This is where you can find the reports for decisions made by the Council. To view the minutes of meetings please go to the relevant meeting page by navigating from the Meeting Calendar tab or the Committees tab.
This includes decisions taken at Committee meetings as well as decisions taken by individual Portfolio Holders from May 2014 onwards.
For individual Portfolio Holder decisions before 2014, please use the connected sub tab labelled Portfolio Holder Decisions before 2014
Structure of the Council
Following the introduction of the Local Government Act 2000 a new political structure was adopted in Colchester. The old Committee system was replaced by a new system . Under this system, a Council leader is appointed who is responsible for forming a Cabinet. The Cabinet is responsible for most decision making on day to day matters, although it must operate within the policy framework set by the full Council.
A number of Panels are in place to scrutinise decisions and review and develop policy. The Planning and Licensing Committees and the Governance and Audit Committee are responsible for the regulatory functions of the Council.
The Leader of the Council and the Cabinet
The Leader of the Council is elected at the Council’s Annual meeting. The Council is currently run by a joint administration consisting of the Liberal Democrat Group and the Labour Group. The Council Leader is Councillor Mark Cory (Liberal Democrat).
The Cabinet is made up of seven Councillors, each of whom is responsible for a specific area, known as a Portfolio. The political composition of the Cabinet is 4 Liberal Democrat members and 3 Labour members. Further information about the membership of the Cabinet is available from the Committees tab in the list on the right of the screen.
This report sets out the current Work Programme 2020-2021 for the Governance and Audit Committee. This provides details of the reports that are scheduled for each meeting during the municipal year.
This report provides members with an overview of the Council’s risk management activity undertaken during the financial year from 01 April 2019 to 31 March 2020.
The Committee is invited to review progress on the Capital Programme. The report addresses the budgetary position of schemes included in the Capital Programme for the first quarter of the financial year, together with budget forecasts for 2020/21 and future years.
The Committee will hear a report reviewing the Council’s overall financial position based on profiled income and expenditure for the three months to 30 June 2020, and will have the opportunity to hold Service Managers and Portfolio Holders accountable for their budgets.
The Committee will consider a report inviting it to consider and comment on the Governance Assurance Statement of Colchester Borough Homes.