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.
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: