Questions to Cabinet Members
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.
Minutes:
Councillor A Moran welcomed the ESAR report and in particular the work being done at the Barony Sport Complex in Nantwich. He asked that local members be kept informed. The Portfolio Holder for Communities responded that the works at the Barony were part of the wider Five Towns Plan to increase and enhance leisure provision in Cheshire East.
Councillor B Murphy spoke in support of the Notice of Motion on Council land holdings but said that he would like to see allotment provision and the tree lining of roads included. He also expressed concern about development proposals for Disley and the potential consequences for the road network and pollution levels. The Portfolio Holder for Environment and Regeneration encouraged Councillor Murphy to feed his comments into the consultation on the draft Environment Strategy.
Councillor J Saunders spoke about the meeting of Cabinet on 6th August when she had asked for local town council clerks to be involved in the forthcoming multi-agency debriefing event following the flooding at Poynton. Councillor Saunders expressed disappointment that the meeting had not yet taken place. She also asked for FAQs to be prepared and published to assist the public and parish councils.
At the Leader’s request, the Executive Director Place responded that arrangements for the multi-agency partnership debriefing would soon be finalised although the Council had no direct control over it. He undertook to advise on the arrangements when final. He also undertook to consider the provision of FAQs. The Portfolio Holder for Highways reported the progress made by Cheshire East Council in clearing gulleys in Poynton and in working with the utility company to clear sewer pipework.