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(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 his election.

MOVED BY               Councillor Alex Ganotis

SECONDED BY       Councillor Yvonne Guariento

RESOLVED UNANIMOUSLY - That Councillor Walter Brett of 17 Claremont Avenue, Heaton Chapel, Stockport be elected 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 Mayor.

The Mayor (Councillor Walter Brett) in the chair

The Mayor expressed thanks to the Council for his election.

The Mayor informed the Council that Mrs Maureen Brett and Mrs Francesca Entwistle had agreed to act his Mayoresses. The Mayoresses were then invested with their badge of office by the retiring Mayor’s Consort (Mr Ken Holt).

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

(b)       Presentation to the Past Mayor and Past Mayor’s Consort 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 Alanna Vine

SECONDED BY       Councillor Syd Lloyd

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

(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 her appointment.

MOVED BY               Councillor Mark Hunter

SECONDED BY       Councillor Lisa Smart

That Councillor Wendy Meikle of 165 Shearwater Road, Offerton, Stockport be appointed Deputy Mayor of this Borough for the period to the next Annual Council Meeting.

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

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

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

(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 Alex Ganotis

SECONDED BY       Councillor Yvonne Guariento

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 with a badge as a memento of his term of office.

The Past Deputy Mayor replied.

To approve as a correct record and to sign the minutes of the meetings of the Council Meeting held on 5 April 2018.

The Minutes of the Council Meetings held on 5 April 2018 were approved as a correct record and signed by the Mayor.

Manchester Arena

The Mayor announced that a commemorative event would take place later in the day at 2.30 pm at the A6 entrance to the Town Hall in memory of those who lost their lives in the Manchester Arena bombing.

Civic Service – 2 June 2018

The Mayor further informed the Council Meeting that the Civic Service would be held on Sunday, 2 June 2018 at 10.30 am at the Stockport (St Mary’s) Parish Church and that the sermon would be preached by the Reverend Mike Newman.

The Mayor’s Charity

The Mayor reported that the Mayor’s Charity would be raising funds for the Motor Neurone Disease Association and Parkinson's UK.

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 receive a report from the Returning Officer as to the persons elected to the office of Councillor on 3 May 2018 as follows:-

RESOLVED – That the report of the Returning Officer as to the persons elected to the office of Councillor on 3 May 2018 be noted.

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; and

(iii)       the appointment of the Deputy Cabinet Leader (Deputy Leader of the Council).

RESOLVED – The Leader of the Council and Cabinet Member for Policy, Finance & Devolution (Councillor Alex Ganotis) reported that he had appointed a Deputy Cabinet Leader (Deputy Leader of the Council) and other members of the Cabinet as follows:-

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

Keith Holloway

Adrian Nottingham

Tom McGee (Chair)

John Wright

Substitutes                    Kenny Blair

                                        Sylvia Humphreys

                                        Will Dawson

                                        Wendy Wild

Clinical Commissioning Group

Jane Crombleholme

Dr Ranjit Gill

Gaynor Mullins

Dr Vicci Owen Smith

HealthWatch

Sue Carroll

Substitute: Maria Killdunne

Statutory Officers

Dr Stephen Watkins (as Director of Public Health)

Chris McLoughlin (as designated Director for Children Services)

Mark Fitton (as designated Director for Adult Services)

Stockport NHS Foundation Trust

Helen Thomson

Pennine Care NHS Trust

Dr Henry Ticehurst

Health and Wellbeing Board Sub-Group

5 members to be drawn from members of the Board to include at least 1 councillor and 1 CCG representative.

To consider a report of the Monitoring Officer.

The Leader of the Council and Cabinet Member for Policy, Finance & Devolution (Councillor Alex Ganotis) requesting the Council Meeting 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 the Council Meeting adopt alternative arrangements in respect of appointments to committees which are not strictly in accordance with proportionality under section 15 of the Local Government and Housing Act 1989) as detailed in paragraphs 1.9 and 1.10 of the report and to exclude the following from the Proportionality Calculation.

·         Contributors Committee

·         Funding Committee

·         Stockport Homes Member Committee

·         Standards Committee

·         Health and Wellbeing Board

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

Becky Crawford

Will Dawson

Roy Driver

Annette Finnie

Chris Gordon

Keith Holloway (Chair)

David Sedgwick

David Wilson

John Wright (Vice-Chair)

(b)   Children & Families

          9 Councillors

Malcolm Allan

Paul Ankers

Richard Coaton

Linda Holt (Chair)

David Meller

Paul Porgess (Vice-Chair)

John Taylor

Jude Wells

Vacancy (Independent Ratepayers)

(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 – Lisa Robinson and Will Stone

(c)     Communities & Housing

          9 Councillors

Laura Booth

Angie Clark

Christine Corris (Chair)

Dickie Davies

Helen Foster-Grime

Paul Hadfield

Julian Lewis-Booth (Vice-Chair)

Adrian Nottingham

Andy Sorton

(d)     Corporate, Resource Management and Governance

          9 Councillors

Anna Charles-Jones

Dickie Davies

Steve Gribbon

Yvonne Guariento

Mike Hurleston

John McGahan (Vice-Chair)

Chris Murphy

Iain Roberts

Lisa Smart (Chair)

(e)     Economy & Regeneration

          9 Councillors

Kenny Blair

Roy Driver

Graham Greenhalgh

Tom Dowse (Chair)

Colin MacAlister

Amanda Peers

Andy Sorton

Charlie Stewart

Suzanne Wyatt (Vice-Chair)

 (f)     Co-ordination Committee

          The Chairs of the 5 Scrutiny Committee

Christine Corris

Tom Dowse

Linda Holt

Keith Holloway

Lisa Smart (Chair)

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)

Laura Booth

Christine Corris

Roy Driver

Graham Greenhalgh

Paul Hadfield

Sylvia Humphreys

Julian Lewis-Booth

Wendy Meikle

Andy Sorton (Chair)

John Taylor

Suzanne Wyatt

(ii)     Licensing, Environment and Safety

          10 Councillors

Stuart Corris

Dickie Davies

Chris Gordon

Sylvia Humphreys

Chris Murphy (Chair)

David Sedgwick

Andy Sorton

Alanna Vine (Vice-Chair)

Lisa Walker

Mark Weldon

Sub-Committee A

          3 Councillors

David Sedgwick

Mark Weldon (Chair)

Lisa Walker

          Sub-Committee B

          3 Councillors

Dickie Davies

Chris Gordon

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)

Linda Holt

 (iv)   Appeals Panel

          6 non-Cabinet Councillors

Richard Coaton (Chair)

Steve Gribbon

Linda Holt

Syd Lloyd

Wendy Meikle

Jude Wells

(v)     Appointments

          7 Councillors

Kate Butler

Alex Ganotis (Chair)

Mark Hunter

Syd Lloyd

Wendy Meikle

Lisa Smart

Wendy Wild (Vice-Chair)

 (vi)   Audit

          6 Councillors

Becky Crawford

Stuart Corris (Chair)

Roy Driver

John Pantall

Mike Hurleston (Vice-Chair)

John Taylor

(vii)   Contributors Committee

          7 Councillors

Anna Charles-Jones

Mark Hunter

Syd Lloyd

John McGahan

Wendy Meikle

Amanda Peers

Jonn Taylor (Chair)

(viii)  Funding Committee

          7 Councillors

Roy Driver (Chair)

Mike Hurleston

Helen Foster-Grime

Syd Lloyd

Wendy Meikle

Elise Wilson

Vacancy (Independent Ratepayers)

(ix)    Member Committee

          7 Councillors

Dickie Davies

Sylvia Humphreys

Mark Hunter

Syd Lloyd

John McGahan

Wendy Meikle

Wendy Wild (Chair)

(x)     Standards

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

          4 Councillors

Malcolm Allan

Brian Bagnall

Adrian Nottingham

Jude Wells

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

          Andrew Stewart 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

          Elise Wilson

Substitute:           Wendy Wild

(ii)     Association of Greater Manchester Authorities

          1 councillor

          Alex Ganotis

          Substitute:        Wendy Wild

(iii)    Transport for Greater Manchester Committee

          4 councillors

Kate Butler

Annette Finnie

Steve Gribbon

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

Helen Foster-Grime

Mark Hunter

Linda Holt

Mike Hurleston

John McGahan

Alanna Vine

Lisa Walker

Suzanne Wyatt

Central Stockport

12 Councillors

Sheila Bailey

Richard Coaton

Becky Crawford

Dickie Davies

Patrick McAuley

Chris Murphy

Amanda Peers

Andy Sorton

Charlie Stewart

Wendy Wild

Elise Wilson

Vacancy

Cheadle

9 Councillors

Anna Charles-Jones

Graham Greenhalgh

Keith Holloway

Sylvia Humphreys

David Meller

Adrian Nottingham

John Pantall

Paul Porgess

Iain Roberts

Heatons and Reddish

12 Councillors

Walter Brett

Kate Butler

Roy Driver

Dean Fitzpatrick

Colin Foster

Alex Ganotis

Yvonne Guariento

Tom McGee

David Sedgwick

John Taylor

Jude Wells

David Wilson

Marple

6 Councillors

Malcolm Allan

Kenny Blair

Tom Dowse

Annette Finnie

Steve Gribbon

Colin MacAlister

Stepping Hill

9 Councillors

Paul Ankers

Laura Booth

Will Dawson

Paul Hadfield

Julian Lewis-Booth

Wendy Meikle

Jon Twigge

Mark Weldon

John Wright

Werneth

6 Councillors

Angie Clark

Christine Corris

Stuart Corris

Chris Gordon

Syd Lloyd  ...  view the full minutes text for item 15.

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

Greater Manchester Combined Authority

Greater Manchester Waste Committee

Greater Manchester Police and Crime Panel

Greater Manchester Pension Fund Management Panel

Greater Manchester Health Scrutiny Committee

Pennine Care Scrutiny Committee

Greater Manchester Scrutiny Committees

Corporate Issues & Reform

Economy, Business & Skills                       

Housing, Planning & Environment          

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 as follows:-

Labour                                    - Councillor Alex Ganotis

Liberal Democrat                 - Councillor Mark Hunter

Conservative                         - Councillor Syd Lloyd

Independent Ratepayers    - Councillor Adrian Nottingham

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:-

28 June 2018 at 6.00 pm

13 September 2018 at 6.00 pm

18 October 2018 at 6.00 pm

29 November 2018 at 6.00 pm

17 January 2019 at 6.00 pm

21 February 2019 (Budget) at 6.00 pm

28 March 2019 at 6.00 pm

21 May 2019 (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:-

28 June 2018 at 6.00 pm

13 September 2018 at 6.00 pm

18 October 2018 at 6.00 pm

29 November 2018 at 6.00 pm

17 January 2019 at 6.00 pm

21 February 2019 (Budget) at 6.00 pm

28 March 2019 at 6.00 pm

21 May 2019 (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 2018/19 be approved.

To approve the Constitution and Scheme of Delegation.  

The Leader of the Council and Cabinet Member for Policy, Finance & Devolution (Councillor Alex Ganotis) 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.