Motion - Free Parking for Blue Badge Holders
To consider the following motion submitted by Councillor L. C. R. Mallett:
“Noting the increasing pressure being placed upon disabled people as a result of cuts to benefits and services as well as the forthcoming rise in charges for blue badges, Council resolves to reintroduce free parking in Bromsgrove District Council car parks for blue badge holders with effect from April 2012”.
Minutes:
Members considered the following motion submitted by Councillor L. C. R. Mallet.
“Noting the increasing pressure being placed upon disabled people as a result of cuts to benefits and services as well as the forthcoming rise in charges for blue badges, Council resolves to reintroduce free parking in Bromsgrove District Council car parks for blue badge holders with effect from April 2012.”
The motion was moved by Councillor L. C. R. Mallet and seconded by Councillor C. J. Bloore.
An amendment was moved by Councillor M. J. A. Webb and seconded by Councillor R. Hollingworth that the motion be referred to the Cabinet for consideration in the context of an officer report currently being prepared.
Having been put to the vote, the Chairman declared the amendment to be carried whereupon it became the substantive motion.
An amendment to the substantive motion was moved by Councillor L. C. R. Mallett and seconded by Councillor C. J. Bloore that the matter be referred to the Cabinet with the instruction that it identifies the funds within the budget process to provide free disabled parking.
Following further discussion, a procedural motion was moved by Councillor L. C. R. Mallet and seconded by Councillor C. J. Bloore that, as the Chamber was in mid-debate on a very important issue, the time limit for motions as set out in the Council Procedure Rules be extended by up to twenty minutes. The Chairman advised that she had already allowed an extra ten minutes. Having put the procedural motion to the vote, the Chairman declared it to be lost.
Following the right of reply by Councillor L. C. R. Mallet as the mover of the amendment to the substantive motion, on a requisition under Council Procedure Rule 17.5 the following details of voting on the amendment were recorded.
For the amendment: Councillors C. J. Bloore, Ms. M. T. Buxton, L. C. R. Mallett, Mrs. C. M. McDonald, P. M. McDonald, E. J. Murray, Mrs. E. M. Shannon, R. J. Shannon and S. P. Shannon (9);
Against the amendment: Councillors Mrs. J. M. Boswell, J. S. Brogan, R. A. Clarke, S. R. Colella, Dr. B. T. Cooper, R. J. Deeming, Mrs. R. L. Dent, S. J. Dudley, K. A. Grant-Pierce, Miss P. A. Harrison, R. Hollingworth, Mrs. H. J. Jones, R. J. Laight, P. Lammas, B. Lewis, J. A. Ruck, Mrs. M. A. Sherrey, C. B. Taylor, C. J. Tidmarsh and M. J. A. Webb (20);
Abstentions: 0
Accordingly, the Chairman declared the amendment to the substantive motion to be lost.
The substantive motion as moved by Councillor M. J. A. Webb, that the motion on notice submitted by Councillor L. C. R. Mallett be referred to the Cabinet for consideration in the context of an officer report currently being prepared, was put to the vote by the Chairman and declared to be CARRIED.