Agenda and minutes

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

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.

Members of the public are invited to put questions to the Chair of the committee 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 no later than 30 minutes 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).

Members of the public were 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.

No public questions were submitted.

To consider whether it is in the public to exclude the public during consideration of agenda item 4 – ‘Senior Leadership Arrangements’ which contains information “not for publication by virtue of Category 3 ‘Information relating to the financial or business affairs of any particular person (including the authority)’ as set out in the Local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RESOLVED – That in order to prevent the disclosure of information which was not for publication relating to an individual as defined in Category 1 of Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972 (as amended), the disclosure of which would not be in the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 item 4 – ‘Senior Leadership Arrangements’.

To consider a report of the Chief Executive.

The Chief Executive submitted a report (copies of which had been circulated) providing an update on the Council’s senior leadership arrangements.

RESOLVED – (1) That approval be given to the recommendations and approach contained within the 'not for publication' report in relation to the Council’s senior leadership arrangements.

(2) That authority be delegated to the Strategic Head of Service (Legal and Democratic Governance) and Monitoring Officer to do all things necessary or incidental to conclude the arrangements set out in the report.

(3) That the role of the Director of Adult Social Services (DASS) be designated to the existing Corporate Director for Children’s Services on a temporary basis from 1 January 2022.