Council is attended by
all Councillors and the Mayor. The
meetings are chaired by the Chairman of Watford Borough
Council. The procedure rules can be
found in the Council’s
Constitution.
There are three types
of Council meetings –
·
Annual Council
·
Ordinary Council meetings
·
Extraordinary Council meetings
Ordinary Council
meetings
Ordinary Council
meetings are held approximately four times in a year. The main roles are –
·
To set Watford Borough Council’s Budget and Policy
Framework;
·
To receive a report from the Mayor, which Councillors can then ask
the questions related to the report;
·
To receive questions from the public, which are then debated by the
Councillors;
·
To receive petitions from the public, which are debated by the
Councillors;
·
To receive questions from Councillors with their response, these
are not debated;
·
To receive motions from Councillors, which are then debated.
·
To consider any recommendations from Committees or Working
Parties.
Extraordinary Council
meetings
Extraordinary Council
meetings are arranged as needed. The
rules for requesting a meeting are set out in the Council Procedure
Rules in the Constitution. In addition
a decision to make someone a Freeman of the Borough has to be
agreed at an Extraordinary meeting.