Full Council - 26 October 2022

Full Council agenda and associated papers for the meeting on 26 October 2022.

Membership

Provost Mary Montague
Councillor Andrew Anderson
Councillor Caroline Bamforth
Councillor Tony Buchanan
Councillor Kate Campbell
Councillor Angela Convery
Councillor Betty Cunningham
Councillor Danny Devlin
Councillor Paul Edlin
Councillor Annette Ireland
Councillor Chris Lunday
Councillor David Macdonald
Councillor Jim McLean
Councillor Colm Merrick
Councillor Andrew Morrison
Councillor Owen O'Donnell
Councillor Katie Pragnell
Councillor Gordon Wallace

Notice of meeting

View the notice of meeting for 26 October 2022. (PDF) [279KB] (opens new window)

Agenda

1. Report on Apologies for absence.

2. Declarations of Interest.

3. Read the minute of the meeting of the Council held on 7 September 2022. (PDF) [258KB] (opens new window)

4. Read the minutes of meetings for the period 8 September to 25 October 2022. (PDF) [761KB] (opens new window)

5. Notices of Motion

Motion No.1

Defibrillators in all schools

Council notes that every year, over 3,000 people in Scotland, including children and young people, experience an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA). Council notes that, unfortunately, only 1 in 10 people survive such an event.

Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs) can play a significant role in saving the lives of people who suffer heart attacks in public. It is estimated that a shock from an AED, alongside CPR treatment, increases survival rates to 75-80%.

Council notes that, although there are public defibrillators in various places across East Renfrewshire including some council premises and assets, there are gaps, especially in the provision of publicly accessible AEDs within or at our local schools.

Therefore, Council agrees to bring a report to Full Council no later than December 2022, detailing a plan to roll out more publicly accessible AEDs at all our primary and secondary schools.

Moved by Councillor Bamforth, seconded by Councillor Lunday.

Motion No.2

This Council will, as a matter of urgency, investigate the changes implemented to East Renfrewshire Council's Council Tax collection and the capacity in East Renfrewshire to establish repayment instalment schedules.

East Renfrewshire Council's Policy previously allowed payment arrangements to be made at Final Notice and this prevented customers having to go to Summary Warrant and paying an additional 10% Statutory Addition. The new system does not allow for arrangements at Final Notice stage. This is now accommodated by Sheriff Officers at Summary Warrant stage.

Council will investigate, and report back at the next Full Council meeting, how this system will be amended to accommodate the flexibility once given to customers for payment arrangements

Moved by Councillor Ireland, seconded by Councillor Convery.

6. Statements by Conveners/Representatives on Joint Boards/Committees.

7. Read the report on the appointment of a replacement member on the East Renfrewshire Culture and Leisure Trust Board (PDF) [204KB] (opens new window)

8. Read the Provost's engagements report by the Director of Business Operations and Partnerships. (PDF) [202KB] (opens new window)

9. Read the Head of Accountancy's report on the annual accounts for the Council's charitable trustsangements. (PDF) [515KB] (opens new window)

10. Read the Head of Accountancy's report on the 2021/22 annual accounts and draft annual audit report (PDF) [3MB] (opens new window)

11. Read the Chief Social Work Officer's annual report. (PDF) [1MB] (opens new window)

12. Read the Chief Executive's report on the National Care Service Bill (PDF) [338KB] (opens new window)

13. Read the Director of Education's report on the Scottish Government Learning Estate Improvement Programme (PDF) [22MB] (opens new window)

14. Read the Director of Education's report on Management Rules for the East Renfrewshire Culture and Leisure Trust (PDF) [380KB] (opens new window)

15. Read the report by the Director of Business Operations and Partnerships on the Day of National Mourning (PDF) [195KB] (opens new window)

16. Read the Director of Business Operations and Partnerships' report on the re-establishment of the Licensing Forum (PDF) [222KB] (opens new window)