17:30 UTC

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01

Announcements by the Mayor and Chief Executive

02

Apologies for absence

03

Minutes of Previous Meeting

04

Declaration of Interests

05

Petitions (From Members of the Council)

06

Deputations &amp; Petitions (From Members of the Public)

07

Public Question Time

08

Proposed Revision to Statement of Licensing Policy 2020-2025 (Reference from Licensing and Safety Committee)

09

Treasury Management Activity 2019/2020 - Half Yearly Monitoring (Reference from Cabinet)

10

Calculation of Council Tax Base 2020/2021 (Reference from Cabinet)

11

Peer Challenge Feedback Report and Action Plan (Reference from Cabinet)

12

Appointment of Chair - Heavy Woollen Area Planning Sub Committee

13

Written Questions to the Leader, Cabinet Members, Chairs of Committees and Nominated Spokespersons

14

Key Discussion - Developing Dementia Design in Kirklees

15

Motion as to Forgotten Workers - Update

16

Motion submitted in accordance with Council Procedure Rule 14 as to Pension Credit

17

Motion submitted in accordance with Council Procedure Rule 14 as to Improving School Air Quality

18

Motion submitted in accordance with Council Procedure Rule 14 as to Interest Rates Starving NHS Trusts

19

Motion submitted in accordance with Council Procedure Rule 14 as to Proportional Representation in Local Elections

20

Response to Motion of Council - Universal Credit

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