Local Governance Statement
What is a Governance Statement?
It is a collection of information about the processes through which the Council engages with its community, how it makes decisions and how citizens can influence those processes. It provides information on the ways to influence democratic processes.
Click on link to read the Local Governance Statement. The Local Governance Statement includes the following broad categories of information:
- functions, responsibilities and activities of the local authority
- local government legislation
- electoral system and opportunity for change
- representation arrangements (ward boundaries, reviews)
- changing the district's boundaries or functions
- roles and conduct of elected members and the Chief Executive
- governance structures and processes
- membership of Council committees and delegations
- meeting processes (Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987 and Standing Orders)
- management structure and relationship between management and elected members
- systems for public access to the Council and participation
- processes for requests for official information
- key Council policies
The Local Governance Statement is required to be prepared no later than six months after each triennial election and updated when needed.