The full council, involving all 60 Councillors, meets
approximately six times a year. There are decisions that only
Full Council can make and these include setting budgets and
spending programmes, setting council tax levels and approving major
policies and priorities.
The Council also appoints the Mayor, Deputy Mayor, Leader of
the Council, Committee Chairmen and the Chief Executive. The
Cabinet and Committees report to and are accountable to
Council.
Members of the Council and the
public may ask questions at ordinary meetings of the Council by
giving appropriate notice (members of the public can submit up to
two questions). A questioner who has
put a question in person may also put one supplementary question
without notice to the Member who has replied to his or her original
question.
A question may only be asked if
notice has been given by delivering it in writing, by facsimile
transmission or by electronic mail to the Chief Executive not later than 12 noon, five working
days before the day of the Council meeting (not including the day
of the meeting itself). Each question must give the name and
address of the questioner and must name or clearly identify the
Member to whom it is to be put.
Members and residents can
present petitions. Every petition must
be polite and must be relevant to the Council or a matter which
affects Peterborough.
The presenter of a petition
will have up to one minute to outline the aims of the petition. The
Mayor will refer the matter to another appropriate body of the
Council without discussion.
Instructions on Submitting Questions and Petitions at Meetings of
Full Council