Issue - meetings

A period of 20 minutes is allocated for questions to be put to Cabinet Members by members of the Council. Notice of questions need not be given in advance of the meeting. Questions must relate to the powers, duties or responsibilities of the Cabinet. Questions put to Cabinet Members must relate to their portfolio responsibilities.

The Leader will determine how Cabinet question time should be allocated where there are a number of Members wishing to ask questions. Where a question relates to a matter which appears on the agenda, the Leader may allow the question to be asked at the beginning of consideration of that item.

Councillor D Flude referred to her Notice of Motion on Taxi Licensing which had been considered by Cabinet at its meeting on 10 April 2014.  It was resolved the Portfolio Holder would write to the Secretary of State for Transport asking the Government to close the loopholes and potential for abuse left open as a result of cross border hiring and that the letter would also be sent to local MPs.  She asked if the letter had been sent and if any responses had been received.  The Portfolio Holder for Housing, Planning and Regeneration agreed to look into this.

Councillor D Flude stated that the residents of Lunt Avenue in Crewe had written to the Highways Department on 31 May 2018 about the London Plane trees, asking for them to be taken down.  No response had been received and she asked if the Portfolio Holder for Environment or the Executive Director of Place could look into this.

Cllr Corcoran stated that after Lyme Green it took 6 months of pressure before the Designated Independent Person’s report was released and asked when would the Designated Independent Person reports into the recently departed senior officers be released.  The Leader of the Council responded that the Council had a cross party Independent Disciplinary Committee which was still considering matters and whilst this was happening there would be no debate and no response to questions relating to these matters.

Cllr G Baxendale asked if the Council would do a review of the strategy for dropped kerbs in the major towns in the Borough.  The Leader of the Council agreed to forward this to the Portfolio Holder for Environment to consider.