The Executive or Cabinet of the Herefordshire Council
consists of a Leader and Deputy Leader and six other Cabinet
Members each with their own individual programme area
responsibilities as follows:
The Cabinet’s roles are:
·
To consider the
overall management and direction of the Council. Directed by the Leader of the Council, it will
work with senior managers to ensure the policies of Herefordshire
are clear and carried through effectively;
·
To propose to Council
a strategic policy framework and individual strategic
policies;
·
To identify priorities
and recommend them to Council;
·
To propose to Council
the Council’s budget and levels of Council Tax;
·
To give guidance in
relation to: policy co-ordination; implementation of policy;
management of the Council; senior employees in relation to day to
day implementation issues;
·
To receive reports
from Cabinet Members on significant matters requiring consideration
and proposals for new or amended policies and
initiatives;
·
To consider and
determine policy issues within the policy framework covering more
than one programme area and issues relating to the implementation
of the outcomes of monitoring reviews.
Minutes are taken at Cabinet Meetings and can be viewed by
following to the link at the top of this page to browse the
meetings and agendas. You can also
search for records of decisions made at Cabinet by clicking the
‘Decisions’ link on this right of this page.
If you require any further information about meetings of
Cabinet please contact, Governance Services on (01432) 261699 or
e-mail: governancesupportteam@herefordshire.gov.uk.
The Local
Authorities (Executive Arrangements) (Meetings and Access to
Information) (England) Regulations 2012
The above Regulations supersede the previous
Local Authorities (Executive Arrangements) (Access to Information)
(England) Regulations 2010. The
Regulations apply to Executive Decisions and do not relate to
Decisions taken by Council, a Committee, or an Officer on behalf of
Council where similar but significantly different processes
apply.
From 10 September 2012, it is no longer
necessary to publish a Forward Plan.
However, from that date there is a requirement to give 28
days’ notice of a Key Decision to be taken.
Decisions by the Executive are decisions which
are to be taken by the Cabinet as a whole, or
decisions which are to be taken by individual Cabinet
Members, and in some very limited cases, by Council officers. Key
decisions are defined as:
a) Any decision in
relation to an executive function which results in the Council
incurring expenditure which is, or the making of savings which are,
significant having regard to the Council’s budget for the
service or function concerned. A
threshold of £500,000 is regarded as significant,
or
b)
Any other decision which in the opinion of the
Monitoring Officer is likely to be significant in terms of its
effect on:
·
Two or more wards or electoral divisions
·
One ward (unless the number of those affected is
very small or it is impractical to treat this as a Key
decision).
28 Day Notices, and any non-exempt papers
supporting the item, are published to the Council’s website
and are available for inspection at Area Offices.
Other documents may be submitted and, at least five clear days before the decision in question
is taken, a report will be submitted to the
decision maker which identifies the options and the consultations
undertaken.
Reports or documents which do not contain
exempt or confidential information may be inspected during normal
office hours at the Area Offices. Copies of these Reports or documents may be
supplied on payment of “postage,
copying or other necessary charge for
transmission”.
Governance Services, The Shire Hall, St
Peter’s Square, Hereford, HR1 2HX.
Telephone: (01432) 261699; e-mail: governancesupportteam@herefordshire.gov.uk