Agenda and minutes

The Lord Mayor announced that a list of written declarations submitted by Members was on deposit in the public galleries and had been circulated to each Member’s place in the Chamber.

Declarations were taken at this point in relation to this meeting and to the third and fourth Extraordinary meetings which followed.

(a)  The following members declared personal interests in minute 60 of this meeting as follows:

  Cleasby  -  Member of Leeds Bradford International Airport Consultative Committee

  A Carter  -  Member of Leeds Initiative Integrated Transport Authority

  -  Member of West Yorkshire Passenger Transport Authority

  Anderson  -  Member of West Yorkshire Integrated Transport Forum

  -  Member of Regional Transport Forum

  Andrew  -  Member of WYPTA Local Transport Plan Steering Group

  Fox  -  Member of WYPTA Passenger Transport Consultative Committee

  Congreve  -  Member of the WYPTA

  Jarosz  -  Member of the WYPTA

  Lyons  -  Member of the WYPTA

  Downes  -  Member of the  WYPTA

  Campbell  -   Member of the WYPTA

(b)  Councillor R Lewis declared a personal interest in minute 62 (third Extrordinary meeting) as a member of the West Yorkshire Police Authority

(c)  The following members declared personal interests in minute 64 (fourth Extraordinary meeting) as follows:

  Wilkinson  -  Director of East North East Homes Leeds ALMO

  Anderson  - Chair of West North West HomesLeeds ALMO

  -  Member of Regional Planning Forum

  -  Member of Regional Planning Board

  Bale  -  Fellow and Past President of Chartered Institute of Building

  J L Carter  -  Chair of Re’new

  Castle  -  Member of Leeds Civic Trust

  Fox  -  Member of West North West Homes Leeds Area Panel for North West Outer Area

  Latty  -  Member of Outer North West Area Panel

  Lamb  -  Member of East North East Homes ALMO

  Wadsworth  -  Director of East North East Homes Leeds ALMO

  G Hyde  - ALMO Board Member

  Driver  -  ALMO Board Member

  Gruen  -  ALMO Board Member

  Lowe  -  ALMO Board Member

  Chapman  -  West North West ALMO Board Member

  Golton  -  South South East Homes ALMO Board Member

  Hollingsworth  -  East North East Homes ALMO Board Member

  A Blackburn  -  West North West Homes ALMO Board Member

  Illingworth  -  Inner North West Area ALMO Panel

  -  Outer North West ALMO Panel

“Council notes that this authority has received just over £51m from the sale of Leeds/Bradford International Airport.  This Council believes that all the citizens throughout the whole of the Leeds region should benefit from this one-off windfall.  Council therefore resolves to distribute this income as follows:

1.  Each of the 33 city wards is allocated £1m to be spent on local priorities by local people and their ward councillors within a framework to be set out by the Chief Executive. The council believes all citizens in Leeds should benefit from this windfall and must have their say in how this once in a lifetime money is spent.

2.  A central fund of £15m to be established which will finance the building of council housing all across the city. The criteria for allocation to be set out by the Chief Executive.

3.  The remainder of the money will then be used to improve the standard of sports pitches and public green spaces across the city.

This Council therefore instructs that the Chief Executive submit a report setting out the criteria for each of these proposals to the next meeting of Council.”

  P GRUEN

It was moved by Councillor Gruen seconded by Councillor J Lewis

Council notes that this authority has received just over £51m from the sale of Leeds/Bradford International Airport.  This Council believes that all the citizens throughout the whole of the Leeds region should benefit from this one-off windfall.  Council therefore resolves to distribute this income as follows:

1.  Each of the 33 city wards is allocated £1m to be spent on local priorities by local people and their ward councillors within a framework to be set out by the Chief Executive. The council believes all citizens in Leeds should benefit from this windfall and must have their say in how this once in a lifetime money is spent.

2.  A central fund of £15m to be established which will finance the building of council housing all across the city. The criteria for allocation to be set out by the Chief Executive.

3.  The remainder of the money will then be used to improve the standard of sports pitches and public green spaces across the city.

This Council therefore instructs that the Chief Executive submit a report setting out the criteria for each of these proposals to the next meeting of Council

An amendment was moved by Councillor Brett seconded by Councillor A Carter

Delete all after “This Council” in line 2 of the motion and replace with :-

“congratulates the present administration on overseeing the successful sale of Leeds Bradford Airport which raised more than 30 times the Airport’s current earnings, the highest ratio achieved for an Airport Sale in recent years; and :-

a)  producing a Capital Programme which invests in every geographic area of the City;

b)  their commitment to further invest in all areas of the City;

c)  their commitment to improve our parks, playing pitches and public areas after years of neglect;

d)  their commitment to resume council house building in Leeds, providing rented accommodation and affordable housing in targeted areas across the city, without encroaching on greenbelt land

e)  their proposals to invest :-

·  in an Arena

·  in the refurbishment of the City Varieties

·  in a City Centre Swimming facility

·  in a Parks Urban Renaissance programme

·  in Building Schools for the Future

·  in Highways Maintenance over the period 2008 – 2011

and rejects the Labours Group’s suggestions that these proposals should be sacrificed or massively reduced to pay for their plans.

The amendment was carried and upon being put as the  substantive motion it was

RESOLVED – That Council notes that this authority received just over £51m from the sale of Leeds/Bradford International Airport.

This Council congratulates the present administration on overseeing the successful sale of Leeds Bradford Airport which raised more than 30 times the Airport’s current earnings, the highest ratio achieved for an Airport Sale in recent years; and :-

a)  producing a Capital Programme which invests in every geographic area of the City;

b)  their commitment to further invest in all areas of the City;

c)  their commitment to improve our parks,  ...  view the full minutes text for item 60.