County Council

The full Council will exercise the following functions: a) adopt and change the Constitution (except that minor changes and corrections may be made by the Monitoring officer in accordance with any powers delegated to them); b) approve the annual Council Budget; c) set the limits for virement or other Budget changes by the Leader, the Cabinet, Cabinet Members, Committees or officers; d) set the limits defining key financial decisions; e) approve the Policy Framework and the strategies and policies that sit within it; f) determine any decision referred to it by a Select Committee which is contrary or not wholly in accordance with the Council’s Budget or Policy Framework; g) appoint and remove the Leader of the Council; h) approve the Terms of Reference for Committees, deciding on their composition, and making appointments to them; i) appoint the Chair and Vice Chairs of Committees; j) appoint representatives to outside bodies, unless the appointment is an executive function or has been delegated by the Council; k) adopt a Members’ Scheme of Allowance and Code of Conduct; l) confirm the appointment of the Chief Executive Officer (Head of Paid Service); m) confirm the appointment of the Returning Officer; n) make, amend, revoke, re-enact or adopt byelaws, and promoting or opposing the making of local legislation or personal Bills; and o) all other matters which, by law, must be reserved to Council .