Schemes of Delegation

Decisions not specifically reserved to the Council are taken by the Mayor, Committees and Officers.

The responsibility for functions are set out in Part 3 of the Constitution

Mayor's Scheme of Delegations

The Mayor is responsible for all executive arrangements and is required to maintain a list under Part 3 of this Constitution setting out who of the following are responsible for particular Executive functions:

• The Mayor; or
• The Mayor in consultation with an individual Executive Adviser
• The Mayor in consultation with Cabinet
• Officers.

The Officer Scheme of Delegation is maintained by the Monitoring Officer and is available for inspection.

The Mayor reports to each AGM the scheme of delegations he intends to operate for the forthcoming municipal year.

Read the Mayor's Scheme of Delegation reports in PDF and Word format below:

• Mayor's Scheme of Delegation Report (PDF)
• Mayor's Scheme of Delegation Report (Word doc.)
  
  

Officer Scheme of Delegations

The Officer Scheme of Delegation was fully reviewed and updated in February 2011. The Scheme sets out which post holders are delegated by the Authority to take certain decisions on behalf of the council.

The council and the Mayor delegate functions to Chief Officers and Deputy Chief Officers as listed in the Schemes of Delegation. In turn the Chief Officers and Deputy Chief Officers authorise other officers to act on their behalf and these are listed in the Office Schemes of Authorisation applicable for each service area.

The individual sections are available to download in PDF format. You will need to have the Adobe Reader software installed to view these documents. This can be downloaded for free from the Adobe website.

Section one is a general overview of the Scheme and how it should be interpreted. Section two sets out the general functions carried out across the Council such as HR and Procurement matters and Section three sets out who in the Council is designated as certain proper officers with statutory powers to carry out particular functions and responsibilities.

• Section one - General Principles and Interpretation
• Section two - General Management Delegations
• Section three - Proper Officer Functions

Section 4 sets out the service specific delegations which apply to Chief Officers and Deputy Officers in the various services in the Council. It has been approved by the Executive and Full Council:

• Chief Executive
• Resources
• Environment
• Regeneration, Planning and Property
• Adults, Community and Leisure
• Children and Young People Services
• Customer Access

Section five sets out the service specific authorisations made by Chief officers and Deputy Officers authorising others to act on their behalf in the various services in the Council.

• General Management
• Chief Executive
• Resources
• Environment
• Regeneration, Planning and Property
• Adults, Community and Leisure
• Children and Young People Services
• Customer Access

Section 6 - Levels of Officer and Officers Approved for Financial Payment
Section 7 - Corporate Write Off Scheme of Delegation