Meeting:

Transport, Economy, Environment and Enterprise Overview and Scrutiny Committee

Members:

Councillors Philip Barrett, John Cattanach, Mark Crane, Melanie Davis (Vice-Chair), Caroline Goodrick, Hannah Gostlow, Paul Haslam, David Ireton, David Jeffels, Steve Mason, Subash Sharma, David Staveley (Chair), Phil Trumper, Arnold Warneken, Steve Watson and Robert Windass.

Date:

Wednesday, 10th April, 2024

Time:

10.00 am

Venue:

Brierley Room, County Hall, Northallerton, DL7 8AD

 

Members of the public are entitled to attend this meeting as observers for all those items taken in open session. Please contact the Democratic Services Officer, whose details are below, if you would like to find out more.

 

This meeting is being held as an in-person meeting.

 

Recording is allowed at Council, committee and sub-committee meetings which are open to the public, please give due regard to the Council’s protocol on audio/visual recording and photography at public meetings. Anyone wishing to record is asked to contact, prior to the start of the meeting, the Democratic Services Officer whose details are at the foot of the first page of the Agenda. We ask that any recording is clearly visible to anyone at the meeting and that it is non-disruptive.

 

AGENDA

 

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1.  

Apologies for Absence

 

 

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2.  

Minutes of the Meetings held on 18 January and 1 February 2024

 

(Pages 3 - 22)

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3.  

Declarations of Interest

 

 

All Members are invited to declare at this point any interests they have in items appearing on this agenda, including the nature of those interests.

 

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4.  

Public Participation

 

 

Members of the public may ask questions or make statements at this meeting if they have given notice (to include the text of the question/statement) to Will Baines, Senior Scrutiny Officer (contact details below) no later than midday on Friday 5 April 2024. Each speaker should limit themselves to 3 minutes on any item.  Members of the public who have given notice will be invited to speak:-

 

·         At this point in the meeting if their questions/statements relate to matters which are not otherwise on the Agenda (subject to an overall time limit of 30 minutes);

 

·         When the relevant Agenda item is being considered if they wish to speak on a matter which is on the Agenda for this meeting.

 

If you are exercising your right to speak at this meeting, but do not wish to be recorded, please inform the Chair who will instruct those taking a recording to cease while you speak.

 

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5.  

Verbal Update from the Corporate Director of Environment

 

 

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6.  

National Highways Update

 

(Pages 23 - 26)

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7.  

Preventing Flooding on Highways - Gully Clearance and Maintenance

 

(Pages 27 - 40)

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8.  

Scientific Team Update - AQAP

 

(Pages 41 - 64)

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Lunch Break (12:30pm approx)

 

 

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9.  

Annual Report of the Member Champion for Climate Change

 

(Pages 65 - 122)

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10.  

Report of the Highway Reinstatements and Road Closure Working Group

 

(Pages 123 - 126)

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11.  

Work Programme

(Pages 127 - 132)

 

Purpose of the report:  To ask Members to consider, amend and add to the Committee’s work programme.

 

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12.  

Any other items

 

 

Any other items which the Chair agrees should be considered as a matter of urgency because of special circumstances.

 

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13.  

Date of Next Meeting

 

 

Monday 8 July 2024 at 10am in The Grand Meeting Room.

 

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Members are reminded that in order to expedite business at the meeting and enable Officers to adapt their presentations to address areas causing difficulty, they are encouraged to contact Officers prior to the meeting with questions on technical issues in reports.

 

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Contact Details:

For enquiries relating to this agenda, please contact Will Baines, Senior Scrutiny Officer - Tel: 01609 533885 or email: william.baines@northyorks.gov.uk

 

Barry Khan

Assistant Chief Executive

(Legal and Democratic Services)

 

County Hall

Northallerton

 

Tuesday, 2 April 2024

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