Committee details
Council
Purpose of committee
The Council is composed of 66 Councillors with one third elected three years in four. Councillors are democratically accountable to residents of their ward. The overriding duty of Councillors is to the whole community, but they have a special duty to their constituents, including those who did not vote for them.
Functions and Powers
(b) Meanings
(ii) Budget – The approval or adoption of a plan or strategy for the control of the local authority’s borrowing, investments or capital expenditure, or for determining the authority’s minimum revenue provision, which meaning will include:
· the allocation of financial resources to different services and projects,
· proposed contingency funds
· the Council tax base
· setting the Council tax
· decisions relating to the control of the Council’s borrowing requirement
· treasury management functions
· the control of its capital expenditure and
· the setting of virement limits.
Wirral Council is fully committed to equalities and our obligations under The Equality Act 2010 and Public Sector Equality Duty.
We encourage people who have a protected characteristic to participate in public meetings and in the democratic process. If you have any adjustments that would help you attend or participate at this meeting, please let us know as soon as possible and we would be happy to facilitate where possible. Please contact committeeservices@wirral.gov.uk.
Public Questions
Notice for public questions must be put in writing to the Monitoring Officer no later than midday three working days before the meeting and should be sent to committeeservices@wirral.gov.uk
If you do not receive an acknowledgement of receipt of your question by the deadline for submission, please telephone the relevant Committee Services Officer to confirm we have received your email. Their contact details can be found further down this page.
Public Statements
A member of the public may speak on up to two non-procedural items on any Agenda if notice has been given no later than midday 3 working days in advance of the meeting. Please give notice to mailto:committeeservices@wirral.gov.uk
If you do not receive an acknowledgement of receipt of your statement by the deadline for submission, please telephone the relevant Committee Services Officer to confirm we have received your email. Their contact details can be found further down this page.
Petitions
Petitions may be presented to full council The person presenting the petition will be allowed to address the meeting briefly (not exceeding one minute) to outline the aims of the petition. The Mayor will refer the matter to another appropriate body of the Council within whose terms of reference it falls without discussion ,unless a relevant item appears elsewhere on the Agenda. Please give notice of presentation of a petition to committeeservices@wirral.gov.uk
If you do not receive an acknowledgement of receipt of your petition, please telephone the relevant Committee Services Officer to confirm we have received your email. Their contact details can be found further down this page.
For further information about how we use the personal data of individuals speaking at Council and Committee meetings, please see the following document: Document Data Protection Protocol for Public Speakers at Committees | Wirral Council
Membership
- Councillor Jeff Green (Mayor)
- Councillor Jerry Williams (Deputy Mayor)
- Councillor Tom Anderson
- Councillor Stephen Bennett
- Councillor Jo Bird
- Councillor Max Booth
- Councillor Allan Brame
- Councillor David Brennan
- Councillor David Burgess-Joyce
- Councillor Helen Cameron
- Councillor Ivan Camphor
- Councillor Chris Carubia
- Councillor Pat Cleary
- Councillor Michael Collins
- Councillor Helen Collinson
- Councillor Paul Connolly
- Councillor Christopher Cooke
- Councillor Tony Cox
- Councillor Angela Davies
- Councillor Christopher Davies
- Councillor George Davies
- Councillor Tracy Elzeiny
- Councillor Leah Fraser
- Councillor Steve Foulkes
- Councillor Andrew Gardner
- Councillor Phil Gilchrist
- Councillor Emily Gleaves
- Councillor Harry Gorman
- Councillor Naomi Graham
- Councillor Karl Greaney
- Councillor Elizabeth Grey
- Councillor Judith Grier
- Councillor Paul Hayes
- Councillor Andrew Hodson
- Councillor Kathy Hodson
- Councillor John Hoey
- Councillor Jennifer Johnson
- Councillor Chris Jones
- Councillor Tony Jones
- Councillor Mary Jordan
- Councillor Stuart Kelly
- Councillor Brian Kenny
- Councillor Daisy M Kenny
- Councillor Ian Lewis
- Councillor Julie McManus
- Councillor Paul Martin
- Councillor Dave Mitchell
- Councillor Simon R Mountney
- Councillor Yvonne Nolan
- Councillor Clare O'Hagan
- Councillor Amanda Onwuemene
- Councillor Orod Osanlou
- Councillor Sue Percy
- Councillor Cherry Povall, JP
- Councillor Sue Powell-Wilde
- Councillor Lesley Rennie
- Councillor Jean Robinson
- Councillor Tony Smith
- Councillor Paul Stuart
- Councillor Jason Walsh
- Councillor Joe Walsh
- Councillor Steve Williams
- Councillor Janette Williamson
- Councillor Vida Wilson
- Councillor Gillian Wood
- Councillor Alison Wright
- Bryn Griffiths (Committee Officer)
Contact information
Support officer: Daniel Sharples. Principal Democratic Services Officer
Postal address:
Wallasey Town Hall
Brighton Street
Wallasey
Wirrral
CH44 8ED
Phone: 0151 666 3791
Web site: http://www.wirral.gov.uk