Full Council is a meeting of all 84 Councillors and is chaired by the Lord Mayor.
Some important decisions can only be taken at Full Council, such as setting the Council's budget and deciding the Council's overall policies.
The Council appoints the Leader and at its Annual Meeting will appoint Councillors to serve on its Committees. It also appoints representatives to serve on joint bodies and external organisations.
Attending Meetings
Meetings of the Council are open to the public. Please access the agenda for the meeting on the website for details of how to view the remote meeting.
Public Questions and Petitions
At every Full Council meeting (except at the Annual Meeting and at Extraordinary Meetings) there is an opportunity for members of the public to ask questions about Council business to the Cabinet Members and submit a petition under the agenda item ‘Public Questions and Petitions’.
The arrangements for dealing with questions and petitions at meetings of the Council which are held remotely are as follows:-
Please note that the Chair of the meeting may not accept petitions or questions which relate to:-
(i) matters not being within the responsibility of the Local Authority or which affects the City or its inhabitants;
(ii) judicial or quasi-judicial matters;
(iii) individual planning/licence/grant applications or appeals;
(iv) named officers or Members of the Council;
(v) confidential matters of the type referred to in Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act, 1972; or
(vi) matters of an irrelevant, repetitious, defamatory, frivolous or offensive nature or a general misuse of the opportunity.
Further information is available on submitting petitions.
Recording is allowed at Council meetings under the direction of the Chair of the meeting. The protocol on audio/visual recording and photography provides further information.
Please note that remote meetings will be filmed for live or subsequent broadcast via the Council’s website. See the Council’s Webcasting Notice for more details.
Support officer: Paul Robinson, Democratic Services. Email: paul.robinson@sheffield.gov.uk
Phone: 0114 2734029