Agenda and minutes

To approve as a correct record and sign the Minutes of the meeting held on 15 December 2015.

The Minutes (copies of which had been circulated) of the meeting held on 15 December 2015 were approved as a correct record and signed by the Chair.

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

No declarations of interest were made.

To consider whether it is in the public to exclude the public during consideration of agenda items 6 and 7 which contains information “not for publication by virtue of Category 3 ‘Information relating to the financial or business affairs of any particular person (including the authority)’ as set out in the Local Government Act 1972 (as amended).

RESOLVED – That in order to prevent the disclosure of information which was not for publication relating to any individual the disclosure of which would not be in the public interest, would not be fair and would be in breach of Data Protection principles, the public be excluded from the meeting during consideration of agenda items 6 and 7 below.

Members of the public are invited to put questions to the Chair on any matters within the powers and duties of the Committee, subject to the exclusions set out in the Code of Practice.  (Questions must be submitted prior to the commencement of the meeting on the card provided.  These are available at the meeting. You can also submit via the Council’s website at www.stockport.gov.uk/publicquestions)

No public questions were submitted.

To consider a report of the Chief Executive.                                     (To Follow)

The report requests the Committee to consider proposed changes in the senior leadership structure in Adult Social Care to facilitate implementation of new service arrangements under the Stockport Together Programme.

The Committee are requested to consider and comment on the report.

Officer Contact: Andrew Webb on Tel: 474 3808 or email: andrew.webb@stockport.gov.uk

The Chief Executive submitted a report (copies of which had been circulated) requesting the Committee to consider proposed changes to the senior leadership structure in Adult Social Care to facilitate the implementation of new services arrangements under the Stockport Together Programme.

RESOLVED – (1) That the post of Director of Adult Services be deleted from the Council’s management structure.

(2) That the statutory role of Director of Adult Social Care (DAS) be integrated with the statutory role of Director of Children’s Services (DCS) and that responsibility be allocated to Andrew Webb.

(3) That the Chief Executive be requested to submit a report to the Health Scrutiny Committee in six months’ time outlining progress and the impact of the new arrangements.

A representative of the Chief Executive will provide an update at the meeting.

Officer Contact: Sue Williams on Tel: 474 2175 or email: sue.williams@stockport.gov.uk

The Chief Executive reported that the Head of Legal and Democratic Governance would leave the Authority following the Local Elections in May. He reported that meetings of the Appointments Committee would be held on 23 and 24 March 2016 to appoint a successor.

RESOLVED – That the report be noted.