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Victoria Fountain Investigation
Proposed by Councillor Mears on behalf of the Conservative Group.
Minutes:
78.1 The Notice of Motion as listed in the agenda was proposed by Councillor Mears on behalf of the Conservative Group and formally seconded by Councillor Theobald.
78.2 Councillor Evans moved an amendment on behalf of the Labour Group which was formally seconded by Councillor Grimshaw.
78.3 Councillor Mac Cafferty spoke in favour of the amendment.
78.4 Councillor Mears noted the comments and confirmed that she did not accept the amendment.
78.5 The mayor then put the amendment to the vote which was carried by 23 votes to 11.
78.6 The mayor then put the following motion as amended to the vote:
This Council requests the Environment, Transport & Sustainability Committee:
1.
To commission an urgent investigation into the
appearance of a sink hole after the removal of the Christmas market
and funfair, and whether existing known damage to the Victoria
Fountain has been worsened by the funfair, or may be worsened by
heavy equipment due to be placed there during planned work on
Valley Gardens 3; and
2. To agree to the public release of all findings so that residents can be assured that the city’s historic sites and important heritage assets will be treated with the respect they deserve.
78.7 The mayor confirmed that the motion had been carried unanimously.
Supporting documents:
- Item 78 ConGrp NoM - Victoria Fountain Investigation, item 78. PDF 99 KB View as HTML (78./1) 15 KB
- Item 78 LabGrp amendment Victoria Fountain, item 78. PDF 255 KB View as HTML (78./2) 13 KB