Tuesday, October 17, 2006

Full Council Meeting - 23 October - Preview

A quite short agenda with only a few items on it:

1. Council Annual Review

A motion from the Lib Dems on the Council Annual Review. I am glad this item is being discussed at full Council. Maybe the Tories will table an amendment drawn their manifesto setting out their own views on the way forward for the Council?

2. Development of Back Garden Land

Having set out three options for planning, the Lib Dems are already seeking to pre-empt the consultation with a motion. I will be writing on this issue in more detail soon, but the implication of the motion seems to be that option 1 is likely to be adopted. Any other option would be hypocritical if this motion is passed. No doubt the motion will be agreed unanimously.

3. Sutton Community Leisure

The Tories have requisitioned this item and state that they believe facilties should: "still be available to the public for the future." A very clear public commitment from them. As I state in an earlier post, let's get on with negotiating a long-term deal with GLL. However the other likely option is a short-term deal with another operator. Without prejudicing negotiating positions, I hoep the Tories and Lib Dems set out their view as the longer-term provision of Council owned leisure facilities.

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