Issue - meetings

To consider a report proposing the withdrawal by the Council from the Cheshire and Wirral Councils Joint Scrutiny Committee with immediate effect.

The Committee considered a report proposing the withdrawal of the Council from the Cheshire and Wirral Councils Joint Scrutiny Committee with immediate effect.

Cheshire West and Chester Council had already withdrawn from the Joint Scrutiny Committee which meant that the Committee could no longer hold legally constituted meetings. In light of Cheshire West’s decision, the Scrutiny Chairmen’s Group at its meeting on 1^st June 2012 had concluded that it would not be possible for the Joint Committee to continue and that Cheshire East Council should now concentrate on how it could best influence mental health provision locally. The scrutiny of mental health provision in Cheshire East could be accommodated within the Council’s own scrutiny arrangements.

RESOLVED

That the Council’s nominations to the Cheshire and Wirral Councils Joint Scrutiny Committee be formally withdrawn with immediate effect and the Borough Solicitor be authorised to make any consequential amendments to the Constitution.