Committee details
Council
Purpose of committee
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.
Membership
- Councillor Simon Feldman (Chairman)
- Mayor Peter Taylor (Mayor)
- Councillor Shafiq Ahmed
- Councillor Dawn Allen-Williamson (Vice-Chair)
- Councillor Nigel Bell
- Councillor Karen Clarke-Taylor
- Councillor Marilyn Devonish
- Councillor Jagtar Singh Dhindsa
- Councillor Aga Dychton
- Councillor Favour Ezeifedi
- Councillor Amanda Grimston
- Councillor Peter Hannon
- Councillor Penelope Hill
- Councillor Mark Hofman
- Councillor Peter Jeffree
- Councillor Stephen Johnson
- Councillor Asif Khan
- Councillor Peter Kloss
- Councillor Rabi Martins
- Councillor Lenny Nembhard MBE
- Councillor Chris Newstead
- Councillor Tom Osborn
- Councillor Jennifer Pattinson
- Councillor Kennedy Rodrigues
- Councillor Ann Saffery
- Councillor Glen Saffery
- Councillor Charlott Saunders
- Councillor Nasreen Shah
- Councillor Richard Smith
- Councillor Ian Stotesbury
- Councillor Sara Jane Trebar
- Councillor Matt Turmaine
- Councillor Darren Walford
- Councillor Mark Watkin
- Councillor Dennis Watling
- Councillor Richard Wenham
- Councillor Tim Williams
- Jodie Kloss (Secretary)
Contact information
Support officer: Sandra Hancock. Email: democraticservices@watford.gov.uk
Phone: 01923 278377
Email: democraticservices@watford.gov.uk