Agenda and minutes

To elect a chair of the Scrutiny Committee for the period until the next Annual Council Meeting.

RESOLVED – That Councillor Colin Foster be elected Chair of the Scrutiny Co-ordination Committee for the period until the next Annual Council Meeting.

To appoint a Vice-Chair of the Scrutiny Committee for the period until the next Annual Council Meeting.

RESOLVED – That Councillor David Sedgwick be appointed Vice-Chair of the Scrutiny Co-ordination Committee for the period until the next Annual Council Meeting.

To approve as a correct record and sign the Minutes of the meeting held on 26 September 2022.

The Minutes (copies of which had been circulated) of the meeting held on 26 September 2022 were approved as a correct record and signed by the Chair.

Councillors and officers were invited to declare any interests which they had in any of the items on the agenda for the meeting.

No declarations were made.

To consider call-in items (if any).

There were no call-in items to consider.

To consider a report of the Assistant Director – Legal & Democratic Governance.

The Scrutiny Committee is recommended to consider the remit of the scrutiny committees and the subsequent reporting arrangements in the light of the Cabinet Portfolios agreed by the Leader of the Council and as reported to the Annual Council Meeting on 23 May 2023.

Officer contact: Vicki Bates on 0161 474 3219 or email: vicki.bates@stockport.gov.uk

The Assistant Director (Legal & Democratic Governance) submitted a report (copies of which had been circulated) requesting that the Scrutiny Committee give consideration to the remit of the scrutiny committees and the subsequent reporting arrangements in the light of the Cabinet Portfolios agreed by the Leader of the Council and as reported to the Annual Council Meeting on 23 May 2023.

RESOLVED – (1) That the report be noted.

(2) That approval be given to the to the distribution of cabinet portfolios to scrutiny committees as detailed in the table at Section 2.7 of the report.

(3) That the Assistant Director (Legal & Democratic Governance) be requested to make arrangements for any necessary changes to the titles of scrutiny committees and consequential amendments to the constitution to reflect the realignment of cabinet portfolios to scrutiny committees.