DEMANDS are expected to be made today for the resignation of York transport boss Ann Reid following a controversial green light wedding party stunt.

Labour leader, Coun Dave Merrett, has tabled a motion of no confidence, calling on the executive member for planning and transport to stand down.

He claims she brought the council into disrepute by "taking advantage of her position for the personal advantage of herself and her family, contrary to the council's code of conduct".

Controversy surrounds an incident this summer when a wedding party for Coun Reid's daughter was whisked through nine sets of lights on green by council engineers testing a new system to aid emergency vehicles.

In an Evening Press interview, Coun Reid, admitted her decision to allow the party to be used in the experiment was "not the best judgement I have ever made", but insisted it was "for the best reasons".

She believed she was helping to test a traffic control system that could save lives, she said. And she insisted she would not resign over the fiasco.

In an agenda outlining council business at The Guildhall this evening, Coun Merrett claims Coun Reid has "consistently let down the residents of this city".

He also cites her involvement in "excessive" parking charges and metering, delaying the A59 Park and Ride, overdevelopment of the Barbican site and the high number of "inappropriate" flat developments in York.

Updated: 09:52 Tuesday, November 15, 2005