Questions
In accordance with paragraph 1.18 of the Council Procedure Rules, opportunity is provided for Members of the Council to ask the Mayor, the appropriate Cabinet Member or the Chairman of a Committee any question about a matter which the Council, the Cabinet or the Committee has powers, duties or responsibilities.
At Council meetings, there will be a maximum question time period of 30 minutes. Questions will be selected by the Mayor, using the criteria agreed by Council. Any questions which are accepted, but which cannot be dealt with during the allotted period will be answered in writing. Questions must be brief, clear and focussed.
Minutes:
1. Cllr G Baxendale asked the Cabinet Member for Corporate Policy to join him in thanking the officers and Members involved in enabling the Cheshire East Reflects programme over the past four years. Cllr Findlow, Corporate Policy and Legal Services Portfolio Holder, responded.
2. Cllr N Mannion referred to questions that he had submitted previously concerning hydrolic fracking and stated that he had received a holding response, but that there was still no settled policy on this issue. He referred to the Government proposals to remove mineral planning powers from Local Authorities and asked the Leader of the Council to write to local MPs and the relevant Minster to ask that the powers not be removed. The Leader of the Council responded briefly and undertook to provide a written response, or to submit a report to Cabinet.
3. Cllr S Gardiner asked the Leader to provide assurance that any definition of anti-semitismused by the Council would be that accepted nationally and not any diluted version. The Leader of the Council responded briefly and undertook that Cabinet would consider the matter.
4. Cllr A Moran referred to a recent meeting of the Constitution Committee, where two items regarding an all party working group relating to an alternative committee system and regarding chairmanships and vice-chairmanships being offered to opposition parties, were voted down and he asked whether the Council was Member-led or Whip-led. Cllr A Martin, Chairman of the Constitution Committee, responded.
5. Cllr G Baggott asked why the public car parks in Macclesfield town centre were being resurfaced to the detriment of pot holes in the town centre. The Leader of the Council responded.
6. Cllr C Andrew referred to regeneration and asked what assurance he and the residents of Macclesfield could be given that the decision of ASK to withdraw from the proposed town centre development would not have a damaging effect on the town centre and what sort of alternative scheme could be expected from the Council for the regeneration of the town. The Leader of the Council responded.
7. Cllr P Groves referred to the Connected Community Centres and stated that, in Nantwich, there had been two very useful meetings with the relevant officers regarding potentially expanding the programmes to utilise programmes in Nantwich and Stapeley. He asked whether the delivery of the centres was on schedule and how this was progressing. Cllr J Clowes, Adult Social Care and Integration Portfolio Holder, responded.
8. Cllr M Deakin referred to the Cemetery Strategy report, considered by Cabinet, where it had been agreed that the Council would meet with Alsager Town Council and residents. He asked that, given the limited number of burial spaces in Alsager and the continuing demand for plots, when would the pledged meeting take place. The Leader of the Council responded briefly, with assistance from Cllr D Marren, Chair of Orbitas Bereavement Services, and undertook to provide a written response.
9. Cllr Menlove referred to limited parking capacity in Wilmslow, leading ... view the full minutes text for item 24