Who is making the decisions?
Everybody's life is affected by the decisions of their local
council, whether it is rubbish collections, the regeneration of a
local eyesore or the level of council tax.
Executive
Because of the amount of complex business the Council deals
with, it is not practical for all issues to be discussed at full
council meetings.
Executive therefore takes most major decisions.
Executive is a group of councillors, headed up by the Leader
Councillor Tim Heslop, who each have specific areas of Council
service development and delivery called portfolios. Decisions made
by Executive are based on the Council's priorities. The
full Council must subsequently approve recommendations on
policy matters.
Councillors
There are 56 members of the Council (councillors), elected
by residents of Allerdale to represent the public.
All 56 councillors meet at
'full Council' to approve the budget and levels of council tax
and decide on key policies.
Councillors attendance at full council meetings can be found on
this website.
The 56 councillors represent 31 electoral areas, called
wards. Some wards are represented by just one councillor,
others by two and some larger wards by three.
Contact details for councillors for each ward are available on
this website.
All councillors are entitled to a basic allowance each year in
recognition of their time and commitment. An additional allowance
may be paid to some councillors, known as a special responsibility
allowance, which recognises the extra responsibilities and
workloads for members of the executive, chairs of committees and
scrutiny panel chairs. An independent panel determines the basic
and the special responsibility allowances. Councillors can also
claim reimbursement of travel and accommodation expenses for
approved council duties.
My Councillor
Who are my councillor? Which ward am I in?
Visit My Property to find
out.
The Management Team
The Council's staff, who make routine
decisions on a day-to-day basis in accordance with policies
previously decided by councillors, are headed up by the
Chief Executive, Harry Dyke. Harry is supported by a
management team, consisting of a
Deputy Chief Executive and four
strategic managers.
The Management Team ensures that
services are delivered to meet the priorities identified in the
Council's
Corporate Improvement Plan.