Agenda and minutes

To approve as a correct record and sign the Minutes of the meeting held on 15 and 21 December 2021.

The Minutes (copies of which had been circulated) of the meeting held on 21 December 2021 were approved as a correct record and signed by the Chair.

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 which they had in any of the items on the agenda for the meeting.

Officers

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).

No public questions were submitted.

To consider whether it is in the public to exclude the public during consideration of agenda item 6– ‘Senior Leadership Arrangements’ which contains information “not for publication by virtue of Category 3 ‘Information relating to the financial or business affairs of any particular person (including the authority)’ as set out in the Local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RESOLVED – That in order to prevent the disclosure of information which was not for publication relating to an individual as defined in Category 1 of Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972 (as amended), the disclosure of which would not be in the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 6 – ‘Senior Leadership Arrangements’.

To consider a report of the Monitoring Officer.

The report details a proposal for the appointment of Returning Officer for local government elections and Electoral Registration Officer and Deputy Electoral Registration Officer.

The Committee is requested to recommend to the Council Meeting:-

(1)    That Caroline Simpson be appointed as Returning Officer by virtue of section 35 (returning officers: local elections) of the 1983 Act, as modified by Schedule 2 and be appointed Electoral Registration Officer by virtue of Section 8 of The Representation of the People Act 1983.

(2) That Vicki Bates be appointed Deputy Electoral Registration Officer by virtue of Section 52(2) of The Representation of the People Act 1983.

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

The Monitoring Officer submitted a report (copies of which had been circulated) detailing a proposal for the appointment of Returning Officer for local government elections and Electoral Registration Officer and Deputy Electoral Registration Officer.

RESOLVED – (1) That Caroline Simpson be appointed as Returning Officer by virtue of section 35 (returning officers: local elections) of the 1983 Act, as modified by Schedule 2 and be appointed Electoral Registration Officer by virtue of Section 8 of The Representation of the People Act 1983.

(2) That Vicki Bates be appointed Deputy Electoral Registration Officer by virtue of Section 52(2) of The Representation of the People Act 1983.

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 redesignation  of the post of Corporate Director of Children’s Services (DCS) to Corporate Director People and Integration.

(2) That approval be given to the establishment of an additional Service Director (Deputy Director of Children’s Services).

(3) That approval be given to the deletion of the post of Corporate Director for Health and Social Care and the establishment of a new Service Director post of the Director of Adult Social Services.

(4) That authority be delegated to the Deputy Chief Executive to support Place leadership including bringing in additional resource where needed.

(5) That the reporting arrangement proposals outlined within the report be endorsed.

(6) That the proposed review of current leadership structures be endorsed.

(7) That it be noted that a further update will be provided to the Committee in the summer.