Council comprises all 60 Members and meets approximately every 6 weeks.

The Council will exercise the following functions:

(a)     adopting and changing the Constitution;

(b)     approving or adopting the policy framework, the budget and any application to the Secretary of State in respect of any Housing Land Transfer;

(c)    subject to the urgency procedure contained in the Access to Information Procedure Rules in Part 4 of this Constitution, making decisions about any matter in the discharge of an Cabinet function which is covered by the policy framework or the budget where the decision maker is minded to make it in a manner which would be contrary to the policy framework or contrary to/or not wholly in accordance with the budget;

(d)   appointing the leader where there is no majority group on the Council;

(e)   agreeing and/or amending the terms of reference for committees, deciding on their composition and making appointments to them;

(f)    appointing representatives to outside bodies unless the appointment is an Cabinet function or has been delegated by the Council;

(g)   adopting an allowances scheme under Article 2.05 of the Constitution;

(h)   changing the name of the area, conferring the title of honorary alderman;

(i)     confirming the appointment of the head of paid service;

(j)      making, amending, revoking, re-enacting or adopting bylaws and promoting or opposing the making of local legislation or personal Bills;

(k)   all local choice functions set out in Part 3 of this Constitution which the Council decides should be undertaken by itself rather than the Cabinet; and

all other matters which, by law, must be reserved to Council.

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