Agenda item

-           Presented by Councillors

-           Presented by Members of the Public

-               Petitions for Debate

4.1  Elderly Persons’ Homes

PETITIONS FROM MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC

None

PETITIONS FROM COUNCILLORS

Councillor Willmott presented a petition with 173 signatures in the following terms:

“We the undersigned call on the Council to keep the part time staffing at Rushey Mead Recreation Centre. Please do not force us to use the key fob entry system as we do not feel safe without staff and will no longer be able to use the centre.

We also ask the Council not to impose charges we cannot afford as all the money we raise we give to charities including LOROS and the hospitals so we also cannot afford to pay for room hire. We have been meeting here for over 20 years and there is nowhere else for us to go.”

Councillor Fonseca presented a petition with 50 signatures in the following terms:

“Petition raised by local residents of Croyland Green, Thurnby Lodge to ask that the constant problems of water drainage and flooding may be looked into and dealt with accordingly.”

The Lord Mayor stated that under Council Procedure Rule 13a the aforementioned petitions would be referred to the Monitoring Officer for consideration and action as appropriate.

PETITIONS TO BE DEBATED

Elderly Person’s Homes

The Monitoring Officer noted that the verified signatures for the petitions were below the limit required to trigger a petition debate but in the light of the public interest in the matters shown the City Mayor had agreed that the petitions should be the subject of a debate under the rules defined for Petitions Debates.  There would therefore be a debate for a maximum of 15 minutes.

The Monitoring Officer advised that following the debate, the Council could decide how to respond to the petition and may decide to:

·        recommend to the Executive to take the action the petition requests,

·        recommend to the Executive to not take the action requested for reasons put forward in the debate,

·        recommend to the Executive that further investigation into the matter be commissioned, or

·        note the petition.

Mr P Bromiley presented a petition in the following terms :-

“My Lord Mayor the text of the petition that I presented to Adult Social Care Scrutiny Commission on 11 July 2013 was as follows:

This petition is being submitted by family, friends and a wider public who wish to protest against the proposed closure of Council Care Homes.  The signees wish to inform the Council that they want the Homes to stay open.”

Ms Haines presented a petition in the following terms:

“My Lord Mayor the text of the petition that I presented to Council on 27 June 2013 was as follows:

We the undersigned wish to register our protest at the closure of Nuffield House Elderly Persons Home.”

Miss Chandarana presented a petition in the following terms:

“My Lord Mayor the text of the petition that I presented to Adult Social Care Scrutiny Commission on 11 July 2013 was as follows:

We the undersigned petition Leicester City Council not to close Herrick Lodge Elderly Persons’ Home.”

Moved by Councillor Moore, seconded by the City Mayor and carried:

17.       That the Council notes the debate and recommends to the Executive that the proposals for a phased approach for the closure and sale of the Council’s Elderly Persons Homes be endorsed.