Issue - meetings

To consider the outstanding responses from Councillors and organisations surveyed in Phase 2 of the review, and the responses received to those contacted in Phase 3.

N.B: A schedule of the responses received will be circulated in the near future. 

Consideration was given to the replies received from those organisations and Members surveyed in Phase 3 of the review.

Each set of responses was considered in turn and the further actions below were proposed for the organisations shown:-

1.    Maw Green Landfill Site Community Liaison Meeting –  Clarification be sought of the number of Councillor representatives to be appointed. 

2.    Northern Regional Association for Sensory Support – delete from the list as no meetings have been held, correspondence to the organisation has been returned marked ‘gone away’, and no further information has been found.

3.    Over Peover Educational Foundation – delete from list as no meetings have been held and no response received from the organisation; the organisation to be advised it can ask to be added back on if it is necessary.

4.    Public Transport Association – Response to be requested from Cllr Davenport, and further contact details to be sought from Cllr Fletcher.  In the light of information received further consideration to be given to whether this should be a Category 1 or 2 appointment.

5.    Sandbach Park Steering Group – delete from the list as it is not an outside organisation and relates to a Cheshire East function. 

6.    Sir John Deane’s College, Northwich – Response from the College to be requested.

7.    Sir Thomas Delves Foundation, Wybunbury – that the vacancy be filled with in accordance with the Casual Vacancies Procedure.

8.    Stanley and Brocklehurst Almshouses Trust – that a response be sent to confirm that from now on Cheshire East Council will appoint one representative, rather than the previous four, and that this would also pertain for the Fence Trust.

9.    Transport Futures – further information to be sought from Cllr Davenport.

10.University of Keele Court – Noted that this was now defunct.  Further information to be sought from the Organisation regarding successor arrangements for local representation.  

11.Youth Federation of Cheshire, Halton, Warrington and Wirral - Delete from list as no meetings have been held and no response received from the organisation; the organisation to be advised it can ask to be added back on if it is necessary.

During the course of the discussion it came to the attention of the Sub-Committee that South Cheshire College of Further Education did not have any Cheshire East Councillor representation on its Board of Governors.  The Sub-Committee considered that it should in line with other similar establishments in the area such as Macclesfield College, and Reaseheath.  It was therefore proposed that the Chairman of the Sub-Committee write to the College to see if they would like a Cheshire East Councillor representative on their Board or as a co-opted member.

RESOLVED

1.    For the reasons set out above the Northern Regional Association for Sensory Support, the Over Peover Educational Foundation, Sandbach Park Steering Group, the University of Keele Court and the Youth Federation of Cheshire, Halton, Warrington and Wirral, be removed from the list of outside organisations appointed to by the Council.

2.    That further information  ...  view the full minutes text for item 47