Agenda item

Motion one received from Councillor G Kinsella

Councillor Kinsella proposed a motion, which was duly seconded, in the following terms:

This Council resolves to:

1.    Update the out-of-date Derbyshire County Council webpage

2.    Work with Vision Derbyshire and take a lead on developing and funding a Derbyshire ‘one stop shop’ that:

-      Provides a comprehensive and trusted single point of contact, giving advice on reducing household energy costs, as well as providing a sign posting service.

-      Provides vulnerable residents with high energy costs, advise on how to make affordable energy saving improvements to their homes

-      Facilitates direct referrals into a host of other organisations to provide expert energy advice and information on accessing grants and funding for insulation and heating

3.    Build on and go beyond the actions set out in the Climate Change Strategy by establishing a Vision Derbyshire Retrofit Taskforce. Working with the districts and other interested parties who can offer technical expertise to:

-      Identify the most inefficient homes. Using GIS mapping identify the worst cases of energy loss and determine appropriate retrofit interventions as has been successfully done by other councils

-      Use the county and district councils’ spending power to purchase loft insulation at a discount and administer a loft insultation scheme targeting the most inefficient homes

-      Replicates Cosy Homes Oxfordshire retrofitting advise website aimed at both householders (including landlords) and building professionals

-      Fund and coordinate an ‘eco homes’ events in virtual and ‘roadshow’ form.

4.    Working in partnership with other agencies, such as Nottingham Energy Partnership to assist householders to:

o   Provide independent advice on ways to reduce fuel poverty and improve homes energy efficiency

o   Access revenue and capital funding to make householders’ homes more energy efficient

o   Provide contacts of reputable and trust marked installers.

5.    To leverage the county council’s financial strength to provide households with loans for retrofitting homes throughout Derbyshire.

6.    Provide interest free or very low interest loans to householders for retrofits similar to Salix Finance who provides interest-free Government funding to the public sector to improve energy efficiency, reduce carbon emissions and lower energy bills.

7.    Issue bonds (also known as Community Municipal Investment) to raise money from Derbyshire residents and community groups to fund retrofitting projects. Successful examples include Conservative county council West Berkshire's CMI. £1 million was raised though this bond issue. West Berkshire used the money to finance numerous rooftop solar installations, as well as funding a range of other initiatives, such as active travel infrastructure improvements.

8.    In the light of these proposals refresh the Climate Change Strategy, setting out greater ambition, reflecting the climate emergency.

Following debate, the motion was duly voted on and declared to be LOST.

Motion two received from Councillor M Yates

Councillor Yates spoke to advise Council that he wished to move an amended motion, the text of which was circulated around the Council Chamber.

The Chairman agreed to an adjournment to give members the opportunity to read the revised motion.

The meeting adjourned between 3.46 pm and 3.56 pm

As the Council Procedure Rules only enable a Member to alter a motion of which they have given notice with the consent of Council, a vote was taken on whether to allow a revised motion to be proposed. This was declared to be LOST.

Councillor Yates then spoke to advise that he wished to withdraw his motion.

Councillor Renwick spoke to advise that the points raised in Councillor Yates's motion would be fed into the consultation on the Derbyshire and Derby Mineral Local Plan.