Agenda and minutes

(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 Mark Hunter

SECONDED BY      Councillor Mark Jones

RESOLVED UNANIMOUSLY - That Councillor Suzanne Wyatt of 25 Manor Road, Bramhall be elected Mayor of this Borough for the period to the next Annual Council Meeting.

Councillor Wyatt 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 Suzanne Wyatt) in the chair

The Mayor expressed thanks to the Council for her election.

The Mayor informed the Council that Melanie Braviner and Abigail Wyatt had agreed to act as her Mayoresses. The Mayoresses were then invested with their badge of office by the retiring Mayoress (Mrs Carol Greenhalgh).

(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 Tom Morrison

SECONDED BY      Councillor Ian Hunter

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 Mayoresses 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.

(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 Karl Wardlaw

SECONDED BY      Councillor Christine Carrigan

RESOLVED UNANIMOUSLY - That Councillor Kerry Waters of 147 Northumberland Road, Brinnington, Stockport be appointed Deputy Mayor of this Borough for the period to the next Annual Council Meeting.

Councillor Waters 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 Mrs Wendy Nadin had agreed to act as her Deputy Mayoress. The Deputy Mayoress was then invested with her chain of office by the Mayor.

(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 Karl Wardlaw

SECONDED BY      Councillor Christine Carrigan

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 meeting of the Council Meeting held on 27 March 2024.

The Minutes of the Council Meeting held on 27 March 2024 were approved as a correct record and signed by the Mayor.

Mayor’s Chaplain

The Mayor announced that her chaplain for the year would be Reverend Chris Blunt, Rector of the Parish of Stockport with Brinnington.

50^th Anniversary of the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport

The Mayor reported that this year marked the 50^th anniversary of the creation of the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport and that an event would be held later in the month where all past Mayors of the borough would be invited to the parlour for a commemoration event.

The Mayor’s Charity

The Mayor reported that the Mayor’s Charity would be raising funds for Stockport Food Network.

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 2 May 2024 as follows:-

RESOLVED – That the report of the Returning Officer as to the persons elected to the office of Councillor on 6 May 2024 be noted.

To note that Councillor Mark Hunter has been appointed Cabinet Leader and Leader of the Council until the Annual Meeting of the Council following the end of his term of office.

RESOLVED - That it be noted that Councillor Mark Hunter has been appointed Cabinet Leader and Leader of the Council until the Annual Meeting of the Council following the end of his term of office.

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 Councillor Mark Roberts as 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 three councillors and the appointment of other members as follows:-

Stockport Council

3 Councillors

Keith Holloway (Chair)

Wendy Meikle

Frankie Singleton

Other appointments

The Council’s Chief Executive

The Council’s statutory Director for Children’s Services

The Council’s statutory Director for Adult Social Services

The Director of Public Health

Representatives of the Stockport Clinical Commissioning Group Board (now Greater Manchester Integrated Care)

A representative of Healthwatch Stockport

A representative of Stockport NHS Foundation Trust

A representative of Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust

A representative of Viaduct GP Federation

A representative of Sector 3

To 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.

The Leader of the Council (Councillor Mark Hunter) submitted a report (copies of which had been circulated) 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 – (1) 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 and to exclude the following from the Proportionality Calculation:-

·       Stockport Homes Member Committee

·       Standards Committee

·       Health and Wellbeing Board

·       Appointments Committee

(2) That approval be given to the allocation of places on committees on committees as detailed in paragraphs 1.6, 1.7 and 1.8 of the report.

(3) That the Monitoring Officer be authorised to make any consequential changes to the Constitution necessary to implement the above resolutions.

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

Geoff Abell

Laura Clingan

Mike Newman

David Sedgwick (Chair)

Lisa Smart

Catherine Stuart

Karl Wardlaw

Wendy Wild (Vice-Chair)

Peter West

(b)   Children & Families

        9 Councillors

Shan Alexander

Rosemary Barratt (Vice-Chair)

Angie Clark

Colin Foster (Chair)

Graham Greenhalgh

Helen Hibbert

Dallas Jones

Gary Lawson

Leah Taylor

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

        Chris Gordon

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

        Vacancy

(iii)    representatives of Parent Governors – 2x vacancies.

(c)    Communities & Transport

        9 Councillors

Joe Barratt (Chair)

John Byrne

Angie Clark

Steve Gribbon

Dominic Hardwick

Tom Morrison

Dan Oliver

Rachel Wise

Matt Wynne (Vice-Chair)

(d)    Corporate, Resource Management and Governance

        9 Councillors

Jake Austin

Christine Carrigan (Chair)

Dickie Davies

Helen Foster-Grime

Mark Jones

Carole McCann (Vice-Chair)

Jeremy Meal

Paul Wright

Alex Wynne

(e)    Economy, Regeneration & Climate Change

        9 Councillors

Jake Austin

Will Dawson

James Frizzell (Vice-Chair)

Ian Hunter

Micheala Meikle

David Meller

Ian Powney

Dena Ryness

Claire Vibert (Chair)

 (f)    Co-ordination Committee

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

        The Chairs of the 5 Scrutiny Committee

Joe Barratt

Christine Carrigan

Colin Foster

David Sedgwick

Claire Vibert

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

Greater Manchester Combined Authority

Greater Manchester Transport Committee

Greater Manchester Waste & Recycling Committee

Greater Manchester Police, Crime & Fire Panel

Greater Manchester Police, Crime & Fire Steering Group

Greater Manchester Pension Fund Management Panel

Greater Manchester Health Scrutiny Committee

Joint Scrutiny Panel for Pennine Care (Mental Health) Trust

Greater Manchester Audit Committee

Greater Manchester 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 as follows:-

Edgeley Community Association             - Councillor Matt Wynne

Green Party                                             - Councillor Gary Lawson

Independent Ratepayers                         - Councillor Anna Charles-Jones

Labour                                                     - Councillor David Meller

Liberal Democrat                                     - Councillor Mark Hunter

To note the dates and times of Council Meetings to be held during the period to the next Annual Council Meeting:-

11 July 2024 at 6.00 pm

1 October 2024 at 6.00 pm

21 November 2024 at 6.00 pm

16 January 2025 at 6.00 pm

27 February 2025 (Budget) at 6.00 pm

3 April 2025 at 6.00 pm

RESOLVED – That the dates and times of Council Meetings to be held during the period to the next Annual Council Meeting be noted as follows:-

11 July 2024 at 6.00 pm

1 October 2024 at 6.00 pm

21 November 2024 at 6.00 pm

16 January 2025 at 6.00 pm

27 February 2025 (Budget) at 6.00 pm

3 April 2025 at 6.00 pm

To note the dates and times of meetings of the Cabinet, Committees, Working Parties and other Member bodies for 2024/25.

The Leader of the Council (Councillor Mark Hunter) submitted a report (copies of which had been circulated) detailing the proposed Business Programme for the 2024/25 municipal year.

RESOLVED – That the dates and times of meetings of the Cabinet, Committees, Working Parties and other Member bodies for the Municipal Year 2024/25 be noted.

To approve the Constitution and Scheme of Delegation. 

The Leader of the Council (Councillor Mark Hunter) 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.