Council agrees to Lib Dem energy motion
December 20, 2007 11:41 AM
Hereward Cooke
At this week's Council meeting The Liberal Democrats successfully passed a motion on reducing energy use in Council buildings. The motion will enable the council to work towards saving money, fuel and the climate.
The motion called on the Labour administration to do more to improve energy efficiency in council buildings. Moving the motion, Liberal Democrat Group Leader Hereward Cooke highlighted the £138,000 a year the council currently spends to run its three office buildings and the lack of progress the Labour administration was making in reducing energy use.
Commenting on the issue he said:
"Every organisation in the City has a duty to play its part in reducing its carbon foot-print. The City Council has its duty to give a lead to this movement. By putting energy saving on everybody's agenda and by importing ideas from elsewhere, we should be able to save tax-payers money and set an example to others."
The motion was passed with the Lib Dem and Green groups voting for the motion whilst the Conservatives voted against it. The Labour administration decided to abstain from voting on this vital issue.
The motion was the only one on the agenda with the Green and Conservative groups deciding, for the second council running, not to move any policy motions.
During the meeting the Lib Dem group also asked questions on data security, the failure of the council to meet its council tax collection targets, illegal cycling on pavements, reducing the speed limit and protecting cycle lanes on Newmarket Road and the problem of overgrown trees and neglected green spaces in the City.
In a heated exchange Deputy Leader Brian Watkins also challenged the decision by the Labour government to sell-off the Blackdale School playing fields.
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