The Governance
Committee’s role is to keep the Council’s
constitutional arrangements, including the Constitution and the
governance system it describes, under review.
In
particular, it will keep under review
the effectiveness of the arrangements for a committee system of
governance - (a) taking account of any changes to the local and
national context; (b) including any agreed ‘strategic
aims’ and ‘design principles’ in its assessment
criteria; and (c) actively seeking and using feedback from
residents, stakeholders, councillors, officers and partners to
inform its judgements against those criteria.
The Committee is also
responsible for the Council’s Member Development Strategy and
annual Member Development and Induction Plan.
Attending
Meetings
Meetings of the Council have
to be held as physical meetings and are open to the
public. Meetings are
normally held at Sheffield Town Hall and are webcast.
If you
would like to attend the meeting, please report to an Attendant in
the Foyer at the Town Hall where you will be directed to the
meeting room. However, it would be appreciated if you
could register to attend, in advance of the meeting, by
emailing committee@sheffield.gov.uk, as
this will assist with the management of attendance at the
meeting.
PLEASE NOTE: The Public
Gallery in the Town Hall Council Chamber can accommodate 50
persons. An overspill area will be provided in the event that more than 50 members of the public
attend - the webcast of the meeting will be live streamed to that
room.
We are
unable to guarantee entrance to the Public Gallery for observers,
as priority will be given to registered speakers and those that
have registered to attend.
Alternatively, you can observe the meeting remotely
by clicking on the ‘view the webcast’ link provided on
the meeting
page of the
website.
There
is an opportunity for members of the public to ask questions and
submit petitions under the agenda item 'Public Questions and
Petitions'.
The
Chair of the meeting has discretion as to how questions and
petitions are presented at the meeting and as to whether you are
invited to ask your question or present a petition at the
meeting or they are read out at the
meeting. A response to the question or petition will be given by
the appropriate Member or Council officer. If you are not able to attend the meeting,
your question/petition may be referred to the appropriate Member,
Council officer or organisation and an
answer/response will be provided to you.
Where a
submitted question or petition cannot be answered because time does
not allow, or where a Member undertakes
to provide a written answer/response, the written answer/response
will be provided to you and will be published on the Council
website.
If
you wish to attend a meeting and ask a question or present a
petition, you must submit the question/petition in writing by 9.00 a.m.
at least 2 clear working days in advance of the date of the
meeting, by email to the following address: committee@sheffield.gov.uk.
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.
Please note that meetings will
be filmed for live or subsequent broadcast via the council’s
website. See the Council’s
Webcasting Notice for more
details.
Further
information is available on submitting petitions.
Recording is allowed at Governance Committee meetings under
the direction of the Chair of the meeting. The
protocol on audio/visual recording and
photography provides further information.