Leader

The Leader is able to make individual Executive decisions on delegated matters as detailed in the Council’s Constitution. A summary of the responsibilities of this post is below, for full details visit Part 3 of the Constitution.   Responsibilities include:  

·      Overall policy direction (with Deputy Leader)

·      Annual budget including Council Tax setting

·      Corporate communications - public relations, Your Chesterfield etc. (with Deputy Leader)

·      Key sites delivery (with Cabinet member for economic growth) ­   Chesterfield Waterside ­   Staveley Works corridor ­   High Speed Rail 2

·      Town centre summit – tackling antisocial behaviour and eradicating rough sleeping (with Cabinet Member for Health and Wellbeing)

·      Lead – external strategic partnerships