Committees
The council has six committees, the members of which are appointed at the annual meeting of the council.
Each of the committees consists of 20 councillors with the quorum (the minimum number of councillors that are required to be present to transact business legally) of each committee being five members. Committees sit at least monthly with the exception of July. All committees are constituted to reflect, as far as practicable, the different political groups into which the members of the council are divided. The posts of chairman and deputy chairman of committees are allocated on the basis of the d’Hondt system of proportionality:
- Development Committee
- Health and Environmental Services Committee
- Licensing Committee
- Parks and Leisure Committee
- Strategic Policy and Resources Committee
- Town Planning Committee
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