Meeting Details

Meeting Summary
Sustainability and Transport Overview and Scrutiny Committee
12 Dec 2024 - 14:00
Occurred
  • Documents
  • Attendance
  • Visitors
  • Declarations of Interests
  • Webcast

Documents

Agenda

Public Agenda
1 Notice of Recording/Webcast

The Chair to advise/meeting to note that this meeting will be webcast for live or subsequent broadcast via the Council's Public-I microsite (please click this linkand that members of the press/public may record and take photographs except where there are confidential or exempt items.

 

 

2 Apologies
To receive any apologies.
3 Declarations of Interests

Members are reminded they must declare all relevant  pecuniary and other registerable interests arising from any business to be discussed at this meeting.

 

If a disclosable pecuniary interest is declared a Member must not participate in any discussion or vote on the matter and must not remain in the room unless they have been granted a dispensation.

 

If other registerable interests are declared a Member may speak on the matter only if members of the public are allowed to speak at the meeting but otherwise must not take part in any discussion or vote on the matter and must not remain in the room unless they have been granted a dispensation.    

 

If it is a ‘sensitive interest’, Members do not have to disclose the nature of the interest, just that they have an interest.

 

Information on the Local Government Association's Model Councillor Code of Conduct is set out via http://bit.ly/3WtGQnN. This includes, at Appendix 1, an interests flowchart which provides a simple guide to declaring interests at meetings.

 

 

 

To confirm the public and private sets of minutes from the meeting held on 7 November 2024.
  1. pdf ITEM 4 Public Minutes 7 November 2024 (110Kb)
  2. pdf ITEM 4 Private Minutes 7 November 2024 - Private
To review and note the actions from previous Sustainability & Transport Overview and Scrutiny Committee meeting(s).

To consider the report giving an overview of the use of Average Speed Enforcement camera technology in Birmingham. This includes a summary of work underway to identify a financially viable approach to support the ongoing provision and expansion in use of this technology. 

In attendance: Mel Jones, Head of Transport Planning

To consider the update on the progress of Active Travel projects development and delivery in Birmingham. This includes a summary of work underway and what stage each project is in its delivery timeline.

In attendance: Jason Griffin, Head of Transport Projects

To consider the interim report that highlights the flood events experienced during 2024 and provides an update on other flood risk management related issues.

In attendance: Hannah Hogan, Flood Risk Manager

To consider the report setting out the findings of Birmingham City Council’s Year 1 review of its Permit Scheme for Road and Street Activities.

In attendance: Luke Keen, Head of Network Management

That the Committee considers its 2024/25 work programme, and attached appendices, and agrees any updates/amendments required.
11 Date and Time of Next Meeting
To note the date and time of the next meeting on 23 January, 2024.
12 Request(s) for Call In/Councillor Call for Action/Petitions Received (if any)
To consider any request for call in/councillor call for action/petitions (if received). 
13 Other Urgent Business
To consider any items of business by reason of special circumstances (to be specified) that in the opinion of the Chair are matters of urgency.

Attendance

Attended - Other Members
Name
No other member attendance information has been recorded for the meeting.
Apologies
NameReason for Sending Apology
Councillor Raqeeb Aziz 
Councillor Lauren Rainbow 
Absent
NameReason for Absence
No absentee information has been recorded for the meeting.

Declarations of Interests

Member NameItem Ref.DetailsNature of DeclarationAction
Councillor Waseem Zaffar Cllr Waseem Zaffar declared that he was recently appointed to the Board of The Active Wellbeing Society.Non-PecuniaryNoted.

Visitors

Also in attendance at the above meeting were:

Jason Griffin, Head of Projects
Hannah Hogan, Flood Risk Manager
Mel Jones, Head of Transport Planning
Muhammad Khan, Senior Network Manager
Martin Rowe, Transport Planning Manager

___ Members of public expressed a desire to address the meeting.

Webcast



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