Agenda and minutes

To approve as a correct record and sign the Minutes of the meeting held on 17 June 2024.

The Minutes (copies of which had been circulated) of the meeting held on 17 June 2024 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.

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 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consideration of Agenda Item 5 – ‘Chief Executive's Report to the Appointments Committee’ which contains information “not for publication by virtue of Category 1 – ‘Information relating to any individual’ as set out in the Local Government Act 1972 (as amended).

RESOLVED – That in order to prevent the disclosure of information which was not for publication relating to an individual as defined in Category 1 of Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972 (as amended), the disclosure of which would not be in the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 5 – ‘Chief Executive’s Report to the Appointments Committee’.

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 Executive Director People and Integration to Executive Director for People and Neighbourhoods

(2)  That approval be given to the establishment of one Executive Director post - Corporate and Support Services and that the current Director of Strategy is assimilated into this role.

(3) That approval be given to the designation of the new Deputy Chief Executive with responsibility for Place and Regeneration and that the current Director of Place and Regeneration is assimilated into this role.

(4) That approval be given to the deletion of the established posts of Director of Strategy and Director of Development and Regeneration.

(5) That approval be given to the establishment of the Director of Finance – Section 151 Officer post and the external recruitment of this post which will be an Appointments Committee appointment.

(6) That approval be given to the current Deputy Section 151 officer being designated as the interim Section 151 officer until the substantive Director of Finance – Section 151 Officer is in post.

(7) That approval be given to the recruitment of a new Chief Executive officer for the Mayoral Development Corporation.

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