Governance Manual

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10. How council decisions are made

What type of decisions the council makes, who makes them, the principles governing them and the procedures for governing body and local board decision-making meetings. This section also outlines some of the special types of decisions that the council makes, such as bylaws, plans and rates.

 

10.1 General scheme of the council's decision-making

Every decision the council makes must be empowered by legislation...

10.2 The types of decisions the council makes

The varied nature of council decisions...

10.3 Who makes council decisions

The governing body and local boards are responsible and democratically...

10.4 How the council makes decisions

A range of principles and requirements apply to how the council makes decisions...

10.5 Meeting procedure

Many of the council’s significant formal decisions are made by resolution...

10.6 Special types of decisions and decision-making processes

Decision-making on annual plans, long-term plans and rates...

10.7 Revoking, amending and correcting errors in decisions

Generally a power to make a decision can be exercised more than once...

10.8 Elected member workshops

Workshops are informal meetings that are not used to make decisions...