Public Engagement Meeting

Agenda Item 12


 

 

Subject:                    Oral questions from councillors.

A period of not more than 30 minutes is set aside for oral questions from Members, at the expiry of which, the Mayor will call a halt and proceed to the next item of business of the agenda.  Any Member whose question then remains outstanding will be contacted to determine whether they wish to have a written answer provided or for their question to be carried over to the next meeting.

 

The following Members have indicated that they wish to put questions to the Leader, Chairs of Committees or Members of the Council that have been appointed to an outside body.  The Councillor asking the question may then ask one relevant supplementary question which shall be put and answered without discussion:

 

Date of meeting:    3 February 2022

 

 

(1)      Councillor Appich

Subject matter: Void turnaround times   

         

          Reply from Councillor Gibson / Hugh-Jones, Joint Chair of the Housing Committee

 

(2)      Councillor Nemeth

          Subject matter: Return to full operation

         

          Reply from Councillor Mac Cafferty, Leader of the Council

 

(3)      Councillor Allcock

          Subject matter: Chronic and persistent missed refuse and recycling collections

         

          Reply from Councillor Davis / Heley, Joint Chair of the Environment, Transport & Sustainability Committee

 

(4)      Councillor Simson

          Subject matter: Madeira terraces restoration

 

          Reply from Councillor Osborne / Powell, Joint Chair of the Tourism, Equalities, Communities & Culture Committee

 

(5)      Councillor Fishleigh

          Subject matter: Madeira terraces

How much new money from external sources was raised in 2021 for the restoration of Madeira Terraces - and which grants, HNWs and other funding pots will the council be targeting in 2022?

         

          Reply from Councillor Osborne / Powell, Joint Chair of the Tourism, Equalities, Communities & Culture Committee

         

(6)      Councillor Wilkinson

          Subject matter: Empty homes

         

          Reply from Councillor Gibson / Hugh-Jones, Joint Chair of the Housing Committee

 

(7)      Councillor Mears

Subject matter: Audit of funds received

                       

          Reply from Councillor Yates, Chair of the Audit & Standards Committee

 

(8)      Councillor Childs

          Subject matter: Former East Brighton gas works

         

          Reply from Councillor Davis / Heley, Joint Chair of the Environment, Transport & Sustainability Committee

 

(9)      Councillor McNair

          Subject matter: Patcham roundabout

         

Reply from Councillor Davis / Heley, Joint Chair of the Environment, Transport & Sustainability Committee

 

(10)   Councillor Barnett

          Subject matter: Hangleton way schools’ zone

         

Reply from Councillor Davis / Heley, Joint Chair of the Environment, Transport & Sustainability Committee

 

(11)   Councillor Peltzer Dunn

          Subject matter: Completion of seventy years of the Queen’s reign

         

          Reply from Councillor Mac Cafferty, Leader of the Council