(a) It is recommended that Council in response to the Devon Devolution deal seek to gain powers for the franchising of local bus services as a longer-term option, following the introduction of the Enhanced Partnership in the autumn; and
(b) that in the short term, Council express concern over recent timetable changes, reductions, revised routes and loss of the night bus and in light of the additional pressures (e.g Commonwealth Games and secondments of staff) contacts Stagecoach to protest at the secondments at a time of great public transport pressures in Devon and further asks them to concentrate on restoring reliable, affordable, safe public transport across Devon.
The amendment in the name of Councillor Hannaford was then put to the vote and declared CARRIED and subsequently thereafter also CARRIED as the substantive motion.