This Council is opposed to an incinerator being constructed anywhere in the city and calls upon the ruling Administration to make their waste strategy clear to the people of Leeds.
J BLAKE
Minutes:
It was moved by Councillor Blake seconded by Councillor Lyons
That this Council is opposed to an incinerator being constructed anywhere in the city and calls upon the ruling Administration to make their waste strategy clear to the people of Leeds.
An amendment was moved by Councillor A Blackburn seconded by Councillor Russell.
Delete all after “City” and replace with:
“Council further calls upon both the Administration here in Leeds and National Government to take action to further encourage the principles of Refuse, Reduce, Re-use, Repair and Recycle, and in so doing reduce the levels of residuals that need processing”.
A second amendment was moved by Councillor Smith seconded by Councillor J L Carter.
Replace all after “This council” with
“welcomes the Integrated Waste Strategy for Leeds and in particular its targets to reduce waste and increase recycling as far as possible. The Council clarifies that its preferred option is not energy from waste but notes the Government’s advice on taking a neutral approach to the procurement of a waste solution”.
The mover and seconder of the motion having accepted the first amendment with the consent of council, the first amendment was put to the vote and lost and upon the second amendment being put as the substantive motion it was
RESOLVED – That this Council welcomes the Integrated Waste Strategy for Leeds and in particular its targets to reduce waste and increase recycling as far as possible. The Council clarifies that its preferred option is not energy from waste but notes the Government’s advice on taking a neutral approach to the procurement of a waste solution.
On the requisition of Councillors Taggart and Lyons the voting was recorded as follows:
On the first amendment
YES
Armitage, Atha, Beverley, A Blackburn, D Blackburn, Blake, Congreve, Coulson, Coupar, Davey, Dobson, Dowson, Driver, Dunn, Gabriel, Gruen,
S Hamilton, Hanley, Harington, A Hussain, K Hussain, Illingworth, Iqbal, Jarosz, Langdale, J Lewis, R Lewis, Lowe, Lyons, A McKenna, J McKenna ,
Minkin, Morgan, Mulherin, Murray, Nash, Ogilvie, Parker, Rafique, Renshaw,
Russell, Selby, Taggart and Wakefield
44
NO
Anderson, Andrew, Bale, Barker, Bentley, Brett, Campbell, A Carter,
Mrs A Carter, J L Carter, Castle, Chapman, Downes, Elliot, Ewens,
R D Feldman, R Feldman, Fox, Gettings, Golton, Grayshon, M Hamilton, Harker, Harrand, Harris, Hollingsworth, W Hyde, Jennings, Kendall, Kirkland, Lamb, Lancaster, Latty, Leadley, Lobley, Monaghan, Morton, J Procter,
R Procter, Pryke, Rhodes-Clayton, Robinson, Shelbrooke, Smith, Taylor, Townsley, Wadsworth, Wilkinson and Wilson,
49
On the substantive motion
YES
Anderson, Andrew, Bale, Barker, Bentley, Brett, Campbell, A Carter,
Mrs A Carter, J L Carter, , Castle, Chapman, Downes, Elliot, Ewens,
Mrs R Feldman, R D Feldman, Fox, Gettings, Golton, Grayshon, M Hamilton,
Harker, Harrand, Harris, Hollingsworth, W Hyde, Jennings, Kendall, Kirkland,
Lamb, Lancaster, Latty, Leadley, Lobley, Monaghan, Morton, J Procter,
R Procter, Pryke, Rhodes-Clayton, Robinson, Shelbrooke, Smith, Taylor,
Townsley, Wadsworth, Wilkinson and Wilson,
49
NO
Armitage, Atha, A Blackburn, D Blackburn, Blake, Congreve, Coulson, Coupar, Davey, Dobson, Dowson, Driver, Dunn, Gabriel, Gruen, S Hamilton,
Hanley, Harington, A Hussain, K Hussain, Illingworth, Iqbal, Jarosz, Langdale, J Lewis, R Lewis, Lowe, Lyons, A McKenna , J McKenna, Minkin, Morgan,
Mulherin, Murray, Nash, Ogilvie, Parker, Rafique, Renshaw, Russell, Selby,
Taggart and Wakefield
43
ABSTAIN
Beverley
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(During the debate on this matter Councillor Illingworth declared a personal interest as a Director of Leeds Organic Growers which is promoting a composting scheme for garden waste).