Issue - meetings

Questions by the Public

 

 

Meeting: 25/07/2011 - City Council (Item 38)

QUESTIONS BY THE PUBLIC

To receive questions from and provide answers to the public in relation to matters which, in the opinion of the Lord Mayor, are relevant to the business of the meeting in accordance with paragraph 10 of the Constitution.

 

Questions, of no longer than 50 words, can be submitted to the Democratic Support Unit, Corporate Support Department, Plymouth City Council, Civic Centre, Plymouth, PL1 2AA, or email to democraticsupport@plymouth.gov.uk. Any questions must be received at least five clear working days before the date of the meeting.

Minutes:

One question was submitted in accordance with paragraph 10 of the Constitution, as set out below. 

 

Mr Sharpe attended the meeting to put his question and the response was given by Councillor Thompson, the Chair of the Customer and Communities Overview and Scrutiny Panel.

 

Question No

 

Question By

Chair of the Customer and Communities Overview and Scrutiny Panel

 

Subject

 3 (11/12)

Mr F Sharpe

Councillor  Thompson

 

Plymstock Swimming Pool Petition

 

A petition asking Plymouth City Council please consult residents of Plymstock on a swimming pool site has been stopped going before a scrutiny panel as it is reported to already have too much work.  Plymstock residents deserve better treatment.

Please honour the Council pledge and put this petition before scrutiny.

 

Response:

The Council’s Petition Scheme allows for a petition to be considered at an Overview and Scrutiny Panel meeting if it contains at least 2,500 signatures.

 

Your petition contained 203 signatures and was sent to the Director of Community Services for a response.  You received a response which included information about the Plymouth Sports Facility Strategy.

 

You then asked for the petition to be put before the appropriate Scrutiny Panel.  Despite this option being outside of the Petition Scheme (because your petition did not contain at least 2,500 signatures), the previous Chair of the Panel considered the request.  However, it was decided that, given the Panel’s already high workload, the petition would not be considered by the Panel.

 

As you feel that we have not dealt with your petition properly, the next step of the Council’s process is that the petition organiser has the right to ask the relevant Scrutiny Panel to review the Council’s response.  This will happen at the next meeting of the Customers and Communities Overview and Scrutiny Panel.  You will be invited to give a short explanation about why the Council’s response is not felt to be adequate. 

 

A Democratic Support Officer will contact you to make the necessary arrangements.