Public Engagement Meeting
Agenda Item 12
Subject: Oral questions from councillors.
A period of not more than 30 minutes is set aside for oral questions from Members, at the expiry of which, the Mayor will call a halt and proceed to the next item of business of the agenda. Any Member whose question then remains outstanding will be contacted to determine whether they wish to have a written answer provided or for their question to be carried over to the next meeting.
The following Members have indicated that they wish to put questions to the Leader, Chairs of Committees or Members of the Council that have been appointed to an outside body. The Councillor asking the question may then ask one relevant supplementary question which shall be put and answered without discussion:
Date of meeting: 3 February 2022
(1) Councillor Appich
Subject matter: Void turnaround times
Reply from Councillor Gibson / Hugh-Jones, Joint Chair of the Housing Committee
(2) Councillor Nemeth
Subject matter: Return to full operation
Reply from Councillor Mac Cafferty, Leader of the Council
(3) Councillor Allcock
Subject matter: Chronic and persistent missed refuse and recycling collections
Reply from Councillor Davis / Heley, Joint Chair of the Environment, Transport & Sustainability Committee
(4) Councillor Simson
Subject matter: Madeira terraces restoration
Reply from Councillor Osborne / Powell, Joint Chair of the Tourism, Equalities, Communities & Culture Committee
(5) Councillor Fishleigh
Subject matter: Madeira terraces
How much new money from external sources was raised in 2021 for the restoration of Madeira Terraces - and which grants, HNWs and other funding pots will the council be targeting in 2022?
Reply from Councillor Osborne / Powell, Joint Chair of the Tourism, Equalities, Communities & Culture Committee
(6) Councillor Wilkinson
Subject matter: Empty homes
Reply from Councillor Gibson / Hugh-Jones, Joint Chair of the Housing Committee
(7) Councillor Mears
Subject matter: Audit of funds received
Reply from Councillor Yates, Chair of the Audit & Standards Committee
(8) Councillor Childs
Subject matter: Former East Brighton gas works
Reply from Councillor Davis / Heley, Joint Chair of the Environment, Transport & Sustainability Committee
(9) Councillor McNair
Subject matter: Patcham roundabout
Reply from Councillor Davis / Heley, Joint Chair of the Environment, Transport & Sustainability Committee
(10) Councillor Barnett
Subject matter: Hangleton way schools’ zone
Reply from Councillor Davis / Heley, Joint Chair of the Environment, Transport & Sustainability Committee
(11) Councillor Peltzer Dunn
Subject matter: Completion of seventy years of the Queen’s reign
Reply from Councillor Mac Cafferty, Leader of the Council