Issue - meetings

In accordance with paragraphs 2.24 of the Council’s Committee Procedure Rules and Appendix on Public Speaking a total period of 15 minutes is allocated for members of the public to put questions to the committee on any matter relating to this agenda. Each member of the public will be allowed up to two minutes each to speak, and the Chair will have discretion to vary this where they consider it appropriate.

Members of the public wishing to speak are required to provide notice of this at least three clear working days’ in advance of the meeting and should include the question with that notice.

Councillor David Marren attended the meeting as a visiting Member and wished to speak on Ward Budgets and the Cheshire East Members Code of Conduct.

Councillor Marren reminded the Committee that on the 17Feb 2021 he moved an amendment at Council in respect of Ward Budgets, the amendment was approved by a majority.

Councillor Marren noted the £4,200 member grants, but accepted the original government grant and source of the funding did have rules attached to it.

Councillor Marren was concerned that the member grants were being described as a pilot, something he disputed from the original decision taken by Council, and had repeatedly requested information on who made the decision to pilot.  Councillor Marren did not believe the original decision had been implemented properly and circulated a note of the key points for Members consideration.

The Chair used discretion to enable Councillor Marren to speak on at the beginning of the Members Code of Conduct item ahead of any Committee debate.