Issue - meetings

To consider the recommendations from the Corporate Policy Committee and approve the calendar of meetings for the municipal year 2022/23.

Consideration was given to the recommendations of the Corporate Policy Committee in respect of the Calendar of Meetings for 2022/23.

The Corporate Policy Committee, at its meeting on 10 February 2022, had considered the draft Calendar of Meetings for 2022/23.  The Committee had also considered a provisional draft calendar of dates for the period May to October 2023 which was intended to assist members in planning their diaries further ahead.

RESOLVED:  That

1          the draft calendar of meeting for Cheshire East Council for 2022/23 be approved subject to the following:

                      i.        meetings of the Audit and Governance Committee commence at 10.30 am on the stated dates, except for 29 September 2022 and 24 November 2022 when the start time will be 2 pm;

                     ii.        subject to the agreement of external partner organisations where appropriate, the meeting of the Shared Services Joint Committee scheduled to take place on 27 January 2023 be rescheduled to avoid Holocaust Memorial Day;

                   iii.        the Constitution Working Group give consideration, prior to the 2023 elections, to whether some formal meetings should be ‘twilight’ or evening meetings; and

                   iv.        the Constitution Working Group give consideration, prior to the preparation of the Calendar of Meetings for 2023, to whether it would be appropriate to introduce a standard commencement time of 10 am for all morning meetings of formal bodies.

2          the draft Calendar of Meetings for the period May to October 2023 be noted.