Agenda and minutes

20.1     The Lead Member approved as a correct record the minutes of the meeting held on 26 June 2023.

Disclosure by all Members present of personal interests in matters on the agenda, the nature of any interest and whether the Members regard the interest as prejudicial under the terms of the Code of Conduct.

21.1     There were none.

Notification of any items which the Lead Member considers urgent and proposes to take at the appropriate part of the agenda.

22.1     There were none.

23.1     Reports referred to in the minutes below are contained in the minute book.

Report by the Director of Communities, Economy and Transport

24.1     The Lead Member considered a report by the Director of Communities, Economy and Transport.

24.2     Mrs Pam Doodes, the Lead Petitioner for the petition calling on the County Council to take steps to reduce the speed and weight of vehicles on the B2095 to address the growing problem of dangerous and inconsiderate driving spoke to highlight safety concerns of fast moving HGVs and the safety benefits that would be seen by reducing the speed limit on the B2095.

DECISIONS

24.3     The Lead Member RESOLVED to advise petitioners that:

(1) The B2095 has been identified as part of the Road Safety Team’s Strategic Casualty Reduction programme and a range of small scale traffic management measures will be implemented that have been shown to positively influence casualty reduction. The road will be monitored post completion of the works to ensure that the package of measures help to improve the safety record.

(2) The request for a lower 40mph speed limit between Hooe Village and A259 trunk road will be assessed as part of our forthcoming Speed Management Programme.

(3) The implementation of a weight restriction on the B2095 would not be in accordance with policy PS4/5 Control of Heavy Goods Vehicles.

REASONS

24.4     The B2095 has been identified as part of the Road Safety Team’s Strategic Casualty Reduction programme. This will see a range of traffic management measures implemented that have been shown to positively influence casualty reduction. The B2095 will be monitored for a three-year period post completion of the works to ensure that the package of measures help to improve the safety record.

24.5     The request for a 40mph speed limit along the full extent of the B2095 between Hooe Village and the A259 trunk road will be assessed as part of the forthcoming Speed Management Programme.

24.6     The B2095 forms an important link within the County’s road hierarchy. Roads are classified to indicate their function, with B class roads linking destinations of local importance, or to feed traffic between A roads and smaller roads on the network. It is therefore important that the B2095 remains available to all classes of traffic.

Report by the Director of Communities, Economy and Transport

25.1     The Lead Member considered a report by the Director of Communities, Economy and Transport together with exempt information contained in a later agenda item.

DECISIONS

25.2     The Lead Member RESOLVED to:

(1) Note the revised Joint Working Agreement.

(2) Delegate authority to the Director of Communities, Economy and Transport to approve the updated Joint Working Agreement.

(3) Delegate authority to the Director of Communities, Economy and Transport to approve future updates to the Joint Working Agreement.

REASONS

25.3     The Joint Working Agreement (JWA) requires the updates to reflect the current financial practices that are being applied to the Integrated Waste Management Services Contract (IWMSC). The document has been revised to be consistent with the joint working arrangements between the Councils.

25.4     Delegation of authority to the Director of Communities, Economy and Transport to approve future updates to the JWA that may be required will maintain fair and equitable sharing of contract costs and income between the Councils.

To consider excluding the public and press from the meeting for the remaining agenda item on the grounds that if the public and press were present there would be disclosure to them of exempt information as specified in paragraph 3 of Part 1 of the Local Government Act 1972 (as amended), namely information relating to the financial or business affairs of any particular person (including the authority holding that information).

26.1     It was RESOLVED to exclude the public and press for the remaining agenda items on the grounds that if the public and press were present there would be disclosure to them of exempt information as specified in paragraph 3 of Part 1 of the Local Government Act 1972 (as amended), namely information relating to the financial or business affairs of any particular person (including the authority holding that information).

Report by the Director of Communities, Economy and Transport

27.1     The Lead Member considered a report by the Director of Communities, Economy and Transport which provided exempt information in support of an earlier item on the agenda.

DECISIONS

27.2     The Lead Member RESOLVED to note the information which supports an earlier agenda item.

REASONS

27.3     The report contained exempt information in relation to an earlier item on the agenda.