We want you to be able to comment on some of the big
decisions that we have to make. There's a number of ways in which
you can do this:
Attend a meeting, get in touch and stay informed
- Attending our meetings and
committees such as area committees, except where, for example,
personal or confidential matters are being discussed.
- Speaking at all council and committee meetings
- Reading committee reports, minutes and background papers on our
agendas and minutes page
- Contacting your
local councillor about any matters of concern to them
- Commenting or
complaining to us about any council procedure or service
- Making a complaint to the Ombudsman if you think we have not
followed procedures properly. However, you should only do this
after using making a formal complaint to us
- Making a complaint about a councillor to
the Standards Committees of local authorities if you have evidence
which they think shows that a councillor has not followed the
Council's Code of Conduct;
- Inspecting our accounts and make your views known to the
external auditor
- Voting at
local elections if you are registered
- Obtaining a copy of the Constitution
- Petitioning to request a referendum on a mayoral form of
Executive
- Requesting information by issuing a Freedom of Information
request
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