Issue - meetings

To receive a report of the Cabinet Member for Environment and Transport and the Corporate Director of Growth, Environment and Transport and to consider and endorse, or make recommendations to the Cabinet Member on the proposed consultation on Street Lighting post-LED conversion

The committee received a report seeking endorsement of, or recommendations to the Cabinet Member of Environment and Transport on the proposed consultation on Street Lighting post-LED conversion.

Roger Wilkin, Interim Director of Highways, Transportation and Waste, introduced the report which set out the consultation approach that would consider the equality impacts of Street Lighting post-LED conversion. He confirmed that following the consultation a further report would be prepared.

The following further information was provided by officers in response to questions from members:

      i.        That the consultation would need to start by the end of August 2015.

    ii.        That the Equalities and Consultation team would help ensure that groups affected by this policy were identified and participated in the consultation.

Mr Caller proposed the following proposals to the committee to amend the proposed consultation;

1.    Section 2 – Scope of the consultation

2.1That Part-Night lighting be removed as an option for consultation.

2.    Section 3 – Consultation approach

a.    That both deliberative workshops and focus groups/meetings as detailed in the report be utilised as part of the consultation process

b.    That the following paragraph be added:

Residents currently affected by Part-Night lighting

Communication will be sent out to all Kent residents currently affected by Part-Night lighting advising them that a consultation being undertaken, the date the consultation closes and how they may access/obtain a copy of the consultation document.

After further debate Mr Caller withdrew the first recommendation to gain cross-party and lead groups agreement to the second recommendation as it became apparent the first recommendation would not be acceptable to them.

Mr Caller’s recommendation in Section 3 part a was put to the vote;

Lost, 9 votes to 5.

Mr Caller’s recommendation Section 3 part b was put to the vote;

Lost, 9 votes to 5.

The recommendations in the report were put to vote and it was RESOLVED that they recommendations within the report be agreed;

Carried, 9 votes to 5.