All the key
decisions are made by Cabinet Members, meeting either jointly as the Cabinet or
as individual Cabinet Members, taking delegated decisions within their own
responsibilities. Cabinet meetings are held once a month and are attended by
all Cabinet Members. The cabinet is also responsible for preparing the budget
and policies to propose to the full council.
Members of the
public may ask questions or submit petitions as long as
the item is on the agenda and advance notice has been given. Key decisions that
are expected to be made over the next four months are published in the Forward
Plan.
The Cabinet is made
up of the Leader of the Council, Councillor Liz Leffman and other councillors
appointed by her as Cabinet Members.
More
information on cabinet meetings, including information on delegated decisions,
can be found in the Council
Constitution.
The
scrutiny committees provide advice and challenge to the Cabinet and may review
its decisions.
Committees cover specific
functions not dealt with by the cabinet (such as audit, organisational matters,
planning, pension fund arrangements and standards). They make decisions
delegated to them by the council. Committees are made up of councillors
(including cabinet members).
Committees meet with varying regularity and are generally open to the public. The exception to this is when meetings are held in private to deal with matters exempt from the usual access to information requirements.
The
Children and Young People Partnership Board has been replaced by the Children’s
Trust. The Trust influences and supports the Health and Wellbeing Board in its
purpose to improve outcomes for children and young people and their families.
It meets in public once a year.