Issue - meetings

Questions on Notice will follow in a supplementary papers pack to this agenda.

To deal with any questions on notice from Members of the Council, in the order in which they have been received.

A period of up to 15 minutes is allocated for the asking and answering of questions.  This may be extended at the discretion of the Chairman with the agreement of the majority of those present.

Each elected Member due to ask a question, may ask up to one supplementary question which must be based on the orginal question or the answer provided to that question.

The Chairman advised that one question on notice had been received for this meeting.

Question submitted by Councillor S. Robinson

“Is the Council looking for a better long term solution to managing 30 mins free parking than having to print off and display a ticket each time?”

Councillor S. Baxter, Deputy Leader and Cabinet Member for Economic Development and Regeneration responded:

“The new system has only just been introduced and with our current parking machines and technology it is currently the only sensible way of achieving the 30 minutes free parking. This will be kept under review and as and when technology allows, we will review the situation.  It is worth noting that with the current pay and display system users get a ticket to be displayed which confirms when the 30 minutes runs out.”

Councillor Robinson commented that residents had referred to the complexity of adding extra time to their parking beyond the 30 minutes.  However, she appreciated that this would be kept under review.  Councillor Baxter reiterated that currently the Council was constrained by the technology available.