Agenda, decisions and draft minutes

Council - Wednesday 22nd January, 2025 7.30 pm

Venue: Council Chamber, Civic, 1 Saxon Gate East, Milton Keynes MK9 3EJ

Contact: Roslyn Tidman  Email: democracy@milton-keynes.gov.uk

Items
No. Item

CL73

Minutes pdf icon PDF 184 KB

To approve, and the Mayor to sign as a correct record, the Minutes of the meeting of Council held on 20 November 2024.

Minutes:

RESOLVED -

 

That the Minutes of the meeting of the Council held on 20 November 2024 be approved and signed by the Mayor as a correct record.

CL74

Disclosures of Interest

Councillors to declare any disclosable pecuniary interests, other registerable interests, or non-registerable interests (including other pecuniary interests) they may have in the business to be transacted, and officers to declare any interests they may have in any contract to be considered.

Minutes:

Councillor Bell declared for transparency that, in relation to item 4a Cabinet referral of the Milton Keynes Youth Justice Plan 2024/25, her partner worked for Thames Valley Police in the Multi-agency Safeguarding Hub.

CL75

Announcements

Minutes:

The Mayor made announcements in respect of: the Ceasefire in Gaza, New Year’s Honours, the recent Ofsted inspection of Children’s Services, the Care Leavers Hub, Youth Council, Mayor’s Awards 2025 and Winter Wheelers 2024.

CL76

Petitions

Any petitions received by the deadline of 7.30pm on Monday 20 January 2025 will be reported at the meeting.

Minutes:

None received.

CL77

Questions from Members of the Public

To receive questions and provide answers to questions received from members of the public by the deadline of 7:30 pm on Monday 20 January 2025 and any urgent questions agreed by the Mayor.

Minutes:

A question was received from one member of the public.

Paul Bartlett submitted a question but as he was not able to attend the meeting the Mayor requested that he was sent a written response.

ACTIONS:

That a written response be provided to the question from Mr Bartlett.

CL78

Business Remaining from Last Meeting

None.

Minutes:

None.

CL79

Reports from Cabinet and Committees

CL80

Cabinet - 3 December 2024 pdf icon PDF 147 KB

To consider adopting the Milton Keynes Youth Justice Plan 2024/25.

Additional documents:

Minutes:

Councillor Hearnshaw moved the following recommendation which was seconded by Councillor Mahendran:

“That the Council approve the Youth Justice Plan for 2024/25.”

The Council heard from Councillor Bell on this item.

The recommendation was agreed by acclamation.

RESOLVED:

Council approved the Youth Justice Plan for 2024/25.

CL81

Cabinet - 3 December 2024

Quarter 2 2024/25 Forecast Outturn, General Fund Revenue, Housing Revenue Account, Dedicated Schools Grant and Capital Programme 2024/25

“That the Cabinet recommend to Full Council to approve the additional borrowing of £4.001m to cashflow the remaining delivery of the MK East (HIF) project outlined in Annex C of the report in advance of the receipt of Tariff contributions from the MK East.”

Note: A copy of the report considered by the Cabinet, including Annex C is available here, or on request.

Minutes:

Councillor Townsend moved the following recommendation which was seconded by Councillor Marland:

“That Council approves the additional borrowing of £4.001m to cashflow the remaining delivery of the MK East (HIF) project outlined in Annex C of the report in advance of the receipt of Tariff contributions from the MK East.”  ...  view the full minutes text for item CL81

CL82

Councillors' Questions

Councillors to ask questions of the Leader, a Cabinet Member, the Chair of any Committee, or the Leader of a Political Group on the Council.

Minutes:

Questions were received from Councillors Bailey, Trendall, A Carr, Raja, Ferrans, J Carr, Geary, D Hopkins and McLean.

Councillor Bailey asked Councillor Mahendran, in relation to the petition submitted by Judith Heinemann for the Council to stop use of pesticides, could any update be provided on the progress of  ...  view the full minutes text for item CL82

CL83

Notices of Motions

The motions are set out in full below:

Minutes:

The motions are set out in full below:

CL84

Motion 1 - Introducing a "Net Good" Assessment pdf icon PDF 42 KB

Minutes:

CouncillorTrendall moved the following motion which was seconded by Councillor Exon:

“1.    This council notes:

a)            It takes seriously its duty to ensure good governance when introducing new or amending existing policies and taking delegated decisions. To do this it has developed robust measures to assess the implications of  ...  view the full minutes text for item CL84

CL85

Motion 2 - Lunar New Year pdf icon PDF 38 KB

Minutes:

Councillor Crooks moved the following motion which was seconded by Councillor Banks:

“1.    This Council - mindful of the Lunar New Year which falls on 29 January - welcomes all our residents who have come to Milton Keynes from Hong Kong in recent years and salutes the contribution they are  ...  view the full minutes text for item CL85

CL86

Motion 3 - English Devolution pdf icon PDF 41 KB

Minutes:

Councillor Muzammil moved the following Motion which was seconded by Councillor D Hopkins:

“1.    That this Council notes

a)            The Government white paper on English devolution was published on 16th December 2024.

b)            That the Leader of the Council has been in discussions with members of the South Midlands  ...  view the full minutes text for item CL86

CL87

Scheme of Councillors Allowances for 2025/26 pdf icon PDF 78 KB

To consider a report on the Scheme of Councillors’ Allowances for 2025/26.

Additional documents:

Minutes:

The Mayor moved the following recommendations which were seconded by the Deputy Mayor:

1.             “That the recommendations of the IRP to index allowances by 2.87 % be noted and agreed for 2025/26 only.

2.             That the revised Scheme of Councillors’ Allowances attached at Annex A to this report be agreed  ...  view the full minutes text for item CL87

CL88

Review of Polling Districts / Polling Places (PDR), and Community Governance (CGR) pdf icon PDF 131 KB

To consider a report on a review of Polling Districts / Polling Places (PDR), and Community Governance (CGR).

Additional documents:

Minutes:

The Mayor moved the following recommendations which were seconded by the Deputy Mayor:

1.             “That the following reviews be commenced, initially with a period of informal consultation:

a)      Review of Polling Districts and Polling Places (PDR); and

b)      Community Governance Review (CGR).

2.      That the indicative timetable for both reviews  ...  view the full minutes text for item CL88

CL89

Quarterly Report on Special Urgency Decisions

In accordance with Access to Information Procedure Rule 17.4, to note that the Provisions for Special Urgency, as set out in Access to Information Procedure Rule 16, which provides for key decisions to be taken within the usual 5-day notice period, subject to the agreement of the Chair/Vice-Chairs of the Scrutiny Management Committee, was not used during the period 1 November 2024 to 31 December 2024.

The Council is also advised that Scrutiny Procedure Rule 16(j), which provides for the call-in procedure to not apply with the agreement of the Chair and Vice-Chairs of the Scrutiny Management Committee, was not used during the period 1 November 2024 to 31 December 2024.

Contact: Peter Brown (Head of Democratic Services) - 01908 253671

Background Papers: None

Minutes:

The Council agreed by acclamation that the report be noted.

RESOLVED:

That the report be noted.