The General Purposes Committee
is responsible for all non-Executive Decisions and is the
‘parent’ committee for Planning, Licensing (2003 Act),
Miscellaneous Functions (pre-2003 Licensing Act), Council and
Employee Joint Consultative Committee, Pensions Panel and Dismissal
and Grievance Appeals.
Chair of the General Purposes Committee
The Chair of the Committee is Councillor George
Meehan
Terms of Reference of the Committee
(a) the following Schedule 1 functions:
(i) paragraph A – Town Planning; determining
any matters referred from the Planning Applications
Sub-Committee;
(ii) paragraph B - Licensing and Registration;
determining all policy issues and standard terms and conditions but
excluding decisions in individual cases which are delegated to the
Licensing Sub-Committee;
(iii) paragraph C - Health and Safety;
(iv) paragraph D – Elections
(v) paragraph H – Pensions
(vi) paragraph I – Miscellaneous;
including:
(A) all functions relating to public rights of way
except the creation, stopping up and diversion of footpaths and
bridleways in connection with development control decisions which
is delegated to the Planning Applications Sub-Committee;
(B) making arrangements for proper administration of
financial affairs under section 151 Local Government Act
1972;
(C) approving statements under The Accounts and
Audit Regulations 1996;
(D) appointing proper officers under section 270(3)
of the Local Government Act 1972;
(E) appointing and dismissing senior officers
(Deputy Chief Officers and above); and determining terms and
conditions of service of those staff below Senior Management grades
,including procedures for dismissal (determining terms and
conditions of service of staff at and above Senior management level
is dealt with by Remuneration Committee) ;
(F) making payments in cases of
maladministration.
(b) the following “Local Choice”
functions set out in Schedule 2 of the above Regulations:
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(i) any function under a local Act other than a
function specified or referred to in Reg. 2 or Schedule 1 or
expressly delegated elsewhere in this Constitution;
(ii) the determination of an appeal against any
decision made by or on behalf of the authority;
(iii) passing a resolution that Schedule 2 to the
Noise and Statutory Nuisance Act 1993 should apply to the
Council’s area (consent to the operation of
loudspeakers).
(c) the power to make recommendations to the Council
on any of its functions set out in Article 6.02, including the
terms of Standing Orders, and the power to establish Sub-Committees
to consider and report on any such functions.