Agenda and minutes

Extraordinary Council Meeting, Council - Tuesday 3rd March, 2015 7.00 pm

Venue: Hendon Town Hall, The Burroughs, London NW4 4BQ. View directions

Contact: Maria Lugangira 020 8359 2761 Email: maria.lugangira@barnet.gov.uk 

Items
No. Item

1.

The Worshipful the Mayor to read the Notice of the Meeting

Minutes:

The Worshipful the Mayor read the notice of the meeting.

2.

Apologies for absence

Minutes:

Apologies for absence were received from Councillor Daniel Seal.

3.

Declarations of Interest

Minutes:

It was noted that many Councillors were members of libraries within the borough or held surgeries within libraries and that where this applied, there was no need to declare an interest.  

 

Member:

Subject:

Interest Declared:

Councillor Pauline Coakley-Webb

5 – Motion on libraries

Non-disclosable pecuniary interest as a trustee of Friern Barnet Community Library

 

Councillor Anne Hutton

5 – Motion on libraries

Non-disclosable pecuniary interest as a member of Friern Barnet Community Library

 

Councillor Alison Moore

 

5 – Motion on libraries

 

Non – disclosable pecuniary interest as a member of Friern Barnet Community Library

 

Councillor Reema Patel

5 – Motion on libraries

Non-disclosable pecuniary interest as a trustee of Friern Barnet Community Library

 

Councillor Barry Rawlings

5 – Motion on libraries

Non-disclosable pecuniary interest as a trustee of Friern Barnet Community Library

 

Councillor Alan Schneiderman

5 – Motion on libraries

Non-disclosable pecuniary interest as a member of Friern Barnet Community Library

 

 

4.

Report of the Monitoring Officer (if any)

Minutes:

There was none.

5.

Councillor Alison Moore - Libraries pdf icon PDF 18 KB

Additional documents:

Minutes:

Councillor Alison Moore moved the motion in her name.

 

Councillor Reuben Thompstone moved an amendment in his name. Debate ensued.

 

Councillor Anne Hutton moved an amendment in her name.

 

The amendment in the name of Councillor Reuben Thompstone was moved. Votes were declared as follows:

 

For: 31

Against: 31

Abstain: 0

Absent: 1

 

The Worshipful the Mayor requested the Monitoring Officer to note that he had indicated in error that he would use his casting vote against the motion and asked that his casting vote to be recorded in favour of the amendment. The amendment was declared to be carried.

 

The amendment in the name of Councillor Anne Hutton’s was put to the vote and declared as follows:

 

For: 31

Against: 31

Abstain: 0

Absent: 1

 

The Worshipful the Mayor used his casting vote against the amendment. The amendment was declared lost. 

 

Upon the amendment in the name of Councillor Anne Hutton being put to the vote, at least ten members called for a formal division on the voting.  Upon the vote being taken, the results of the division were declared as follows:

 

 

For

Against

Not Voting

Absent

Maureen Braun

ü

 

 

Rebecca Challice

ü

 

 

Pauline Coakley Webb

ü

 

 

 

Dean Cohen

 

ü

 

 

Jack Cohen

ü

 

 

 

Melvin Cohen

 

ü

 

 

Philip Cohen

ü

 

 

 

Geof Cooke

ü

 

 

 

Alison Cornelius

 

ü

 

 

Richard Cornelius

 

ü

 

 

Tom Davey

 

ü

 

 

Val Duschinsky

 

ü

 

 

Paul Edwards

ü

 

 

Claire Farrier

ü

 

 

 

Anthony Finn

ü

 

 

Brian Gordon

ü

 

 

Eva Greenspan

ü

 

 

Helena Hart

ü

 

 

John Hart

ü

 

 

Ross Houston

ü

 

 

 

Anne Hutton

ü

 

 

 

Andreas Ioannidis

ü

 

 

 

Devra Kay

ü

 

 

Sury Khatri

 

ü

 

 

Adam Langleben

ü

 

 

 

Kathy Levine

ü

 

 

David Longstaff

 

ü

 

 

Kitty Lyons

ü

 

 

 

John Marshall

 

ü

 

 

Kath McGuirk

ü

 

 

Arjun Mittra

ü

 

 

 

Alison Moore

ü

 

 

 

Ammar Naqvi

ü

 

 

 

Nagas Narenthira

ü

 

 

 

Charlie O’Macauley

ü

 

 

 

Graham Old

 

ü

 

 

Alon Or-Bach

ü

 

 

Reema Patel

ü

 

 

 

Bridget Perry

 

ü

 

 

Wendy Prentice

 

ü

 

 

Sachin Rajput

 

ü

 

 

Barry Rawlings

ü

 

 

 

Hugh Rayner

 

ü

 

 

Tim Roberts

ü

 

 

Gabriel Rozenberg

 

ü

 

 

Lisa Rutter

 

ü

 

 

Shimon Ryde

 

ü

 

 

Brian Salinger

 

ü

 

 

Gill Sargeant

ü

 

 

Joan Scannell

 

ü

 

Alan Schneiderman

ü

 

 

Daniel Seal

 

 

 

ü

Mark Shooter

 

ü

 

Agnes Slocombe

ü

 

 

 

Stephen Sowerby

 

ü

 

Caroline Stock

 

ü

 

 

Daniel Thomas

 

ü

 

 

Reuben Thompstone

 

ü

 

 

Jim Tierney

ü

 

 

 

Amy Trevethan

ü

 

 

Laurie Williams

ü

 

 

 

Peter Zinkin

 

ü

 

 

Zakia Zubairi

ü

 

 

 

 

For:           31

Against:    31

Abstain:      0

Absent:       1

TOTAL:    63

 

The Worshipful the Mayor used his casting vote and voted against the amendment.  The amendment was declared lost.

 

Council voted on the substantive motion as amended by Councillor Reuben Thompstone’s amendment. Votes were declared as follows:

 

For: 31

Against: 31

Abstain: 0

Absent: 1

 

The Worshipful the Mayor used his casting vote for the substantive motion as amended.

 

The substantive motion as amended was declared carried.

 

RESOLVED that:

 

Council recognises that councillors and residents across Barnet strongly value their local libraries for their contributions to culture, literacy and the wider community.

 
Council notes the proposal to cut the Library Service budget by £2.85 million over the next three years, and the consultation  ...  view the full minutes text for item 5.

6.

Motions for Adjournment

Minutes:

The meeting was adjourned at 7.30pm. The meeting resumed at 7.50pm.