Agenda item

Standing in the names of Councillors Mrs HM Smith and RT Summerfield

“This Council congratulates the volunteers behind the Save Milton Country Park campaign on raising the issue of the future of the Park to front page news in the local paper. This Council supports the Save Milton Country Park campaign and deplores the decision taken by Cabinet to instruct officers to close the park if no suitable partnership to take on the management of the park could be arranged or appeared likely by 31st August.” 

Decision:

RESOLVED

 

This Council supports the aims of the ‘Save the Milton Country Park’ campaign to keep Milton Country Park open, congratulates the volunteers for raising the profile of the issue and encourages all parties to work together to find a long term partnership for the management of the park. 

Minutes:

Councillor Mrs HM Smith moved and RT Summerfield seconded a Motion in the following terms:

 

“This Council congratulates the volunteers behind the Save Milton Country Park campaign on raising the issue of the future of the Park to front page news in the local paper. This Council supports the Save Milton Country Park campaign and deplores the decision taken by Cabinet to instruct officers to close the park if no suitable partnership to take on the management of the park could be arranged or appeared likely by 31st August.”

 

Councillor Mrs VG Ford moved and SM Edwards seconded an amendment in the following terms:

 

“This Council supports the aims of the ‘Save the Milton Country Park’ campaign to keep Milton Country Park open, and encourages all parties to work together to find a long term partnership solution for the management of the park.”

 

With the consent of the mover and seconder, the amendment was further amended as follows:

 

“This Council supports the aims of the ‘Save the Milton Country Park’ campaign to keep Milton Country Park open, congratulates the volunteers for raising the profile of the issue and encourages all parties to work together to find a long term partnership for the management of the park.”

 

The amendment, on being put, was declared carried, the voting being recorded as follows:

 

FOR (29):

Dr DR Bard

RE Barrett

NCF Bolitho

BR Burling

TD Bygott

Mrs PS Corney

Mrs SJO Doggett

SM Edwards

Mrs SM Ellington

Mrs VG Ford

Mrs JM Guest

R Hall

JA Hockney

Mrs CA Hunt

PT Johnson

RMA Manning

MJ Mason

RM Matthews

DC McCraith

DH Morgan

CR Nightingale

AG Orgee

Mrs DP Roberts

NJ Scarr

Mrs DSK Spink MBE

RJ Turner

Mrs BE Waters

TJ Wotherspoon

NIC Wright

 

 

AGAINST (17)

JD Batchelor

Mrs PM Bear

AN Berent

RF Bryant

JP Chatfield

Mrs A Elsby

Dr SA Harangozo

Mrs EM Heazell

Mrs HF Kember

SGM Kindersley

Mrs JE Lockwood

RB Martlew

Mrs HM Smith

JH Stewart

RT Summerfield

Dr SEK van de Ven

JF Williams

 

 

ABSTAIN (1) MP Howell

 

The substantive Motion was declared carried, the voting being recorded as follows:

 

FOR (37)

Dr DR Bard

RE Barrett

AN Berent

NCF Bolitho

RF Bryant

EW Bullman

BR Burling

TD Bygott

Mrs PS Corney

Mrs SJO Doggett

SM Edwards

Mrs SM Ellington

Mrs VG Ford

Mrs JM Guest

R Hall

Mrs SA Hatton

JA Hockney

Mrs CA Hunt

PT Johnson

Mrs JE Lockwood

RMA Manning

RB Martlew

MJ Mason

RM Matthews

DC McCraith

DH Morgan

CR Nightingale

AG Orgee

Mrs DP Roberts

NJ Scarr

Mrs HM Smith

Mrs DSK Spink MBE

RT Summerfield

RJ Turner

Mrs BE Waters

TJ Wotherspoon

NIC Wright

 

 

 

AGAINST (2): JD Batchelor, Mrs PM Bear

 

ABSTAIN (1): MP Howell

 

NOT VOTED (8):

NN Cathcart

Mrs A Elsby

Dr SA Harangozo

Mrs EM Heazell

Mrs HF Kember

SGM Kindersley

Dr SEK van de Ven

JF Williams

 

 

Council RESOLVED that:

 

This Council supports the aims of the ‘Save the Milton Country Park’ campaign to keep Milton Country Park open, congratulates the volunteers for raising the profile of the issue and encourages all parties to work together to find a long term partnership for the management of the park.