Issue - meetings

To consider a report of the Executive Councillor (Governance & Corporate Services)

This report summarises the recommendations of the Constitution Working Party and the comments of the Corporate, Resource Management and Governance Scrutiny Committee in relation to changes required to the Constitution in relation to (a) review of the pre-election Period (also known as political Purdah, and (b) Obstructions Policy for the Highway – Appeals Process.

The Executive is invited to recommend that the Council Meeting adopt the amendments to the Constitution as detailed in the report and appendices.

Officer contact: Craig Ainsworth, 0161 474 3204, craig.ainsworth@stockport.gov.uk

The Executive Councillor (Governance & Corporate Services) submitted a report (copies of which had been circulated) inviting the Executive Meeting to consider proposed changes to the Council’s Constitution relating to the pre-election period and the appeals process for decisions arising from the Obstructions on the Highway Policy.

RESOLVE – That the Council Meeting be recommended to adopt the amendments to the Constitution in relation to the pre-election period and the appeals process for decisions arising from the Obstructions on the Highway Policy as detailed in the report and appendices.