Agenda item

7.1      Leicester Waterside Phase 1 – Update of project and obtaining necessary approvals to proceed

7.2      Scheme of Member Allowances 2016/17 and 2017/18 - Application of Indexation.

7.3      The Leicester City Health and Wellbeing Board.

7.4      Call-in to Council – Connecting Leicester – Townscape Heritage Initiative Phase 1 and 2, design development of King Street and Welford Place improvement.

7.1            LEICESTER WATERSIDE PHASE 1 – UPDATE OF PROJECT AND OBTAINING NECESSARY APPROVALS TO PROCEED

Council received a report which updated Members on the progress made on the project and sought the necessary consents to allow the project to proceed.

Moved by the City Mayor, seconded by Councillor Waddington and carried:-

12.                   That Council:-

(a)       Approve the addition of £3million to the Capital Programme, funded by resources set aside for the Economic Action Plan, this being the remaining balance of the Council’s planned contribution to the Waterside Phase 1;

(b)       Approve the underwriting from corporate resources of the costs of the Compulsory Purchase Order and the proposed infrastructure works for Waterside Phase 1, estimated at £21million, in the event that Local Growth Fund monies and receipts from land sales are not confirmed in full or in part as expected; and

(c)       Delegates authority to the City Mayor to enter into a Development Agreement with the selected developer for Waterside Phase 1, following the conclusion of the tender process and to add the necessary resources to the capital programme.

7.2         SCHEME OF MEMBER ALLOWANCES 2016/17 AND 2017/18 – APPLICATION OF INDEXATION

Council received a report seeking consideration of the Scheme of Member Allowances for 2016/17 and 2017/18 following the recent agreement of the 2 year Local Government employees pay award.

Moved by Councillor Westley, seconded by Councillor Joshi and carried:

13.       That Council:-

(a)             Agree the Members Allowances Schemes for 2016/17 and 2017/18 (attached at appendices 1 and 2 of the report) implementing indexation of allowances in line with the recent Independent Remuneration Panel report and the link to the Local Government employees pay award of 1% for each of the two years; and

(b)             Agree that, for the municipal year 2016/17 which commenced on 20 May 2016, arrears relating to applicable allowances be payable to Members in receipt of those allowances for the period 20 May 2016 to 14 July 2016.

7.3            THE LEICESTER CITY HEALTH AND WELLBEING BOARD

Council received a report which sought to amend the size and membership of the Health and Wellbeing Board in line with the powers granted by the Council’s Constitution and the Health and Social Care 2012.

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

14.       That Council:

(a)  approve an increase in the size of the Leicester City Health and Wellbeing Board from 16 to 23 places;

(b)  appoints the additional Elected Member place (Assistant Mayor for Leisure & Culture); and

(c)  accordingly approves the amended Terms of Reference attached at Appendix 1 of the report.

Note of action following the meeting

Please note that whilst the approved Council resolution agreed changes to the Terms of Reference for the Health & Wellbeing Board a draft of these amended Terms of Reference was not attached to the published report as is stated in resolution (c).  However in accordance with the direction of Council and the powers granted to the Monitoring Officer in Article 16.02a of the Constitution, the agreed amendments have been made to the Leicester City Health and Wellbeing Board Terms of Reference in Part 3 of the Council’s Constitution and are attached to these minutes.

7.4            CALL-IN TO COUNCIL – CONNECTING LEICESTER – TOWNSCAPE HERITAGE INITIATIVE PHASE 1 AND 2, DESIGN DEVELOPMENT OF KING STREET AND WELFORD PLACE IMPROVEMENTS

Following the withdrawal of the call-in the Lord Mayor noted that the item would not now be considered.