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Summary
This meeting was about the adoption of Wandsworth Council's constitution. The document included for discussion sets out how the council operates and the procedures it follows.
Purpose of the Constitution
The stated purpose of Wandsworth Council's constitution is to:
enable the Council to provide clear leadership to the community in partnership with citizens, businesses and other organisations
Rights of Citizens
The constitution says that citizens of Wandsworth have the right to vote at local elections if they are registered, to contact their local councillors, attend council meetings, and submit petitions on any matter relating to council business. They also have the right to make complaints about the council's services and the way they are delivered.
Decision Making
The constitution says that the council is made up of 60 councillors, each representing their ward. The councillors meet as the full council, which decides the council's budget and policies. The council elects a Leader for a four year term. The Leader appoints other councillors to the Executive, which makes most of the day-to-day decisions on how the council's policies are delivered. The council also has a number of regulatory and other committees to decide on matters relating to planning, licensing, and constitutional matters. These committees are monitored by five Overview and Scrutiny Committees, which can ‘call-in’ a decision made by the Executive, but not yet implemented.
Staff
The constitution says that the council has staff who provide advice and manage the day-to-day running of the council's services. Most of these staff are jointly employed by Wandsworth and Richmond councils. The Chief Executive, along with the other Executive Directors, have been delegated authority by the council to make a range of decisions.
This article summarises what was scheduled to be discussed in the reports pack for the meeting. It does not describe what was actually discussed or decided.
Attendees
Documents
- Part 4 Annex - REMOTE COUNCIL AND COMMITTEE MEETINGS PROCEDURE RULES
- Part 5 - Appendix A - Code of Conduct for Members
- Part 5 - Appendix A - Annex A Member Officer Protocol
- Part 5 - Appendix A - Annex B - Social Media Protocol
- Appendix B - Code of Conduct for Employees
- PART 5 Appendix C Code of Corporate Governance WBC
- PART 6 Members Allowance Scheme 2024-25
- PART 7 - Management Structure - Overall Departmental Structure
- PART 2 - Article 4 - The Full Council
- CE and all Executive Directors - as at 18 4 18 other
- PH - SoM - CE - Version 2
- PHCEsGroupVersion2
- Agenda frontsheet 24th-Dec-2024 Council Constitution agenda
- Public reports pack 24th-Dec-2024 Council Constitution reports pack
- PART 1 - Summary and Explanation
- PART 4 - Schedule C - Financial Regulations
- PART 4 - Schedule D - Procurement Regulations
- PART 4 - Schedule E - Legal proceedings
- PART4 Schedule Aa Standing Orders of the Council March 2018 other
- Part 4 - Standing orders of Licesning Committee and Procedure Rules for Sub-Comms
- PART 2 - Article 0 - Articles of the Constitution
- PART 2 - Article 1 - The Constitution
- PART 4 - Schedule A b - Executive Procedure Rules
- PART 2 - Article 2 - Members of the Council
- PART 4 - Schedule A c - Overview and Scrutiny Procedure Procedure Rules
- PART 2 - Article 3 - Citizens and the Council including petitions
- PART 4 - Schedule A d - Access to Information Procedure Rules
- PART 4 - Schedule A d - Appendix - Access to Information
- PART 2 - Article 5 - Role and functions of the Mayor other
- Part 2 - Article 6 - OS Committees
- PART 2 - Article 7 - The Executive
- PART 2 - Article 8 - Regulatory and other Committees
- PART 2 - Article 9 - The Standards Committee
- Part 3 - Appendix B - Annex Membership of OSC Committees
- PART 2 - Article 10 - Area and Consutative Forums other
- PART 3 - Appendix C - The Executive
- PART 3 - Appendix D - Regulatory and other committees - October 2021 other
- PART 2 - Article 11 - Joint Arrangements other
- PART 2 - Article 12 - Officers other
- PART 2 - Article 13 - Decision making other
- PART 3 - Appendix G - Delegations to other bodies
- PART 2 - Article 14 - Finance contracts and legal matters other
- PART 3 - Appendix G - ANNEX - Joint Pensions Committee Procedure Rules
- PART 2 - Article 15 - Review and revision of the Constitution other
- PART 4 - Schedule A e - Officer Employment Procedure Rules
- PART 4 - Schedule B - Budget and Policy Framework Procedure Rules
- PART 2 - Article 16 - Suspension interpretation and publication of the Constitution other
- PART 2 - Schedule 1 - Description of Executive arrangements
- PART 2 - Schedule 2 - Register of Executive Members
- PART 3 - Responsibility for functions
- Part 3 - Appendix B - The Overview and Scrutiny Committees Terms of Reference
- PART 3 - Appendix A - The full Council
- PART 4 - Rules of Procedure
- JSC TOR
- PART 3 - Appendix E - The Standards Committee
- PART 3 - Appendix E - Annex - Standards complaints process and Hearings Sub-Committee
- Part 3 - Appendix D and E - Annex Committee Appointments
- AppendixFDelegationtoOfficersSchemeofDelegations
- PH -SoM - CE Group - Community Safety Annex - Legislation
- Executive Director of Adult Social Services and Public Health - May 2019 other
- Executive Director of Childrens Services - 29 3 18 other
- Executive Director of Environment and Community Services - 04 - 19 other
- Environment and Community Services- RSP Annex - Legislation
- Executive Director of Housing and Regeneration
- Executive Director of Finance - as at 12 4 23 other