Agenda and minutes

To provide an opportunity for Members and Officers to declare any personal and/or prejudicial interests in any item on the agenda

Councillors J P Findlow, C Andrew, A Moran, R West and P Whiteley declared personal, non-prejudicial interests in relation to an item in the minutes of the last meeting concerning the rights and privileges of Honorary Aldermen and Freemen. They had all been admitted as Honorary Aldermen by their former authorities and would therefore become Honorary Aldermen on their retirement from Cheshire East Council.

In accordance with Procedure Rules Nos.11 and 35 a period of 10 minutes is allocated for members of the public to address the meeting on any matter relevant to the work of the meeting. Individual members of the public may speak for up to 5 minutes but the Chairman will decide how the period of time allocated for public speaking will be apportioned where there are a number of speakers. Members of the public are not required to give notice to use this facility. However, as a matter of courtesy, a period of 24 hours’ notice is encouraged.

Members of the public wishing to ask a question at the meeting should provide at least three clear working days’ notice in writing and should include the question with that notice. This will enable an informed answer to be given.

There were no members of the public wishing to speak or ask a question.

To approve the minutes of the meeting held on 18^th November 2010.

RESOLVED

That the minutes of the meeting held on 18^th November 2010 be approved as a correct record subject to the following amendment to the resolution of Minute 27 (Honorary Aldermen and Freemen):

“RESOLVED

That Council be recommended to agree that

(1)  the rights and privileges of all Cheshire East Honorary Aldermen and Freemen be extended to include:

a.     Admission tickets to the Cheshire County Show and the RHS Flower Show provided for by the Council for themselves and one guest;

b.      A life Pass for Tatton Park provided for by the Council;

(2)  the rights and privileges of all Cheshire East Members be extended to include:

a.      Admission tickets to the Cheshire County Show and the RHS Flower Show provided for by the Council for themselves and one guest;

b.      A life Pass for Tatton Park provided for by the Council;

(3)   the organising committee for the Cheshire County Show, with the support of Cheshire East Council, be invited to consider the reintroduction of a lunch for civic and other dignitaries on a similar basis to that organised by the former County Council with tickets being offered to Cheshire East Honorary Aldermen and Freemen, Members or other local dignitaries on the basis that the cost of the tickets would be met by those invited.”

[Note: at the Council meeting on 16^th December 2010, the minute was further amended by the deletion of the word ‘life’ from resolution 2(b).]

To consider the recommendations of the Wilmslow Community Governance Review Sub-Committee and make a recommendation to Council.

The Sub-Committee will be meeting on 9^th December 2010. The report to be considered by the Sub-Committee is attached.

The recommendations of the Sub-Committee will be circulated in due course.

The Committee considered the recommendations of the Wilmslow Community Governance Review Sub-Committee following the second stage of public consultation.

The Sub-Committee’s minutes were circulated at the Committee’s meeting. These made recommendations on the creation of parish councils, numbers of councillors, warding arrangements and transitional arrangements. The Sub-Committee had also considered proposed budgets for the first year of operation of the new councils and had resolved that these be considered further and revised in agreement with the Chairman for recommendation to the Constitution Committee and Council. An addendum to the Sub-Committee’s minutes, setting out the budgets and indicative Council tax levels agreed with the Chairman, was circulated at the Committee’s meeting, together with a number of detailed indicative budgets which the Chairman had considered.

RESOLVED

That the Committee having taken into account all responses made during the Second Stage of consultation, and the recommendations of the Wilmslow Community Governance Review Sub-Committee, and having regard to the need to ensure that Community Governance within the area reflects the identities and interests of the Community, and is effective and convenient, Council be recommended to affirm its recommendations made on 22^nd July 2010 and that:

(1)   having regard to comparator information for Parish Councils in Cheshire East, and having regard to electoral equality, three new parishes be created and the number of Councillors to serve on each of the new Parish Councils be as follows:

a.   Handforth: 7 Councillors

b.   Styal: 7 Councillors

c.   Wilmslow: 15 Councillors

(2)   four wards be created for the Wilmslow Parish and named as follows, to provide as far as possible coterminous boundaries for electoral purposes:

i. Wilmslow West (comprising 5 Councillors: polling districts 8FH1, 8FJ1, 8FG1, 8FC1, 8FA1(part), 8FB1(part), 8FD1(part);

ii. Lacey Green (comprising 2 Councillors: polling districts 8EK1, 8EA1(part), 8FD1(part);

iii. Dean Row (comprising 4 Councillors: polling districts 8EA1(part), 8EB1, 8EC1, 8ED1, 8EE1); and

iv .Wilmslow East (comprising 4 Councillors: polling districts 8FD1(part), 8FA1(part), 8FB1(part), 8FE1, 8FF1)

(3)   three wards be created for the Handforth Parish and named as follows:

i. Handforth West (comprising 3 Councillors: polling districts 8EG1, 8EJ1)

ii.Handforth East (comprising 2 Councillors: polling district 8EH1); and

iii.Handforth South (comprising 2 Councillors: polling district 8EF1)

(4)   accordingly, and subject to the following, the detailed provisions of the draft Cheshire East Borough Council (Re-organisation  of Community Governance) Order 2010, as submitted to the meeting be approved  and that the Borough Solicitor be authorised to issue the Order and to make any necessary technical and detailed amendments as may be required:

a.      the transitional arrangements for the proposed town and parish councils be dealt with by the Wilmslow Community Governance Review Sub-Committee in consultation with relevant local Ward Members; and

b.      the proposed budgets for the first year of the new councils be as follows:

Wilmslow Parish Council   -   £244,275   Indicative Council tax of

£23.00 per Band D property

Handforth Parish Council   -    £85,000   Indicative Council tax of

£28.00 per Band D property

Styal Parish Council           -      £8,200     Indicative Council tax of

£28.00 per Band  ...  view the full minutes text for item 38.

To consider the views of the Independent Remuneration Panel on the level of allowances currently paid in respect of Member mileage and to make a recommendation to Council.

RESOLVED

That no recommendations be made to Council at the present time with regard to the level of allowances paid in respect of Member mileage and the matter be considered further when the Independent Remuneration Panel has concluded its 2010 review of the Member Allowances Scheme as a whole and reported thereon to the Council.