Issue - meetings

To agree the following:

(1)   List of consultees

(2)   Press release and public notices

(3)   Arrangements for 3 public meetings

(4)   Explanatory leaflet to consultees

(5)   Postal ballot paper to electors

A revised list of consultees had been circulated for consideration.

Members asked that the following bodies be added:

?       Spath Lane Estate Residents’ Association

?       Wilmslow Forum

?       Lacey Green Residents’ Association

?       St Bartholomew’s Church, Wilmslow

?       St Theresa’s Church, Wilmslow

?       St Chad’s Church, Handforth

?       St Benedict’s Church, Handforth

?       St Mary’s Church, Handforth

?       Local Round Tables

?       Local Rotary Clubs

?       Local Women’s Institutes/Guilds

?       Friends of Meriton Road Park

Members also considered the draft public notices and press releases for the public meetings and Stage 1 consultation. These were agreed subject to the removal of all references to ‘local council’ and ‘parish council’. The term ‘town council’ would be the sole term used in all public consultation and publicity documents.

Finally, Members considered a first draft of the leaflet. The population figure for the Review area had been revised to 30,700.

Members asked that the following amendments be made to the draft leaflet:

?       As with the public notices, remove all references to ‘local council’ and ‘parish council’.

?       Change heading of section on paying for local council to ‘How much does a town council cost?’

?       Remove non-Cheshire councils from the precept list and insert any missing Cheshire councils

?       Extract the relevant precept information from the recently-approved list of precepts for Cheshire East

?       Right-align the figure columns

RESOLVED

That

(1)   the list of consultees be further updated and circulated to members of the Sub-Committee with a view to any further bodies for inclusion on the list being notified to the Elections and Registration Team Manager as soon as possible;

(2)   subject to the removal of all references to ‘local council’ and ‘parish council’, the draft public notices and press releases for the public meetings and Stage 1 consultation be approved; and

(3)   the draft leaflet be amended and circulated to members of the Sub-Committee, and the revised version be submitted to the next meeting for approval.