Committee details
Council
Purpose of committee
The Council comprises all 49 Members and has the following functions:
a. Adopting
and changing the Constitution, except in so far as this function
has been delegated to
the Monitoring Officer.
b.
Approving or adopting the Policy Framework, the Budget and any
application to the Secretary of
State in respect of any Housing Land Transfer.
c. Subject
to the urgency procedure contained in the Access to Information
Procedure Rules in
Chapter 8 of the Constitution, making decisions about the discharge
of an Executive Function
where the decision maker is minded to make it in a manner which
would be contrary to the
Policy Framework or contrary to or not wholly in accordance with
the Budget.
d. Electing
or removing the Leader.
e. Agreeing
and/or amending the terms of reference for Committees of Council,
deciding on their
composition and making appointments to them.
f.
Appointing representatives to outside bodies unless the appointment
is an Executive Function
or has been delegated by the Council.
g. Adopting
a scheme for Members’ allowances.
h. Changing
the name of the area.
i.
Appointing or dismissing the Chief Executive.
j.
Making, amending, revoking, re-enacting or adopting bylaws, or
promoting or opposing the
making of local legislation or personal Bills.
k. All
other functions which the Council lawfully decides should be
undertaken by itself rather than
the Leader / Cabinet and which are set out in this chapter of the
Constitution.
l.
All other matters which, by law, must be reserved to
Council.
Members of the public are welcome to ask one question of the Leader of the Council, a Cabinet Member or the Chair of a Committee and must submit this by 5.00pm, six clear working days before the meeting.
Members of the public can also present a petition at a meeting and must give notice of this to Democratic Services by 12 noon the day before the meeting takes place.
This meeting is open to the public, although in considering some items of business, the press and public may be requested to leave the meeting.
Membership
- Councillor Susan Little (Mayor)
- Councillor Qaisar Abbas (Deputy Mayor)
- Councillor John Allen
- Councillor Alex Anderson
- Councillor Deborah Arnold
- Councillor Paul Arnold
- Councillor Gary Byrne
- Councillor Adam Carter
- Councillor John Cecil
- Councillor Daniel Chukwu
- Councillor Gary Collins
- Councillor George Coxshall
- Councillor Jack Duffin
- Councillor Tony Fish
- Councillor Rob Gledhill
- Councillor Aaron Green
- Councillor James Halden
- Councillor Vikki Hartstean
- Councillor Mark Hooper
- Councillor Mark Hurrell
- Councillor Andrew Jefferies
- Councillor Barry Johnson
- Councillor Tom Kelly
- Councillor Cathy Kent
- Councillor John Kent
- Councillor Martin Kerin
- Councillor Steve Liddiard
- Councillor Ben Maney
- Councillor Jacqui Maney
- Councillor Cici Manwa
- Councillor Fraser Massey
- Councillor Valerie Morris-Cook
- Councillor Sara Muldowney
- Councillor Augustine Ononaji
- Councillor Srikanth Panjala
- Councillor Maureen Pearce
- Councillor Terry Piccolo
- Councillor Georgette Polley
- Councillor Kairen Raper
- Councillor Joycelyn Redsell
- Councillor Elizabeth Rigby
- Councillor Sue Sammons
- Councillor Sue Shinnick
- Councillor Graham Snell
- Councillor Neil Speight
- Councillor Luke Spillman
- Councillor James Thandi
- Councillor Lee Watson
- Councillor Lynn Worrall
Contact information
Support officer: Jenny Shade, Senior Democratic Services Officer. Email: Direct.Democracy@thurrock.gov.uk
Postal address:
Civic Offices
New Road
Grays
Essex
RM17 6SL
Phone: 01375 652831
Email: Direct.Democracy@thurrock.gov.uk
Web site: http://www.thurrock.gov.uk