Agenda item

Notice of Motion given by Councillor Richard Shaw

That this Council:-

 

(a)       notes the recent City Initiatives for Technology, Innovation and Entrepreneurship (CITIE) report, ‘Northern Powerhouse Analysis’, which suggests that free Wi-Fi in Sheffield city centre could help increase productivity and help to ease digital exclusion for lower income households; and

 

(b)       calls on the Administration to:-

 

(i)         adopt the aim of establishing free Wi-Fi in Sheffield city centre as part of its Smart City Framework; and

 

(ii)        work with private businesses and investors, Sheffield City Region and Government to form a strategy to get free Wi-Fi in the city centre.

Minutes:

 

City Centre Free Wi-Fi Provision

 

 

19.1

It was formally moved by Councillor Richard Shaw, and formally seconded by Councillor Cliff Woodcraft, that this Council:-

 

 

 

(a)      notes the recent City Initiatives for Technology, Innovation and Entrepreneurship (CITIE) report, ‘Northern Powerhouse Analysis’, which suggests that free Wi-Fi in Sheffield city centre could help increase productivity and help to ease digital exclusion for lower income households; and

 

(b)      calls on the Administration to:-

 

(i)       adopt the aim of establishing free Wi-Fi in Sheffield city centre as part of its Smart City Framework; and

 

(ii)      work with private businesses and investors, Sheffield City Region and Government to form a strategy to get free Wi-Fi in the city centre.

 

 

19.2

Whereupon, it was formally moved by Councillor Leigh Bramall, and formally seconded by Councillor Ian Saunders, as an amendment, that the Motion now submitted be amended by the deletion of paragraph (b) and the addition of a new paragraph (b) as follows:-

 

 

 

(b)     acknowledges that the Administration is currently working with partners, including the Business Improvement District, to pave the way for a city centre wifi project and acknowledges that the Administration has ensured that wifi is available in libraries.

 

 

19.3

On being put to the vote, the amendment was carried.

 

 

19.4

The original Motion, as amended, was then put as a Substantive Motion in the following form and carried:-

 

 

 

RESOLVED: That this Council:-

 

(a)      notes the recent City Initiatives for Technology, Innovation and Entrepreneurship (CITIE) report, ‘Northern Powerhouse Analysis’, which suggests that free Wi-Fi in Sheffield city centre could help increase productivity and help to ease digital exclusion for lower income households; and

 

(b)      acknowledges that the Administration is currently working with partners, including the Business Improvement District, to pave the way for a city centre wifi project and acknowledges that the Administration has ensured that wifi is available in libraries.