The Full
Council (or the Council) is the term for the assembly of all of the
elected members who sit on the Council. There are 93 members on the
West Northamptonshire Council, and they make some decisions
together. The decisions made by Council are those described as
non-executive decisions by the law relating to council decision
making. Examples of non-executive decisions include:
·
Setting the Council’s Budget
·
Agreeing the overarching policy of the Council
– called the Policy Framework
·
Electing the Leader of the Council
·
Appointing the Council’s Non-Executive
Committees
In
addition, the Council will deal with matters which are not
political but require objective decision making. These
include:
·
Elections
·
Pensions
·
Planning
·
Licensing
·
Staffing
·
Signing off the annual accounts
The
majority of the decisions of the Council are decided by the
Executive (Cabinet) and further information about the role of the
Executive is set out in Part 5 of the Constitution.