Agenda item

7.1

The Policy and Improvement Officer submitted a report attaching the draft Work Programme for 2015/16.

7.2

The Chair referred to the issue regarding bus services, specifically to the motion passed at the Council meeting held on 2^nd December 2015, referring the issue to this Committee, and suggested that a special meeting be held to discuss the issues prior to a meeting of the Sheffield City Region Combined Authority Transport Committee to be held on 29^th February 2016, to consider the effects of the recent changes.  Councillor Neale Gibson suggested that it would be better to scrutinise the revised proposals made at the meeting of the  Transport Committee and therefore, the issues should be discussed at this Committee’s scheduled meeting on 16^th March 2016.

7.3

RESOLVED: That the Committee:-

(a)       notes the contents of the report now submitted, together with the comments now made;

(b)       agrees that the issues regarding the recent bus changes, including the views of the six petitioners who submitted petitions on the issue at the Council meeting on 2^nd December 2015, be considered at its scheduled meeting on 16^th March 2016.

(NOTE: Prior to the passing of the above resolution, an alternative motion, moved by Councillor Ian Auckland and seconded by Councillor Rob Murphy, in the following form, was put to the vote and negatived:-

“(b)      agrees that the issues regarding the recent bus changes, including the views of the six petitioners who submitted petitions on the issue at the Council meeting on 2^nd December 2015, be considered at a special meeting to be held prior to the meeting of the Transport Committee on 29^th February 2016.”

The votes on the alternative motion were ordered to be recorded and were as follows:-

For the motion (4)

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Councillors Ian Auckland, Rob Murphy, Joe Otten and Martin Smith.

Against the motion (6)

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Councillors Lewis Dagnall, Neale Gibson, Julie Gledhill, Roy Munn, Ray Satur and Paul Wood