States Minutes 25th June 1986

THE STATES assembled on Wednesday, 25th June, 1986 at 10.15 a.m. under

the Presidency of the Bailiff ,

Peter Leslie Crill, Esquire, C.B.E. ____________

All members were present with the exception of –

Senator Ralph Vibert – absent. Senator Anne Baal – out of the Island.

Fred Philip Webber Clarke, Connétable of St. Helier – out of the Island.

Norman Stuart Le Brocq, Deputy of St. Helier – out of the Island.

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Prayers read by Deputy Greffier ____________

Special Committee to consider request from United Kingdom Government for contribution towards defence and international representation:  appointment  of   Deputy  R.E.R.  Rumboll  of St. Helier .

THE STATES appointed Deputy Robin Ernest Richard Rumboll of St.  Helier  as  a  member  of  the  Special  Committee to  consider a request from the United Kingdom Government for a contribution towards defence and international representation.

Supplementary and Additional Votes of Credit.

THE  STATES  considered  Acts  of  the  Finance  and  Economics Committee  dated  9th  June,  1986,  presenting  Acts  of  the undermentioned Committees and, acceding to the requests contained therein,  granted  to  the  said  Committees  Supplementary  (S)  and

211   Price : 50p

Additional  (A)  votes  of  credit  out  of  the  General  Reserve  as follows –

S  A

£ £

Finance and Economics Committee

Income Tax Department

0371  Staff  40,000

Economic Adviser's Department

0422  Premises  600 0423  Supplies and Services  2,100

Total request  42,700

Education Committee

Structural Maintenance

3095  Rewiring and central

heating  9,000 3096  General Maintenance  34,000

Total request  43,000

Public Health Committee

General Hospital

3401  Staff  186,000 3403  Supplies and Services  20,000

St. Saviour 's Hospital

3433  Supplies and Services  23,000

Overdale Hospital

3441  Staff  70,000 Total request  299,000

Tourism Committee

Advertising, Publicity and

Promotional Expenses

4616  Advertising and

Publicity  8,000

S  A

£ £

Establishment Committee

States Personnel Department

5106  States Training Schemes  14,500

CAPITAL VOTES OF CREDIT

Resources Recovery Board

C0452  Sewer Extensions  190,000 Island Development Committee

C0904  Acquisition of Land –

Major Reserve  1,400,000

The total requests granted for the June Supply Day amounted to £1,997,200.

The Flat, L'Hermitage Farm, St. Saviour : lease.

THE  STATES,  adopting  a  Proposition  of  the  Finance  and Economics  Committee,  approved  the  leasing  from  Mrs. Monica Billot Cotillard, née Le Quesne, of The Flat, L'Hermitage Farm, Les Varines, St. Saviour , for a period of two years commencing 1st June, 1986, at a weekly rent of £85 fixed for the term of the lease, for occupation by an ex-patriate accountant appointed to the Treasury.

Energy Management Projects: funding. P.81/86.

THE  STATES,  adopting  a  Proposition  of  the  Finance  and Economics Committee, approved in principle the establishment of a central Capital Vote of Credit to fund energy projects initiated by States' Committees.

STATES MINUTES

Articulated Vehicles: limits on length. P.83/86.

25th June, 1986

THE STATES commenced consideration of a Proposition of Senator Richard Joseph Shenton regarding limits on the length of articulated vehicles (lodged on 3rd June, 1986) and accepted an amendment of Senator Pierre François Horsfall that for the word "including" there should be substituted the word "excluding" and after the word "Harbours" there should be added the words "until such time as a suitable facility is available on the reclamation site west of the Albert Pier", whereupon Senator Shenton requested leave under Standing Order No. 22 to withdraw the Proposition. The States refused leave and the President then granted leave to Deputy Donald George Filleul of St. Helier to move the amended Proposition.

THE STATES adopted the Proposition and requested the Defence Committee to ensure that no articulated vehicle circulating on the Island's roads (excluding the Harbours until such time as a suitable facility is available on the reclamation site west of the Albert Pier) exceeds the present prescribed maximum length of 35 feet except in the very limited circumstances also presently prescribed.

Members present voted for the amendment as follows –

"Pour" (32)

Senators

Le Marquand, Binnington, Horsfall, Ellis, Le Main, Manton.

Connétable s

Grouville , St. John , Trinity , St. Martin , St. Peter , St. Clement , St. Lawrence , St. Mary , St. Ouen .

Deputies

St. Ouen , Morel (S), Quenault(B), Perkins(C), Le Gallais(S), Roche(S), Trinity , Vandervliet(L), Farley(H), Le Fondré(L), Rumboll(H), St. Mary , Thorne (B), Blampied(H), Norman(C), St. John , St. Martin .

"Contre" (14)

Senators

Shenton, Jeune , Sandeman.

Connétable s

St. Brelade , St. Saviour .

Deputies

Mourant(H), Le Quesne(S), Filleul(H), Grouville , Beadle(B), Billot(S), St. Peter , Carter(H), Mahoney(H).

Telecommunications Board: capital proposals for 1987 to 1991. P.86/86.

THE STATES, adopting a Proposition of the Telecommunications Board –

1. noted the Board's report for the years 1987to1991;
2. approved in principle the capital proposals by the Board for the years 1987 and 1988 as follows –

1. the replacement and extension of existing telephone exchanges;
2. the replacement and extension of the existing network;
3. the replacement and provision of customer apparatus;
4. the provision of support services;

3. approved in principle the introduction of a Cellular Radio service;
4. approved in principle the introduction of High Speed data services (X Stream) for banks and other businesses requiring data transmission;

5. approved in principle the refitting and making good of equipment rooms in Telephone House on recovery of Electro Mechanical (Strowger) exchange equipment for future use as office and equipment accommodation;
6. approved the transfer of £80,000 from "Local Systems Development 1983" (Vote No. C0821) to "Business Equipment Showroom" (Vote No. C0832), for the purpose of providing a demonstration and sales area for business equipment at Telephone House.

Adjournment.

THE STATES adjourned and reassembled under the Presidency of the Deputy Bailiff , Vernon Amy Tomes, Esquire.

Public Health Committee: capital projects for 1987/88. P.87/86.

THE STATES, adopting a Proposition of the Public Health Committee –

1. approved in principle –

1. the upgrading to modern standards of the existing operation theatres, wards and intensive care unit in the main building of the General Hospital and the provision of a post-graduate centre, under Phase 3 of the redevelopment programme;
2. the installation of a new telephone system to service all the hospitals in the Group;
3. the replacement of diagnostic equipment in the X-Ray Department;
4. the construction of 6 units of staff residential accommodation at The Limes Hospital site;

5. the replacement of the biochemical analyzer in the Pathology Department.

2. approved the further investigation of development at The Limes Hospital site of additional units of sheltered housing and a residential nursing home and at Grouville Hospital site of sheltered housing and day-care facilities.

School sites housing accommodation. P.89/86.

THE STATES, adopting a Proposition of the Education Committee, approved in principle the construction of a residential property at each of the following educational establishments –

Primary Schools

Secondary Schools and

Highlands College.

Bel Royal Grands Vaux Mont Nicolle Plat Douet St. Mark's

Le Rocquier Grainville

Public Works Committee: capital projects for 1987. P.90/86.

THE STATES, adopting a Proposition of the Public Works Committee, approved in principle –

1. the further redevelopment of Elizabeth Castle;
2. the development at La Collette of premises for the Harbour Works Depot, Public Works Depot, Housing Depot and Motor Traffic Department;

as detailed in the Report in P.90/86 lodged on 10th June, 1986.

THE STATES rose at 5.50 p.m.

R.S. GRAY, Deputy Greffier of the States.