Maldon District Council's Committees and Sub-Committees
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Arrangements for Overview and Scrutiny
The Council has decided to have one Overview and Scrutiny Committee with a Membership of eight.
The Membership of the Committee will be separate from the policy and decision making Committees.
The principal responsibilities of the Overview and Scrutiny Committee will be:
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To examine the decision making processes of the policy committees. |
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To call in recommendations of the other committees where they have not been enacted if there is justifiable concern about the implications of a course of action. |
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To receive Best Value Service Reviews, to challenge the process
followed and to make recommendations on the review findings to the
Council or the appropriate policy committee. |
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To convene cross cutting reviews of services and issues affecting the District. |
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To invite outside agencies and interested individuals to attend relevant scrutiny meetings. |
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Committees and Sub-Committees
As can be seen from the diagram on page (2), Maldon District Council
has a Standards Committee, a Finance and Corporate Services Committee,
a Community Services Committee,
a Planning and Licensing Committee and three Area Planning Committees. A broad outline of the assignment of functions to those Committees is as follows:
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Standards Committee
(4 Members + 2 non-members one of whom will be Chairman + 3 Parish Council Members)
* Member standards.
* Member training.
* Code of Conduct.
* Parish Standards.
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Finance and Corporate Services Committee(9 Members)
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Recommendations to Council on the overall District Council Budget. |
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Recommendations to Council on the District Council Tax precept. |
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Investment strategy. |
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Overview of the Council Tax and Benefits functions. |
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Responsibility for the Senior Management Structure of the Council - guided by the Council's Terms of Reference and the staffing establishment. |
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Implementation of action plans from Best Value Reviews relevant to Financial Services, Council Tax and Benefits. |
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IT strategy and e-government. |
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Responsibility for Council's Facilities Management. |
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Community Services Committee(9 Members)
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Responsibilities relating to Leisure, Housing, Community, Environmental Health and Waste Management services. |
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Responsibility for the adoption of Maldon Cultural Strategy, Maldon Housing Investment Programme. |
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Recommendations to Council on LA 21 and Community Safety. |
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Implementation of action plans from Best Value Reviews relevant to Leisure, Housing, Community and Environmental Health. |
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Planning and Licensing Committee(10 Members)
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Planning Policy development. |
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Licensing matters. |
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Licensing matters. |
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Development Control - major planning applications and plans crossing two areas. |
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Economic Development and Tourism policy. |
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Implementation of action plans from Best Value Reviews relevant to Planning Policy, Economic Development and Development Control. |
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Highways and Rivers. |
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Building Control. |
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Area Planning Committees
(Members as detailed on page 2)
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Development Control - determination of planning and other applications relevant to the area and not delegated to officers, and the enforcement of planning control. |
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Input into Planning and Licensing Committee from the area perspective on other matters. |
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Membership is drawn from the Ward Members covering the area and is therefore, an exception from the normal political balance arrangements. |
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Local highway matters. |
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Street naming. |
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Agendas and Minutes, are available for inspection at the
District Council Offices during normal office hours.
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Governance of the Maldon District Council
The role of the Council (31 Members)
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