Cabinet
The Cabinet is
made up of the elected Mayor and Lead Members (as appointed by the
Mayor). Each Lead Member has an area of responsibility based on
Council services. The quorum for the Cabinet is three
Members.
The Mayor and
Cabinet are responsible for most major decisions of the Council
within the budget and policy framework (as set by Full Council).
This includes: preparing the budget and plans for the Council to
consider; implementing and monitoring them; considering
recommendations from scrutiny bodies and Executive Key
Decisions.
Meetings of the
Cabinet are normally held on a monthly basis on a Wednesday evening
at the Town Hall and are open to the public to attend.
A timetable
for the meetings dates and deadlines can be found
here. A guide to the Cabinet including how you may get involved can
be found in our ways of
participation page
A decision notice
for any ‘key decision’ to be taken by the Mayor and
Cabinet must be published on the website at least 28 days in
advance. They will be published individually on the Forthcoming
Decisions page on the website and normally
included in the monthly Executive
Forward Plan published 28 calendar days before
each Cabinet meeting.
The Mayor may also
take decisions outside of Cabinet as a Mayor’s Executive
Decision’s and these are published on the website under the
committee list.
Useful Links –Constitution
Webcasts
Films of
recent Cabinet meetings are available to view (external
site).
Archived Meetings
Meetings of
Cabinet held before June 2015 are available here: