Agenda and minutes

With deep regret, the Mayor referred to the death on 4 April 2017 of Councillor Maureen Rowles who had served on the Council since May 1980.  It was reported that Councillor Rowles had also served as the Mayor of Stockport during 2000/2001 and as the Deputy Mayor in 1997/1998.

Each Party Group Leader then addressed the Council Meeting and paid tribute to Councillor Rowles.

Members of the Council then stood in silence as a mark of respect to the memory of Councillor Rowles.

(a)     To elect a Mayor for the ensuing year.

(b)     The person elected to make a declaration of acceptance of office.

(c)     The Mayor to return thanks for her election.

MOVED BY               Councillor Syd Lloyd

SECONDED BY       Councillor Alanna Vine

RESOLVED UNANIMOUSLY - That Councillor Linda Holt of 76 Lyme Road, Hazel Grove, Stockport be elected Mayor of this Borough for the period to the next Annual Council Meeting.

Councillor Holt then made and signed the declaration of acceptance of office required by law to qualify her to act in the office of Mayor.

The Mayor (Councillor Linda Holt) in the chair

The Mayor expressed thanks to the Council for her election.

The Mayor informed the Council that Mr Ken Holt had agreed to act as her Consort.  The Mayor’s Consort was then invested with his badge of office by the retiring Mayoress (Dr Margaret Gordon).

(a)     To thank the Past Mayor and Past Mayoress for their services during their term of office.

(b)     Presentation to the Past Mayor and Past Mayoress of badges in the form of replicas of the badge attached to the Mayoral Chain as mementos of their term of office.

(c)     The Past Mayor to reply.

MOVED BY              Councillor Stuart Corris

SECONDED BY       Councillor Lisa Smart

RESOLVED UNANIMOUSLY - That thanks be tendered to the Past Mayor and the Past Mayoress for their services during their term of office. The Mayor then presented the Past Mayor and the Mayor’s Consort then presented to the Past Mayoress, badges in the form of replicas of the badge attached to the mayoral chain as mementos of their term of office.

The Past Mayor replied.

(a)     To appoint a Deputy Mayor for the ensuing year.

(b)     The person appointed to make a declaration of acceptance of office.

(c)     The Deputy Mayor to return thanks for his appointment.

MOVED BY               Councillor Yvonne Guariento

SECONDED BY       Councillor Tom Grundy

RESOLVED UNANIMOUSLY - That Councillor Walter Brett of 17 Claremont Avenue, Heaton Chapel, Stockport be appointed Deputy Mayor of this Borough for the period to the next Annual Council Meeting.

Councillor Brett then made and signed the declaration of acceptance of office required by law to qualify him to act in the office of Deputy Mayor.

The Deputy Mayor expressed thanks to the Council for his appointment.

The Deputy Mayor informed the Council that Mrs Maureen Brett had agreed to act as his Deputy Mayoress. The Deputy Mayoress was then invested with her chain of office by the Past Deputy Mayoress (Mrs Angela Bennett).

(a)     To thank the Past Deputy Mayor and Past Deputy Mayoress for their services during their term of office.

(b)     Presentation to the Past Deputy Mayor and the Past Deputy Mayoress of badges as mementos of their term of office.

(c)     The Past Deputy Mayor to reply.

MOVED BY               Councillor Brian Bagnall

SECONDED BY       Councillor Alanna Vine

RESOLVED UNANIMOUSLY - That thanks be tendered to the Past Deputy Mayor and Past Deputy Mayoress for their services during their term of office.

The Deputy Mayor then presented the Past Deputy Mayor a badge as a memento of her term of office.

The Past Deputy Mayor replied.

To approve as a correct record and to sign the minutes of the meeting of the Council Meeting held on 30 March 2017.

The Minutes of the Council Meeting held on 30 March 2017 were approved as a correct record and signed by the Mayor.

Stockport Air Disaster

The Mayor announced that a commemorative service would take place on Sunday, 4 June 2017 10.00 am to mark the 50^th Anniversary of the Stockport Air Disaster

Civic Service – 4 June 2017

The Mayor further informed the Council Meeting that the Civic Service would be held on Sunday, 4 June 2017 at 12.15 pm at the Stockport (St Mary’s) Parish Church and that the sermon would be preached by the Bishop of Stockport.

The Mayor’s Charity

The Mayor reported that the Mayor’s Charity would be raising funds for RSPCA Stockport and The Arc, Romiley.

Members and officers to declare any interest which they may have in any of the items on the Summons for this meeting.

Councillors and officers were invited to declare any interest which they had in any of the items on the Summons for this meeting.

No declarations of interest were made.

To note that Councillor Alex Ganotis is appointed the Cabinet Leader and Leader of the Council until the meeting of the Annual Council in May 2019.

RESOLVED - That it be noted that Councillor Alex Ganotis has been appointed the Cabinet Leader and Leader of the Council until the Annual Meeting of the Council in May 2019.

To receive a report from the Leader of the Council on -

(i)        the number of councillors appointed to the Cabinet;

(ii)       appointments made to the Cabinet;

(iii)      the appointment of the Deputy Cabinet Leader (Deputy Leader of the Council); and

(iv)      the allocation of responsibilities (portfolios).                                 

The Cabinet Leader (Leader of the Council) reported that he had appointed a Deputy Cabinet Leader (Deputy Leader of the Council) and other members of the Cabinet as follows and that they would be responsible for the portfolios indicated:-

Health and Wellbeing Board

The Cabinet Leader reported on the appointment of the following four councillors and that HealthWatch and the Stockport Clinical Commissioning Group has appointed the following representatives in addition to the statutory officers required to be appointed by law:-

Stockport Council

4 Councillors

Laura Booth

Adrian Nottingham

Tom McGee (Chair)

John Wright

Substitutes                    Kenny Blair

                                        Sylvia Humphreys

                                        Keith Holloway

                                        Wendy Wild

Clinical Commissioning Group

Jane Crombleholme

Dr Ranjit Gill

Gaynor Mullins

Dr Vicci Owen Smith

HealthWatch

Tony Stokes

Substitute: Sue Carroll

Statutory Officers

Dr Stephen Watkins (as Director of Public Health)

Andrew Webb (as designated Director for Children Services and Adult Services)

NHSEngland

Trish Bennett

Stockport NHS Foundation Trust

Ann Barnes

Substitute: Judith Morris

Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust

Dr Henry Ticehurst

To consider a report of the Monitoring Officer.

The Leader of the Council (Policy, Finance & Devolution) (Councillor Alex Ganotis) submitted a report (copies of which had been circulated) requesting the Council Meeting Council Meeting - 24 May 2016 give consideration to the adoption of alternative arrangements in respect of appointments to committees, and not an allocation strictly in accordance with proportionality under section 15 of the Local Government and Housing Act 1989, provided that no member votes in opposition.

RESOLVED – That members be appointed to committees as set out in paragraph 2.1 of the report.

To appoint Scrutiny Committees, the Scrutiny Co-ordination Committee, Chairs and Vice-Chairs.

RESOLVED - That the Scrutiny Committees and the Scrutiny Co-ordination Committee be constituted as follows for the period until the next Annual Council Meeting, with terms of reference as set out in the Constitution:-

(a)     Adult Social Care & Health

          9 Councillors

Laura Booth (Chair)

Annette Finnie

Tom Grundy

Keith Holloway

Sue Ingham

Chris Murphy

John Taylor

David Wilson

John Wright (Vice-Chair)

(b)   Children & Families

          9 Councillors

Malcolm Allan

Dickie Davies

Tom Dowse (Vice-Chair)

Annette Finnie

Sylvia Humphreys

Wendy Meikle (Chair)

Paul Porgess

John Taylor

Elise Wilson

(i)      a representative of the Church of England Diocesan Education Committee -

          Ian Roberts

(ii)     a representative of the Roman Catholic Diocesan Education Authority -

          Vacancy

(iii)    representatives of Parent Governors – Malcolm Bardgett and Michelle Beecroft

(c)     Communities & Housing

          9 Councillors

Christine Corris (Chair)

Yvonne Guariento

Paul Hadfield

Mark Hunter

Julian Lewis-Booth (Vice-Chair)

Adrian Nottingham

Andy Sorton

Charlie Stewart

Mark Weldon

(d)     Corporate, Resource Management and Governance

          9 Councillors

Walter Brett

Anna Charles-Jones

Roy Driver

Philip Harding

Mike Hurleston

John McGahan (Chair)

Iain Roberts

Lisa Smart

June Somekh (Vice-Chair)

(e)     Economy & Regeneration

          9 Councillors

Kenny Blair

Stuart Bodsworth

Richard Coaton

Graham Greenhalgh(Vice-Chair)

Philip Harding

Oliver Johnstone (Chair)

Charlie Stewart

Jon Twigge

Suzanne Wyatt

 (f)     Co-ordination Committee

          The Chairs of the 5 Scrutiny Committee

Laura Booth

Christine Corris

Oliver Johnstone

Wendy Meikle (Chair)

John McGahan

To appoint Committees, Area Committees, Working Parties and other Member bodies.

RESOLVED - That  Ordinary Committees, Area Committees, Working Parties and other Member bodies be constituted as follows for the period until the next Annual Council Meeting and with terms of reference as set out in the Constitution:-

(a)     Ordinary Committees

(i)      Planning and Highways Regulation

          12 Councillors

Brian Bagnall (Vice-Chair)

Christine Corris

Graham Greenhalgh

Paul Hadfield

Philip Harding (Chair)

Daniel Hawthorne

Sylvia Humphreys

Julian Lewis-Booth

Wendy Meikle

Andy Sorton

John Taylor

Elise Wilson

(ii)     Licensing, Environment and Safety

          10 Councillors

Stuart Corris

Dickie Davies

Chris Gordon

Tom Grundy

Daniel Hawthorne

Sylvia Humphreys

Chris Murphy (Chair)

Alanna Vine (Vice-Chair)

Lisa Walker

David Wilson

Sub-Committee A

          3 Councillors

Tom Grundy

Chris Gordon (Chair)

Lisa Walker

          Sub-Committee B

          3 Councillors

Stuart Corris

Chris Murphy

Alanna Vine (Chair)

Substitutes on the Sub-Committees to be members of the Licensing,

Environment and Safety Committee.

(iii)    Employment Appeals

          3 non-Cabinet Councillors

Malcolm Allan

Roy Driver (Chair)

Syd Lloyd

 (iv)   Appeals Panel

          6 non-Cabinet Councillors

Richard Coaton (Chair)

Tom Dowse

Wendy Meikle

Charlie Stewart

Mark Weldon

Vacancy (Stockport Residents)

(v)     Appointments

          7 Councillors

Brian Bagnall

Kate Butler

Alex Ganotis (Chair)

Mark Hunter

Syd Lloyd

Iain Roberts

Wendy Wild (Vice-Chair)

 (vi)   Audit

          6 Councillors

Stuart Corris (Chair)

Roy Driver

John Pantall

Mike Hurleston (Vice-Chair)

John Taylor

Vacancy (Stockport Residents)

(vii)   Contributors Committee

          7 Councillors

Anna Charles-Jones

Philip Harding (Chair)

Mark Hunter

Syd Lloyd

John McGahan

Iain Roberts

Jonn Taylor

(viii)  Funding Committee

          7 Councillors

PhiLip Harding (Chair) Mark Hunter

Mike Hurleston

Syd Lloyd

Iain Roberts

Wendy Wild

Vacancy (Independent Ratepayers)

(ix)    Member Committee

          7 Councillors

Philip Harding

Sylvia Humphreys

Mark Hunter

Syd Lloyd

John Mcgahan

Iain Roberts

Wendy Wild (Chair)

(x)     Standards

          (Chair and Vice Chair to be appointed at the first meeting)

          4 Councillors

Brian Bagnall

Adrian Nottingham

June Somekh

Elise Wilson

5 Independent Members - Julie Carter, Stephen Clarke, Kieran McMahon,

          Andrew Stewert and Margaret Waker

          2 Independent Persons – Mark Iveson and Val Cottam

          Standards Sub-Committee

          (Chair and Vice Chair to be appointed at the first meeting)

The sub-committee will comprise of 4 members including at least 1 independent member and 3 councillors.  Where at least 1 independent member or councilor would have been present but for the fact that he or she has a prejudicial interest in the business to be transacted the quorum for the meeting shall be any 3 members.

Terms of Reference

The Council Meeting will establish a sub-committee at which a member complained of can respond to the investigation report and the sub-committee can determine whether the member had failed to comply with the Code of Conduct and what action is appropriate.

(b)     Joint Committees

 (i)     Board of STaR Procurement Service

          1 councillor

          David Sedgwick

Substitute:                     Kate Butler

(ii)     Association of Greater Manchester Authorities

          1 councillor

          Alex Ganotis

          Substitute:        Wendy Wild

(iii)    Transport for Greater Manchester Committee

          4 councillors

Christine Corris

Annette Finnie

Tom Grundy

John Taylor

(c)     Area Committees and Ward Committees

(i)        Area Committees  (Chair and Vice Chair to be appointed at the first meeting)

Bramhall and Cheadle Hulme South

9 Councillors

Brian Bagnall

Stuart Bodsworth

Mark Hunter

Linda Holt

Mike Hurleston

John McGahan

Alanna Vine

Lisa Walker

Suzanne Wyatt

Central Stockport

12 Councillors

Sheila Bailey

Richard Coaton

Dickie Davies

Philip Harding

Daniel Hawthorne

Patrick McAuley

Chris Murphy

Andy Sorton

Charlie Stewart

Wendy Wild

Elise Wilson

Vacancy

Cheadle

9 Councillors

Anna Charles-Jones

Graham Greenhalgh

Keith Holloway

Sylvia Humphreys

Adrian Nottingham

John Pantall

Paul Porgess

Iain Roberts

June Somkeh

Heatons and Reddish

12 Councillors

Walter Brett

Kate Butler

Roy Driver

Dean Fitzpatrick

Colin Foster

Alex Ganotis

Tom Grundy

Yvonne Guariento

Tom McGee

David Sedgwick

John Taylor

David Wilson

Marple

6 Councillors

Geoff Abell

Malcolm Allan

Kenny Blair

Tom Dowse

Annette Finnie

Susan Ingham

Stepping Hill

9 Councillors

Laura Booth

Dave Goddard

Paul Hadfield

Oliver Johnstone

Julian Lewis-Booth

Wendy Meikle

Jon Twigge

Mark Weldon

John Wright

Werneth

6 Councillors

Christine Corris

Stuart Corris

Chris Gordon

Mags  ...  view the full minutes text for item 14.

To appoint Councillors to serve on the following outside bodies:-

Greater Manchester Waste Disposal Authority

Greater Manchester Combined Authority

Transport for Greater Manchester Committee

Fire Committee

Greater Manchester Pensions Fund Management Panel

Greater Manchester Health Scrutiny Committee

GMCA/ AGMA/ TfGMC Scrutiny Pool

Pennine Care NHS Overview & Scrutiny Committee

RESOLVED - That the following councillors be appointed to serve on the following outside bodies:-

To note the appointment of Leaders of political groups.           

RESOLVED - That the appointment of the following Leaders of Political Groups be noted:-

Labour                                   - Councillor Alex Ganotis

Liberal Democrat                  - Councillor Iain Roberts

Conservative                        - Councillor Syd Lloyd

Independent Ratepayers    - Councillor Adrian Nottingham

Stockport Residents            - Councillor Mags Kirkham

To note (i) the dates and times of Council Meetings to be held during the period to the next Annual Council Meeting and (ii) the date of the next Annual Council Meeting as follows:-

29 June 2017 at 6.00 pm

14 September 2017 at 6.00 pm

26 October 2017 at 6.00 pm

30 November 2017 at 6.00 pm

18 January 2018 at 6.00 pm

22 February 2018 (Budget) at 6.00 pm

5 April 2018 at 6.00 pm

17 May 2018 (Annual) at 2.30 pm

RESOLVED – That (i) the dates and times of Council Meetings to be held during the period to the next Annual Council Meeting and (ii) the date of the next Annual Council Meeting as follows be approved:-

29 June 2017 at 6.00 pm

14 September 2017 at 6.00 pm

26 October 2017 at 6.00 pm

30 November 2017 at 6.00 pm

18 January 2018 at 6.00 pm

22 February 2018 (Budget) at 6.00 pm

5 April 2018 at 6.00 pm

22 May 2018 (Annual) at 2.30 pm

To note the dates and times of meetings of the Cabinet, Committees, Working Parties and other Member bodies.

RESOLVED – That the dates and times of meetings of the Cabinet, Committees, Working Parties and other Member bodies for the Municipal Year 2017/18 be approved.

To approve the Constitution and Scheme of Delegation.                  

The Leader of the Council (Policy, Finance & Devolution) submitted a report (copies of which had been circulated) requesting that the Council Meeting gives approval to delegation by the Council of its executive and non-executive functions and further requesting that the Council Meeting approves and adopts a revised Constitution incorporating those amendments previously approved by the Council Meeting.

RESOLVED – That the Constitution and Scheme of Delegation be approved and adopted.

To consider a report of the Democratic Services Manager.

The Leader of the Council (Policy, Finance & Devolution) submitted a report (copies of which had been circulated) seeking ratification of the recommendation from the Appointments Committee regarding the appointment of the Chief Executive/Head of Paid Service in accordance with the requirements of Section 4 of the Local Government and Housing Act 1989 following the recruitment and selection process undertaken.

RESOLVED – That approval be given to:-

(i) The ratification of the recommendation of the Appointments Committee that Pam Smith be selected for the position of Chief Executive and Head of Paid Service following the conclusion of the selection process and final interviews on 25 April 2017.

(ii) The post being remunerated in accordance with the Council’s Pay Policy

Statement as approved by the Council Meeting.

(iii) The delegation of authority to the Strategic Head of Corporate and Support Services (People and Organisational Development) to finalise the arrangements and the start date for the Chief Executive.