Council Constitution

The purpose of the Constitution is to:

• enable the council to provide leadership to the community in partnership with citizens, businesses, and other organisations
• support the active involvement of local people in decisions made by the council
• help councillors represent their constituents more effectively
• enable decisions to be taken efficiently and effectively
• create a powerful and effective means of holding decision takers to public account
• ensure that noone will review or scrutinise a decision in which they were directly involved
• ensure that those responsible for decision making are clearly identifiable to local people, and that they can explain the reasons for their decisions
• provide a means of improving delivery of services to the community