King’s School Governors - Macclesfield
Councillor David Neilson has notified the Council that he has resigned from his King’s School Governors appointment.
The appointment of Governors to the King’s School, Macclesfield is a category two appointment. In accordance with the Casual vacancy procedure, it falls to the same political group to make a replacement nomination. The Leader of the Liberal Democrat Group, Cllr Fletcher has been contacted and asked whether his group wishes to make an appointment. If the group chooses not to make an appointment the procedure then requires that other Groups be invited to make a nomination. As this is a recent resignation, it has not been possible to establish whether the Liberal Democrat group wish to make an appointment. If they do not, other groups will be contacted and an update on the position will be given at the meeting.
Minutes:
Councillor Paul Findlow had declared a non-pecuniary interest in this item.
Consideration was given to filling a vacancy on the Board of Governors of the King’s School which had arisen due to the recent resignation of Councillor David Neilson.
In accordance with the established casual vacancy procedure the Leader of the relevant political group had been asked to provide a replacement; the Liberal Democrat Group had, however, indicated that it did not wish to provide a replacement at this time.
Following consultation with the remaining political groups a nomination had been received from the Independent Group for the vacancy to be filled by Councillor Brendan Murphy. It was agreed that additional time was needed for the matter to be fully considered by the remaining political groups.
RESOLVED
That any additional nominations be sought from the Conservative and Labour Groups and that the matter then be referred to the Constitution Committee for a decision to be made.