Committee

The General Purposes and Licensing Committee is responsible for the following non-Executive functions of the Council:

·  electoral issues;

·  making byelaws;

·  administration of the Local Government Pension Scheme;

·  staffing matters;

·  probity strategy;

·  audit;

·  open government;

·  fraud prevention;

·  complaint procedures;

·  Member appointments;

·  health and safety;

·  licensing of births, deaths and marriages; and

·  licensing matters.

Some decisions on these matters are delegated to appropriate officers.