Issue - meetings

To consider the role description for the position of Member Development Champion and the nominations for the position.

The Committee considered the nominations for the position of Member Development Champion for Cheshire East Council.

The Member Development Panel had recently agreed in principle to the drawing up of role descriptions for Members of Cheshire East Council. Work was currently underway on drafting the descriptions which would be shared with Members before being submitted to the Governance and Constitution Committee for consideration in due course. 

The Member Development Panel had considered ways of establishing formal links between the Officers tasked with supporting Member training and development and the Members themselves. Its conclusion was to recommend the appointment of Member Development Champions, who would act as advocates for Member Training and Development and who would work with Members and Officers to deliver the commitments outlined in the Member Development Strategy. A draft role description for Member Development Champions had been circulated with the report. It was proposed that a Champion should be nominated from each of the political groups.

RESOLVED

That

(1)   the role description for the position of Member Development Champion be approved; and 

(2)   Councillors Wesley Fitzgerald, Ainsley Arnold, Paul Edwards and Dorothy Flude be appointed as Member Development Champions for Cheshire East Council.