Issue - meetings

To consider a report of the Governance Group on the ongoing recruitment process for Parish Council representatives and to make a recommendation on appointments.

The Committee considered a report on the recruitment process for Parish Council representation on the Standards Committee.

The Shadow Council had decided that the Committee’s membership would include 3 Parish Council Members and a recruitment exercise had taken place through the Cheshire Association of Local Councils (CHALC). An agreed Job Description and Person Specification had been sent to CHALC who had received five applications in response to the recruitment exercise.  A Panel comprising Executive Representatives from the Cheshire East area had been convened to consider the applications and recommend three applicants –

• Councillor Teresa Eatough –Weston and Basford Parish Council;
• Councillor Kenneth Edwards – Bollington Parish Council;
• Councillor Patricia Barnett – Twemlow Parish Council.

Each Councillor was currently a Member of the relevant Borough

Council’s Standards Committee.  The two remaining candidates’ names would be retained by CHALC as reserves in case the proposed Parish Councillors were unable to undertake the role.  The Parish Council representatives must be present if the Committee was discussing Parish issues.

RESOLVED:

That Council be advised to approve the appointment of the following three Parish Councillors as Parish Council representatives on the Standards Committee:

• Councillor Teresa Eatough;
• Councillor Kenneth Edwards;
• Councillor Patricia Barnett.