Agenda item

Tamar Bridge and Torpoint Ferry Joint Committee: Bridge Office Development

Cabinet Members: Councillor Coker (Cabinet Member for Transport) and Councillor Lowry (Cabinet Member for Finance).

 

The City Council will be asked to add the Tamar Bridge Office Development to the Tamar Bridge and Torpoint Ferry Joint Committee’s capital programme with a budget of £3.33million.

 

The minute of Cabinet held on 21 October 2014 will be submitted together with the report considered at Cabinet.

Minutes:

Councillor Coker (Cabinet Member for Transport) presented the Tamar Bridge Office development proposal for addition to the Tamar Bridge and Torpoint Ferry Joint Committee’s capital programme. (Cabinet minute 57 refers). Councillor Wheeler seconded the proposal.

 

Councillor Evans proposed and Councillor Stevens seconded the following amendment -

 

 

‘To number the following recommendation - 

(1)

 

Tamar Bridge Office Development is added to the Tamar Bridge and Torpoint Ferry Joint Committee’s capital programme with a budget of £3.33million;

And add -

(2)

It is noted that -

 

(i)

the Tamar Bridge and Torpoint Ferry are jointly owned by the two local authorities of Plymouth City Council and Cornwall Council; 

 

(ii)

the bridge and ferries are operated as a single business which is self-financing; 

 

(iii)

without toll income to fund the operation, approximately £10millon revenue funding would be required annually (based on 2013/14 figures) which could require at least a ten per cent increase in Council Tax.’

 

Councillor Coker indicated that he was happy to accept the amendment as the suggestion to remove tolls which had been made in the press by a UKIP Parliamentary Candidate would require an alternative source of income to be found.

Following a request from ten councillors for a recorded vote, the vote was –

For the motion (50)

 

Councillors  Mrs Aspinall , Ball, Mrs Beer, Bowie, Bowyer, Mrs Bowyer, Churchill, Coker, Damarell, Darcy, P. Davey , S Davey , Downie, Drean, Evans, Foster, Mrs Foster, Fry, Hendy, James, Jarvis, Jordan, Martin Leaves, Michael Leaves, Sam Leaves, Lowry, Dr Mahony, McDonald,  Morris, Murphy (Deputy Lord Mayor), Mrs Nelder, Nicholson, Mrs Nicholson, Parker Delaz Ajete, Penberthy, Mrs Pengelly, Rennie, Dr Salter, Singh,  J. Smith, P. Smith, Sparling, Stark, Stevens, J. Taylor, K. Taylor, Tuffin, Tuohy, Vincent and Wheeler.

 

Against the motion (0)

 

Abstentions (4)

 

Councillors Mrs Bridgeman, Casey and Riley.

The Lord Mayor did not vote.

 

The following members were absent (3)

 

Councillors Ricketts, Storer and Wigens.

 

The amendment was agreed.

 

Councillor Coker summed up on the substantive motion and following a request from ten councillors for a recorded vote, the vote was –

For the motion (51)

 

Councillors  Mrs Aspinall , Ball, Mrs Beer, Bowie, Bowyer, Mrs Bowyer, Casey, Churchill, Coker, Damarell, Darcy, P. Davey , S Davey , Downie, Drean, Evans, Foster, Mrs Foster, Fry, Hendy, James, Jarvis, Jordan, Martin Leaves, Michael Leaves, Sam Leaves, Lowry, Dr Mahony, McDonald,  Morris, Murphy (Deputy Lord Mayor), Mrs Nelder, Nicholson, Mrs Nicholson, Parker Delaz Ajete, Penberthy, Mrs Pengelly, Rennie, Dr Salter, Singh,  J. Smith, P. Smith, Sparling, Stark, Stevens, J. Taylor, K. Taylor, Tuffin, Tuohy, Vincent and Wheeler.

 

Against the motion (0)

 

Abstentions (3)

 

Councillors Mrs Bridgeman and Riley.

The Lord Mayor did not vote.

 

The following members were absent (3)

 

Councillors Ricketts, Storer and Wigens.

 

The motion as amended was carried and it wasAgreed that –

 

(1)

Tamar Bridge Office Development is added to the Tamar Bridge and Torpoint Ferry Joint Committee’s capital programme with a budget of £3.33million; 

(2)

it is noted that –

 

(a)

the Tamar Bridge and Torpoint Ferry are jointly owned by the two local authorities of Plymouth City Council and Cornwall Council; 

 

(b)

the bridge and ferries are operated as a single business which is self-financing; 

 

(c)

without toll income to fund the operation, approximately £10millon revenue funding would be required annually (based on 2013/14 figures) which could require at least a ten per cent increase in Council Tax. 

 

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