In addition to periodic meetings of the full council, councillors may sit on specialist committees which have delegated authority to take decisions or hold the council's executive branch, the cabinet, to account.
Council
Medway's councillors meet together six times a year to discuss the council's policy framework and budget. Certain other decisions are also reserved for the council such as making changes to Medway’s constitution, determining electoral issues and dealing with matters which are not the responsibility of the cabinet.
Cabinet
The cabinet is the council's executive branch, responsible for proposing the policy framework and budget to the rest of the council and for taking decisions on resources and priorities throughout the year. The cabinet delivers and implements the budget and policies decided by the council.
From time to time, the cabinet may also establish advisory groups to advise on specific areas of council policy. The current advisory groups are:
Overview and Scrutiny Committees
Overview and scrutiny is one of the most important ways in which councillors can influence council policy and champion their constituents. Councillors can ask the committees to discuss issues of local importance by asking for a members item to be added to the agenda or through the facility to raise a councillor call for action.
The committees also debate petitions presented to council where the petitioners are not satisfied with the response they have had play a key role in developing and reviewing policy and holding the cabinet to account.
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Business Support and Digital Overview and Scrutiny Committee
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Children and Young People Overview and Scrutiny Committee
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Health and Adult Social Care Overview and Scrutiny Committee
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Kent and Medway NHS Joint Overview and Scrutiny Committee
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Regeneration, Culture and Environment Overview and Scrutiny Committee
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Regulatory and Councillor Conduct Committees
These committees deal with the functions of the council that cannot be dealt with by the cabinet, for example, determination of applications for planning permission. There are also committees that must be set up under specific legislation such as the licensing committee.
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Councillor Conduct Committee
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Disciplinary Appeals Committee
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Employment Matters Appeals Panel
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Employment Matters Committee
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Health and Wellbeing Board
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Kent and Medway Police and Crime Panel
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Licensing and Safety Committee
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School Transport and Curriculum Appeals Committee
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South Thames Gateway Building Control Joint Committee
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Click on the name of any committee to see a brief description of their role, their current members and councillors' attendance record.
We are still working on adding historic attendance records to our database. The earliest council meeting we have attendance data for is that held on 6 May 2009. The earliest cabinet meeting we have attendance data for is that held on 6 September 2011. The earliest committee meeting we have attendance data for is that held on 21 November 2007. Please bear with us while we work back to the earliest data available.
