The local authority has made cost saving decisions in recent years which have not always been popular with local residents.
These included the introduction of a garden waste collection fee, cuts to library opening hours and a review of parking charges, which led to protests.
An emergency closure of three tips and a consultation which could lead to some libraries having their opening hours slashed were also recently approved.
Mr Mannion said the council needed to save £100m over the coming years and it had drafted a plan which would involve the authority providing services “in a different way” by using technology and working more efficiently.
“It would be disingenuous to say there are not some really tough challenges coming down the line ahead of us but what we have to do is explain why we’re doing that,” he said.
“Yes there will be decisions that will not be popular but we have to explain why those decisions have been taken and why someone is going to have a library that’s perhaps open for fewer hours than it was previously and move forward on that.”
Mr Mannion added he was a “lifelong supporter of Macclesfield FC who’ve gone through similar financial problems in the past years the Cheshire East are facing at the moment”.
“We’ve got a real challenge ahead of us, but I’m committed to the task.”
