The Council comprises all the elected Members
of the District. The Council will
adopt, and also agree in partnership with others, a number of
statutory documents in particular:
·
The Maldon District Local Development Framework;
·
The Maldon Sustainable Communities Strategy;
·
The Best Value Performance Plan;
·
The Maldon Community Safety Strategy.
In addition, the
Council will be responsible for setting the budget and Council Tax,
appointing the Leader and Deputy Leader of the Council; the
Membership of the Council’s Committees; adoption of a
detailed Constitution; Delegation Arrangements, Standing Orders and
Financial Regulations to comply with the Local Government Act 2000,
and the appointment of Representatives to Outside Bodies.
The
Terms of Reference are part of the Council’s Constitution and
can viewed at
Part 3b.