Text...Council is a meeting consisting of all elected Councillors plus the elected Mayor.
Council
Chapter 1: Council - an Introduction
Section 1.1: Summary
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Text...Council is one of the most long-standing features of Local Government decision-making with a history stretching back to at least 1888.
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Text...The Council has responsibility for all Non-Executive functions and for certain statutory functions such as approving the budget and policy framework. Council as a whole also retains responsibility for regulatory functions.
Section 1.2: Function of Council
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Only Council itself will exercise a number of functions such as appointing the Speaker of the Council, agreeing bylaws and determining Community Governance Reviews. The full list is set out in the Council Terms of Reference in Section xxx of this part of the Constitution.
Section 1.3: Council Meetings
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There are four types of Council meetings:
The annual meeting;
The budget meeting;
Ordinary meetings, and
Extraordinary meetings.
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They will be conducted in accordance with the Council Procedure Rules in Section xxx of this part of the Constitution.
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The Mayor and all Councillors may attend meetings of Council and may participate as set out in the Council Procedure Rules.
Section 1.4: Responsibility for Functions
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As part of this Constitution, the Council will maintain a document setting out the “Responsibilities for the Council’s functions” which are not the responsibility of the Executive.
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Decisions relating to the functions listed in the “Responsibilities for the Council’s functions” document will be allocated by legislation, therefore, if the legislation changes, the Constitution will be changed by the Monitoring Officer in accordance with delegated powers set out in Supplementary Documents Pack (Part J).
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Subject to Section 3, Paragraph 27, the Council meeting will follow the Council Procedure Rules set out in Section xxx of this part of the Constitution when considering any matter.
Section 1.5: Housing Land Transfers
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Housing Land Transfer means the approval or adoption of applications or a programme of applications (whether in draft form or not) for approval of a programme of disposal of 500 or more properties to a person for which a levy would be payable to the Secretary of State under the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993 or to dispose of land used for residential purposes where approval is required under sections 32 or 43 of the Housing Act 1985.