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Labour budget sets out new vision for council

Restructuring the Council to make it fit for the 21st Century

  • Reducing Executive from 9 to 7
  • Reducing Shadow Executive from 9 to 7
  • Abolishing all EMAPs and Standing Scrutiny Committees and replacing with 5 Scrutiny Committees (inc. Education) to cover Directors areas:-
    • Partnership
    • Community
    • Transport and the Environment
    • Economic Development

    Abolish Scrutiny Management Committee (SMC)

    Provide Additional Planning Committee

    No new Ad Hoc Scrutiny committees to be formed; all work to be done by new Scrutiny Committees

    Increasing Scrutiny Budget by £14,000
  • Reduce the number of Directors and move to Strategic Directors
  • Centralise HR with the Chief Executive's Department
  • Cap Recruitment Fees
  • Reduce External Legal Advice
  • Limit Department Travel Budget

Spending and Cuts Reversals

Economic Development

  • Free Evening Parking for Residents from 5.30pm
  • Fund fireworks display
  • Fund better Christmas Lights

Community

  • Reduction in residents' parking fees by 10%
  • Additional Contact hours for Home Care by the City wide enabling and intermediate care team High Dependency and EMI services
  • Stop the sale of section of Back Park
  • Reinstate the Family Support staffing reduction
  • Reinstate the School Swimming Support cut
  • Reinstate the Sports SLA and Grants
  • Grant to York Unifying and Multicultural Initiative (YUMI).
  • Keep St Georges Field car park toilets open all year

Partnership

  • Pay additional Enhanced fees to private sector residential and nursing homes
  • Grant to Older People's Assembly
  • Grant to York Credit Union
  • Reinstate Audit and Fraud Post

Environment and Transport

  • Commence Recycling Pilot in April instead of October
  • Free parking for Green Minster Badge holders - for cars owned by residents which are consider "environmentally friendly" such as those exempt from the London Congestion Charge
  • Fund pilot 'Smart Choices' initiative for personalised travel planning
  
HQ update requested
13 August 2008
The council's Labour leader, Coun. David Scott has requested an update on the next steps towards delivering a new council HQ for the city. The project at Hungate was thrown into turmoil last month when English Heritage criticised the council's plans, after which those plans were withdrawn. And Labour says it is time for the council to let the public know what options are on the table. Coun. Scott said:

"We have requested an update for the Shadow Executive meeting on 20th August. We want to work constructively with officers to find a way forward. The objective is to provide better working conditions for staff in better accommodation, and ultimately, a better service to the public and we must not lose sight of that.

"A month has passed and Labour councillors are extremely concerned about the lack of information coming forward both to councillors and to the public. If there is work taking place on alternative viable options, then we look forward to hearing what those options are".

Coun. Scott added:

"The council's accommodation of office staff is one of the biggest issues on its agenda at the moment and clearly it is important the project is moved forward in light of recent events. We must seek to deliver an appropriate building with costs that do not run out of control. The next step will be critical to achieving both of these things, and the council leader needs to show real leadership to make them happen".


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