The following functions are the
responsibility of the Council and will be discharged by the full
Council unless specified to be delegated to another Committee,
Sub-Committee or body under this Constitution. The
Council:
- is accountable to its
citizens for the proper discharge of all of its functions and for
the delivery of such services as it is responsible for;
- 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 Council’s citizens and the delivery of
any services in the most effective and efficient way;
- will adopt the
Council’s Constitution in accordance with the requirements of
the Local Government Act 2000 and approve any subsequent amendments
to it in whole or in part;
- will appoint to the
following offices
- Council
Mayor
- Council Deputy
Mayor
- Leader of the
Council
- Chairman and Vice
Chairmen of Committees, Sub Committees and Special
Committees
- Such other offices as
may be required under the Constitution or by the
Council
- will determine
whether functions which are classified as “local
choice” functions under the Local Government Act 2000 should
be reserved to the Council or delegated to the Cabinet;
- will adopt the
Council’s Codes of Conduct for Members and Officers and the
Protocol on Member/Officer Relations;
- will agree the
establishment and composition of, and make appointments to,
Committees, Sub-Committees other than those which may be
established within the Cabinet;
- will agree and amend
the terms of reference of its Committees and
Sub-Committees;
- will consider any
matter which has been referred or submitted to it by the
Cabinet;
- where a matter is
referred to it for determination by a Committee or Sub-Committee
other than a Cabinet body, under this Constitution or under some
other approved policy or procedure, to determine that
matter;
11.
will adopt or
otherwise, as provided in the Council Procedure Rules, motions
submitted under Standing Order No.12 (Notice of Motion) which do
not relate solely to a Cabinet function;
12.
will approve the
Members Allowance Scheme for elected Members following advice from
the Independent Remuneration Panel;
13.
will appoint/dismiss
the Head of Paid Service, designate an officer to act as Monitoring
Officer and Chief Finance Officer.
14.
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 the discharge of local authority
functions;
15.
may determine other
matters which may from time to time be submitted to it for
determination, either by resolution or through approved procedures,
where such matters do not fall within the functions of the
Cabinet.