Glasgow City Council Agenda - 21 February 2019, 13:00 
A meeting to be held at City Chambers, Glasgow at 13:00 on 21 February 2019.
| Number | Item |
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| 1 | Minutes of Council meeting of 13th December 2018 (Print 6, pages 413 to 424). View Papers |
| 2 | Print 6 - Committees' minutes - Submitted for information and approval as a correct record only (page 425 onwards). View Papers |
| 3 | 2019/20 Budget - Report by Executive Director of Finance. View Papers |
| 4 | Written questions procedure - Proposed amendment to Standing Orders - Report by Council Business Manager View Papers |
| 5 | Changes to committees etc. View Papers |
| 6 | Representation on outside bodies - Glasgow Film Theatre Board - Appoint Maggie McTernan. View Papers |
| 7 | Correspondence - Letter from Scottish Government in response to Council motion on Child Poverty. View Papers |
| 8 | Questions. View Papers |
| 9 | Notices of motions. |
| (a) | By Councillor John Letford:- "Council notes the work of the Women's Support Project, the Women's Centre and others to create a memorial garden on the site of Lochburn House in Maryhill. Council recognises that the women incarcerated in Lochburn House were often very young, working class women, who found themselves there through a variety of circumstances and for a variety of reasons, not the least of which was destitution, poverty and occasionally, their socialist and other political beliefs. Council acknowledges that women were institutionalised as part of a system in Glasgow involving the police, justiciary, the medical profession, religious bodies and the local authority. Council notes that Lochburn House was closed down in September 1958 after twenty seven women aged between 15 and 19 years old broke out of the home and spoke of beatings and verbal abuse, and that this survivor centred ethos is vital to this commemoration. Council agrees Glasgow's 'dirty secret' needs told and that their voices are early examples of "Hear Me Too". Council calls on the Chief Executive to raise this issue with Glasgow Life and to work with the local community in Maryhill to explore how violence against women and girls can be further addressed, by using the women's example of resistance against their oppression. Council agrees that this, and the exploration of a memorial garden, would be a fitting tribute to the women's lives and struggle." View Papers |
| (b) | By Councillor Frank McAveety:- "Council notes that in the last 6 years, Glasgow City Council has had to make cuts in the amount of £250million. Council further notes that the current Scottish Government settlement is an additional cut of nearly £20million; and that these cuts to the core settlement, over which this Council has discretion, are disproportionately negative in light of the changes to the Scottish Government's fiscal spending power. Council believes that this is an unacceptable situation, and the consequences are far-reaching. Council further believes that these choices are political, driven by ideology rather than by economic necessity. An austerity agenda from the Conservatives at Westminster has been super-charged by the SNP, towards local government, at Holyrood. Council believes that you cannot cut your way to growth - that growing the economy in an inclusive, sustainable way requires sustained, long-term investment that is maintained over the period. Council notes that the SNP administration in Glasgow promised the people of this city a "constructive relationship with the Scottish Government - one that actually delivers the best results for Glasgow". Council believes that a potential £180million in savings over the next 3 years is far from the best result for Glasgow. Council therefore resolves to instruct the Leader of the Council to intensify negotiations with COSLA and the Scottish Government directly, to make the argument that; Glasgow is the powerhouse of the Scottish economy, when Glasgow does well, Scotland does well. Council further requests the Leader of the Council to bring forward a report to the next meeting of Council outlining the current state of ongoing negotiations." View Papers |
| (c) | By Councillor Robert Connelly:- "Council acknowledges that litter is a blight on our landscape and our communities, with recent research showing that littering across Scotland is at its worst level in a decade. Council recognises that litter on our streets forces local authorities to divert public money away from other vital services like schools and roads, with £46 million being spent every year in Scotland cleaning up after litterers. Council regrets that a small minority are spoiling Scotland's streets, parks and countryside for the law abiding majority - with 15,000 tonnes of litter collected every year in Scotland - and understands that increasing the default fine for littering is one way to make people stop and think before just throwing something away. Council therefore acknowledges the importance of discouraging people from dropping litter; supports increasing the fixed penalty notice for littering from £80 to £100; agrees that a letter from the relevant Executive Director will be sent to the Scottish Government making clear Glasgow City Council's support for increasing the default on-the-spot litter fine from £80 to £100 and to request that Ministers implement this change as quickly as possible." View Papers |
| (d) | By Councillor Feargal Dalton:- "Glasgow City Council is a member of the Nuclear Free Local Authorities and the Hiroshima-led Mayors for Peace; both of which have been working for over 3 decades to promote multilateral nuclear disarmament. NFLA and Mayors for Peace work with the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN), which received the Nobel Peace Prize in 2017 for its work in encouraging over two thirds of United Nations members to agree to the International Treaty to Prohibit Nuclear Weapons (TPNW). Council regrets that the Governments of the existing nuclear weapon states, including the UK, refuse to support the Treaty. Council fully supports the TPNW as one of the most effective ways to bring about long-term and verifiable multilateral nuclear disarmament. The Council also calls on the United Kingdom Government to lead a global effort to prevent nuclear war by: Renouncing the option of using nuclear weapons first; Cancelling the plan to replace its entire Trident nuclear arsenal with enhanced weapons; and Actively pursuing a verifiable agreement among nuclear-armed states to eliminate their nuclear arsenals by supporting the Treaty to Prohibit Nuclear Weapons and the 'Good Faith' Protocols within the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. The Council will ask the Chief Executive to write to the UK Government to inform them of this resolution and urge them to take account of it." View Papers |
| (e) | By Councillor Elaine McDougall:- "Council notes the recent announcement by Richard Leonard MSP, Leader of the Scottish Labour Party, and Pauline McNeill MSP, an elected representative of this city, for a 'Mary Barbour Law' to help solve Scotland's Housing Crisis. Such a law would empower residents in the ever expanding Private Rented Sector and help to control unaffordable rent increases by linking increases in rents to improvements in standards. Council further notes that Mary Barbour, a former Bailie of this city, was a leader of the famous Rent Strikes in 1915 which led to the Rents and Mortgage Interest Restriction Act of that same year. Council believes that a Mary Barbour Law is necessary given the increase in the Private Rented Sector in Glasgow, which has more than doubled since 2001, and that increases in rents have outstripped increases in wages, pushing higher the cost of living for young adults and families with children, who constitute the majority of tenants in the Private Rented Sector. Council welcomes recent increases in funding available for house building in Glasgow in future years, after successive budgets which constrained the ability to meet demand for new socially rented and mid-market rent housing. However, it also recognises that this increase in funding is a response to the emerging housing crisis that is taking place in the country. Council therefore resolves to support calls for a Mary Barbour Law and Pauline McNeill MSP's proposed Members' Bill, and instructs the Chief Executive to write to Ms McNeill outlining the Council's support for her Members' Bill." View Papers |