Council

The City Council is composed of 39 Councillors with one third elected three years in four. Meetings of the City Council are normally open to the public and this is where Councillors decide the Council's overall policies and set the budget each year. The Council appoints the Leader and they in turn appoints Members of the Executive and delegates powers and responsibilities to them. The Council also appoints Committees to carry out certain functions and is responsible for holding the Executive to account for its actions through questioning from Members and the Public. Council appoints Overview and Scrutiny Panels to review the decisions of the Executive and assist with the formulation of policy.