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.
Every decision the council makes must be empowered by legislation...
The varied nature of council decisions...
The governing body and local boards are responsible and democratically...
A range of principles and requirements apply to how the council makes decisions...
Many of the council’s significant formal decisions are made by resolution...
Decision-making on annual plans, long-term plans and rates...
Generally a power to make a decision can be exercised more than once...
Workshops are informal meetings that are not used to make decisions...