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Annual meeting, Council - Thursday 15th May 2025 5.00 pm
The West Northamptonshire Council meeting scheduled for 15 May 2025 included the election of a chair and vice-chair, the appointment of a leader, and the allocation of seats to committees based on political balance. Councillors were also expected to note th...
Council - Thursday 13th March 2025 5.00 pm
92 attendees · 34 documents · 0 media files
Budget meeting, Council - Thursday 20th February 2025 5.00 pm
92 attendees · 24 documents · 0 media files
Extraordinary, Council - Thursday 9th January 2025 5.00 pm
The Council of West Northamptonshire Council met on Thursday 9 January 2025 to discuss devolution options for the region. The council agreed in principle to progress towards establishing a Mayoral Strategic Authority with its South Midlands partner authorit...
Council - Thursday 28th November 2024 5.00 pm
94 attendees · 30 documents · 0 media files
Council - Thursday 26th September 2024 5.00 pm
94 attendees · 18 documents · 0 media files
Council - Thursday 18th July 2024 6.00 pm
93 attendees · 27 documents · 0 media files
Council - Thursday 16th May 2024 5.00 pm
94 attendees · 6 documents · 0 media files
Annual meeting, Council - Thursday 16th May 2024 6.00 pm
94 attendees · 8 documents · 0 media files
Council - Thursday 21st March 2024 5.00 pm
94 attendees · 29 documents · 0 media files
The Full Council (or the Council) is the term for the assembly of all of the elected members who sit on the Council. There are 76 members of West Northamptonshire Council, and they make some decisions together. The decisions made by Council are those described as non-executive decisions by the law relating to council decision making. Examples of non-executive decisions include:
· Setting the Council’s Budget
· Agreeing the overarching policy of the Council – called the Policy Framework
· Electing the Leader of the Council · Appointing the Council’s Non-Executive Committees In addition, the Council will deal with matters which are not political but require objective decision making. These include:
· Elections
· Pensions
· Planning
· Licensing
· Staffing
· Signing off the annual accounts The majority of the decisions of the Council are decided by the Executive (Cabinet) and further information about the role of the Executive is set out in Part 5 of the Constitution.
