1
The following functions are the responsibility of the Council and
will be discharged by the Full Council (all Councillors meeting
together) unless specifically delegated to another Committee,
Sub-Committee, body or officer elsewhere in this Constitution. The
Council:
·
is accountable to residents and service users for
the proper discharge of all of its functions and the delivery of
its services
·
will keep under review the running of the
Council’s affairs and will implement changes where it
considers there is a need to do so to improve the way in which the
organisation operates, its relationships with the public and the
delivery of services in the most efficient and effective way to
deliver best value
·
will adopt the Council’s Constitution and
approve any amendments to it (except where specifically delegated
to the Corporate Policy Committee or the Monitoring
Officer)
·
will:
o
elect the Mayor
o
appoint the Deputy Mayor
o
elect the Leader of the Council and appoint the
Deputy Leader
o
appoint to such other offices and/or positions as
may be required under this Constitution or by law.
·
will adopt the
Policy
Framework and any of the policies within
it
·
will agree the Council's
Budget
·
will determine any decision which would otherwise be
contrary to the Policy Framework or contrary to/or not wholly in
accordance with the Budget
·
will adopt the Council’s Codes of
Conduct for Councillors and Officers
and the Protocol on
Councillor/Officer Relations
·
will agree:
o
the establishment and composition of Committees and
Sub-Committees (except for ad-hoc Sub-Committees or Panels
envisaged by this Constitution)
o
The political balance of such bodies as required
from time to time
o
the allocation of Chairs and Vice-Chairs to those
bodies (see paragraph 2 below).
·
will agree and amend the terms of reference of its
Committees and Sub-Committees and the job description for committee
Chairs
·
will determine any matter which is referred to it
for determination by a Committee or Sub-Committee
·
will adopt (or otherwise) Motions submitted in
accordance with the Council Procedure Rules
·
will approve the
Councillors’
Allowance Scheme for elected Members
following advice from the
Independent
Remuneration Panel
·
will appoint/dismiss the Head of Paid Service,
dismiss the Monitoring Officer and Chief Finance Officer, designate
an officer to act as Monitoring Officer and an officer to act as
Chief Finance Officer
·
will appoint the Returning Officer and Electoral
Registration Officer
·
will approve the Council’s response to any
issues or proposals in relation to local government boundaries
including Electoral Wards, the conduct of elections and community
governance functions
·
may take decisions relating to the name of the area
and may confer the title of Honorary Alderman or Freedom of the
Borough
·
may make decisions relating to the making, amending,
revoking, re-enacting, adopting or enforcing byelaws and promoting
or opposing the making of local legislation or personal
bills
·
will take decisions in respect of functions which
have not been delegated by the Council to Committees, officers or
elsewhere.
2
Nominations to the Council’s Committees, Sub-committees and
decision-making bodies, and changes to such nominations, including
nominations to Chairs and Vice-Chairs, shall be notified by the
Council’s Group Leaders or Group Whips in writing or by email
to the Head of Democratic Services and Governance and shall
thereafter be published on the Council’s website. Such
nominations shall be in accordance with the relevant numerical
allocations made by Council for that body in line with the
political
balance rules.