Issue - meetings

To consider and approve the Submission on Council size to the Boundary Committee, prepared by the Task Group, in particular the proposal for the future number of Members for Cheshire East Council.

                      Council was requested to consider and approve the Submission on Council size to the Boundary Committee, prepared by the Task Group of Shadow Council members, set up to consider this matter, in particular the proposal for the future number of Members for Cheshire East Council.

                         An addendum to the report was circulated at the meeting, which stated that, at the same time as the Council agenda was published, Town and Parish Councils were consulted on the Council size paper. Representations received

                                 to date included general queries and concerns about the short consultation

                                 period (dictated by the Boundary Committee’s timetable) and more specifically, Poynton Parish Council was recommending a Council size of 95 Members, Stapeley and District Parish Council was suggesting of the order of 140 Members,Church Minshull & Barthomley Parish Councils were broadly supportive of the 82 member proposal as et out in the submission.

   It was proposed to add for greater clarity at the end of paragraph 10.6 of the proposed submission under the Local and Partnership working heading the following additional wording.

“The provisional number of councillors for each LAP area which would allow for nesting of ward boundaries within LAPs would be

Congleton                 21

Crewe                        17

Knutsford                      6

Macclesfield             16

Nantwich                      8

Poynton                        6

Wilmslow                      8

                                 82”

It was also noted that paragraph 11.6 needed to be amended to state that in due course the Charter Trustees “may be” replaced by Town Councils for both areas and not “will be”. The proposer and seconder also agreed that paragraph 8.2 of the submission should be deleted.

It was proposed by Councillor RWJ Fitzgerald and seconded by  Councillor P Mason and:-

  RESOLVED

 That, subject to the above amendments, the Submission on Council size to the 

 Boundary Committee, prepared by the Task Group, in particular the proposal

 for the future number of Members for Cheshire East Council be approved.