Town Council

General presentations

• SB040377 – Minutes of the Planning and Building Officer

  Minutes from the planning and building officer's disposal meetings of 17.10.12 and 23.10.12 were presented. Item A was dealt with by the building officer in accordance with the Building Regulations Act no. 160/2010. Submitted.

• 1204336 – Family Policy of Hafnarfjörður. Revised 2012-2014

  Item 4 from the FJÖH minutes of 31 October: The Family Policy of Hafnarfjörður 2012-2014 was presented.$line$Geir Bjarnason, the prevention officer, attended the meeting and presented the strategy, together with Haukur Haraldsson from the Family Department and Eiríkur Þorvarðarson from the Education Department.$line$ $line$Family Council instructs the Director of the Department to appoint a working group to follow up on the project.The Family Council approves the revision of the family policy and refers it to the town council for ratification.

  Gunnar Axel Axelsson spoke. Then Geir Jónsson. Gunnar Axel Axelsson responded. The Hafnarfjörður Town Council approved the proposed family policy by 11 unanimous votes.

• 0706398 – Cemetery expansion, detailed plan

  Item 4 from the minutes of the SBH meeting of 30th October.$line$The detailed planning work for the expansion of the cemetery on Kaldárselsveg was discussed. A proposal for a planning statement was presented.$line$ The Planning and Building Committee approves that the planning statement be presented and makes the following recommendation to the Hafnarfjörður Town Council “The City Council of Hafnarfjörður approves the planning statement for the proposal for a detailed plan for the northern part of the Hafnarfjörður Cemetery, in accordance with section 1 of Article 40 of Act No. 123/2010.“$line$

  Sigríður Björk Jónsdóttir spoke. The Hafnarfjörður Town Council approved the proposed motion with 11 unanimous votes.

• 11023037 – Regional Plan for the Capital Region 2001-2024, Holtsgöng

  Item 8 from the SBH minutes of 30 October: To consider the letter from the Regional Planning Committee of the Capital Area, dated. 27.10.12, which submits an amended proposal for the Regional Plan for the Capital Area, Holtsgöng, changes to the road layout and changes to the building density in Settlement Area 5, received comments and the opinion of the expert panel for processing by the municipal councils in accordance with Paragraph 2 of Article 25 of the Planning Act.$line$$line$With reference to the previous joint opinion on this matter and the opinion of the expert panel of the Cooperation Committee on Regional Planning, SBH sees no reason to make any observations on the City of Reykjavík's proposal for amendments to the regional plan for the capital region, which concerning, on the one hand, changes to the building density in area 5 and, on the other hand, the cancellation of the planned Holtsgöngin tunnel. Traffic calculations (VSÓ) clearly show that the changes will not have a significant impact on traffic and are therefore not in conflict with the objectives of the regional plan. Furthermore, it has not been demonstrated that the Holtsgöngin would relieve traffic through the capital city except in a very limited way, and SBH therefore has no objections to the tunnel being removed from the master plan. However, it should be noted that the master plan and detailed plans must provide for countermeasures regarding the increased building volume in the area, which will inevitably lead to increased traffic (motorists, pedestrians, cyclists). The Planning and Building Committee approves the proposals with three votes in favour, while the representatives of the Independence Party abstain. The majority of the Planning and Building Committee makes the following recommendation to the Hafnarfjörður Town Council:$line$ “The City Council of Hafnarfjörður approves the proposed amendments to the Regional Plan for the Capital Area concerning the removal of the Holtsgöngan and an increase in the building mass on plot 5.“

  Sigríður Björk Jónsdóttir took the floor. Rósa Guðbjartsdóttir intervened. Sigríður Björk Jónsdóttir replied to the intervention. Rósa Guðbjartsdóttir intervened a second time. Sigríður Björk Jónsdóttir replied to the intervention a second time. Kristinn Andersen made a point of order regarding Sigríður Björk Jónsdóttir's previous speech. Sigríður Björk Jónsdóttir replied to the point of order. Geir Jónsson took the floor. Sigríður Björk Jónsdóttir made a point of order. Geir Jónsson replied to the objection. Sigríður Björk Jónsdóttir made a second objection. $line$$line$Borough Council of Hafnarfjörður approved the proposed motion with 6 votes in favour, 1 against and 4 abstentions.

Minutes

• 1201159 – Minutes of 2012, for presentation to the town council.

  Minutes of the Environment and Operations Committee from 31 October. Minutes of the Board of SORPU bs. from 29 October. sl.$line$b.Minutes of the Board of Directors of Strætó bs. from 29 September sl.$line$Minutes of the Board of Directors of SORPU bs. from 29 October sl.$line$a. Minutes of the Board of Directors from 1 November sl.$line$a. Minutes of the Culture and Tourism Committee from 31 October; Minutes of the Planning and Building Committee from 30 October; Minutes of the Family Council from 31 October. Minutes of the Sports and Leisure Committee from 22nd October.

  Guðrún Ágústa Guðmundsdóttir, the Mayor, spoke under item 2 – The Christmas Village 2012 – and item 4 – Straumur at Straumsvík, lease agreement – in the minutes of the Culture and Tourism Committee from 31 October, Item 4 – Family Policy of Hafnarfjörður. Revised 2012-2014 – in the minutes of the Family Council from 31 October, and Item 11 – Association of Primary School Teachers, communication – in the minutes of the Municipal Council from 1 November. Helga Ingólfsdóttir spoke under item 5 – Víðivellir, Forest School – in the minutes of the Education Committee from 5 November. Eyjólfur Sæmundsson spoke under item 5 in the minutes of the Education Committee from 5 November. Rósa Guðbjartsdóttir spoke under item 9 – Nursery School Staff, Wage Matters – item 10 – STH, Wage Matters – and item 11 – The Association of Primary School Teachers, Correspondence – in the minutes of the Municipal Council from 1 November. Guðrún Ágústa Guðmundsdóttir responded. Kristinn Andersen spoke under item 10 of the council's minutes from 1 November and item 5 of the education committee's minutes from 5 November. Guðrún Ágústa Guðmundsdóttir spoke under items 9, 10 and 11 in the minutes of the town council from 1 November. Geir Jónsson responded. Rósa Guðbjartsdóttir responded to Guðrún Ágústa Guðmundsdóttir's previous speech. Guðrún Ágústa Guðmundsdóttir responded to the intervention. Geir Jónsson spoke on item 10 of the town council's minutes from 1 November. Gunnar Axel Axelsson intervened. Geir Jónsson responded to the intervention. Gunnar Axel Axelsson made a second intervention. Geir Jónsson replied to the second intervention. Gunnar Axel Axelsson made a brief remark. Guðrún Ágústa Guðmundsdóttir made an intervention regarding Geir Jónsson's previous speech. Geir Jónsson replied to the intervention. Guðrún Ágústa Guðmundsdóttir made a second intervention. Geir Jónsson replied to the second intervention. Guðrún Ágústa Guðmundsdóttir made a brief comment.$line$$line$Rósa Guðbjartsdóttir spoke and submitted the following statement on behalf of the town council:$line$$line$“School Food$line$Beyjarstjórn Hafnarfjarðar supports the plans of the mayor as set out in the letter dated 6. of this month, regarding the comments made by the Félag grunnskólakennara í Hafnarfirði, that a meeting be convened to discuss the arrangements for school canteen services in Hafnarfjörður's primary schools with representatives from the school office, primary school staff, the Purchasing Manager, a representative of Skólamatur ehf., the Town Council and the Education Committee. It is also proposed that an independent party be commissioned to conduct an assessment of the food in Hafnarfjörður's primary schools in accordance with general requirements and the recommendations of the Public Health Institute. The mayor is also tasked with comparing the canteen arrangements in other municipalities.“$line$$line$Rósa Guðbjartsdóttir (sign), Margrét Gauja Magnúsdóttir (sign), Guðrún Ágústa Guðmundsdóttir (sign),$line$Valdimar Svavarsson (sign), Kristinn Andersen (sign), Geir Jónsson (sign), Helga Ingólfsdóttir (sign),$line$Gunnar Axel Axelsson (sign), Eyjólfur Sæmundsson (sign), Sigríður Björk Jónsdóttir (sign), Guðfinna Guðmundsdóttir (sign). $line$$line$$line$Kristinn Andersen spoke. $line$$line$ A short recess was taken. $line$$line$ The meeting was resumed and adjourned.