NOTE: This page contains archive
material. Since May 2017, the Executive
has been referred to as the Cabinet and you can find details of
current Cabinet meetings
here.
The
Executive is the main decision making body of the
Council.
It is
responsible for the strategic management of Council services, and
consists of an Executive Leader and 7 other Executive Councillors,
each of whom holds an Executive Portfolio covering a particular
service area. You can view
details of these responsibilities can be found on the
website.
Most
important decisions are made by the Executive collectively,
although Executive Councillors can take some decisions individually
within their area of responsibility.
The
Executive usually meets every six weeks in public in the Town Hall,
Stockport.
Members
of the public can submit questions to the Executive on any matters
within its powers and duties (excluding legal issues and other
confidential matters). Questions must be submitted in writing in
advance of the meeting (no later than 30 minutes before the meeting
starts). You can submit a question and view the Code of
Practice using the online
question form.
The Forward Plan is published every month and lists key decisions
to be made by the Executive within the following four months to
allow at least 28 clear days’ notice. The Forward Plan is
available to view on the website. Where a decision needs to be
taken more urgently so that giving 28 days’ notice is
impractical, a
General Exception Notice or Special Urgency Notice will be
published and these will be available to view on the website
also.
The Executive is
required to give advanced notice if there is likely to be
confidential or ‘exempt’ information considered at one
of its meetings, and the public may need to be excluded for that
part of the meeting. Members of the public will be able to make
representations about this before the meeting and these will then
be considered by the Executive before a decision is made to exclude
the public. Where a decision needs to be taken more
urgently so that giving 28 days’ notice is impractical
a notice will be published on the setting out the reasons. These
notices can be found on the website.
