After being
appointed, the Leader of the
Council recommends the names of Councillors who are to
serve in the Executive and determines their
remits.
The Executive is
responsible for most of the day to day
decisions of the Council which are not delegated to
officers. It is made up of the Leader of the Council and
Executive Members who have responsibilities for various service
areas.
It develops
policies and strategies, exercises overall control of resources
within the Council’s policies and budget, and recommends the
level of council tax to the Council. It also considers any matters
specifically referred by the Overview & Scrutiny
Committee.
The Executive
Forward Plan is published on a monthly basis and
identifies key decisions which are likely to be made by the
Executive over a period of 12 months. For items to be considered by
the Executive, they must be published 28 days in advance of the
decision being made. The Council does have exemption rules should
decisions need to be made urgently.
Key decisions are defined
as:
·
To result in the local authority
incurring expenditure which is, or the making of savings which are,
significant having regard to the local authority’s budget for
the service or function to which the decision relates. For this
purpose, the Council has agreed significant expenditure or savings
shall mean in the case of revenue any contract or proposal with an
annual payment of more than £100,000; and in the case of
capital, any project with a value in excess
of £250,000; or
·
To be significant in terms of its
effects on communities living or working in an area comprising two
or more Electoral wards.