Issue - meetings

To consider the recommendations of the Outside Organisations Sub-Committee at its meeting on 13^th September 2010.

The Committee considered a report setting out the recommendations of the Outside Organisations Sub-Committee.

The Sub-Committee had been appointed by the Constitution Committee at its meeting on 24^th June 2010 and comprised six Members in accordance with the rules of political proportionality (4:1:1), the Members being Councillors D Brickhill, R Cartlidge, J P Findlow, S Jones, P Whiteley and J Wray.

The Sub-Committee had been appointed on the following basis:

(a)               to serve for the remainder of the Municipal Year;

(b)               to meet on an ad hoc basis;

(c)               to oversee appointments to Category 2 outside organisations in general, and to address any issues which emerge in respect of those appointments;

(d)               to continue with the review started by the former Task Group in respect of establishing the effectiveness and appropriateness of representation; and

(e)               to report back to the Constitution Committee as and when it considers appropriate within the Municipal Year.

The Sub-Committee had held its first meeting on 13 September 2010.  Councillor Shirley Jones had been appointed Chairman to serve for the remainder of the Municipal Year.

The report set out the Sub-Committee’s recommendations on a number of casual vacancies and requests by new outside organisations for Council representation. Detailed background information on each organisation was included in the report.

The Officers reported that the Wilmslow Trust had been included in the report in error as there was no vacancy on that body.

RESOLVED

That

(1)   the following Councillors be appointed to the casual vacancies indicated:

(a)       Eaton Hall Sand Quarry Liaison Group, Congleton:

            Councillor A Knowles

(b)       King’s School, Macclesfield: Councillor H Gaddum

(c)        Amos Johnson Fund: Councillor G Barton

(2)   Linden Bank Community Liaison Group be added to the Category 2 list of outside organisations, and Councillor Barry Moran be appointed as the Council’s representative;

(3)   Maw Green Landfill Site Community Liaison Meeting be added to the list of Category 2 organisations, and Councillors J Hammond and C G Thorley be appointed as the representatives, subject to the  establishment of the legal implications of representation;

(4)   no change be made in the representation on Cheshire Landfill Tax Advisory Panel (ie Councillor D Brickhill to remain as the representative);

(5)   the Association for Public Service Excellence (APSE) be added to the list of Category 2 organisations, and Councillor J P Findlow be appointed as the Council’s representative; and

(6)   Cabinet be asked to agree to the re-designation of the Standing Advisory Council for Religious Education (SACRE) as a Category 2 organisation.