Issue - meetings

In accordance with Council Procedure Rule 35 and Appendix 7 to the rules, a total period of 15 minutes is allocated for members of the public to speak at Council meetings. 

Individual members of the public may speak for up to 5 minutes, but the Mayor will decide how the period of time allocated for public speaking will be apportioned, where there are a number of speakers.

Members of the public wishing to ask a question at the meeting should provide at least three clear working days’ notice in writing and should include the question with that notice. This will enable an informed answer to be given. It is not a requirement to give notice of the intention to make use of public speaking provision. However, as a matter of courtesy, a period of 24 hours notice is encouraged.

(Note – This item is reserved for matters relating to the budget. There is a further item relating to public speaking on the agenda for the afternoon session for non-budget related matters).

Mrs Charlotte Peters Rock used public speaking time to request that, in view of the rapidly ageing population in Cheshire East and for the good health of the disabled, which put pressure on services, the Council put more funding into the Adult Social care budget when the budget was considered. She highlighted a number of examples where funding had been allocated for other projects in Cheshire East and stated that the Council should focus on vulnerable people and to ensure that the disabled were cared for.