Issue - meetings

To consider the recommendations of the Corporate Policy Committee.

Consideration was given to the recommendations of the Corporate Policy Committee in respect of the Calendar of Meetings for 2024/25.

The Corporate Policy Committee, at its meeting on 13 February 2024, had considered the draft Calendar of Meetings for 2024/25 and had recommended to Council that the calendar be approved and that each Service Committee, including the Finance Sub Committee, arrange one twilight meeting over the course of its scheduled cycle of meetings during 2024/25.

RESOLVED:  That

1        the draft calendar of meetings for Cheshire East Council 2024/25 be approved, subject to delegated powers being granted to the Director of Governance and Compliance, in consultation with committee chairs and vice chairs, to make any changes to the calendar of meetings which might arise from the review of the committee structure.

2        each Service Committee, including the Finance Sub Committee, arrange one twilight meeting over the course of its scheduled cycle of meetings during 2024/25.

To consider a report on the draft calendar of meetings for 2024-25.

The Committee considered a report on the Calendar of Meetings for 2024-2025.

It was proposed, seconded and subsequently carried that, as a trial over the course of the next municipal year, every Service Committee, including the Finance Sub Committee, arranged one twilight meeting scheduled over the cycle of its meetings. It was agreed that individual Service Committees should determine the start time (twilight being between 4-6pm). 

RESOLVED (unanimously):

That the Corporate Policy Committee:

1.    That the draft calendar of meetings for Cheshire East Council for the municipal year 2024/25 be recommended to Council for approval, subject to delegated  powers being granted to the Director of Governance and Compliance, in consultation with committee chairs and vice chairs, to make any changes to the calendar of meetings which might arise from the review of the committee structure.

2.    Recommends to Council that each Service Committee, including the Finance Sub Committee, arrange one twilight meeting over the course of its scheduled cycle of meetings during 2024-25.

Councillor Craig Browne left the meeting at 17.38 and did not return.

Cllr James Pearson left the meeting at 17.41 and did not return.