The Cabinet
The Leader chooses a Cabinet of other
Councillors (called Cabinet Members) who will together make
decisions on important subjects or matters affecting the City or
Council as a whole.
The Cabinet
Members
Each Cabinet Member has responsibility for a
range of Council activities, which are called Portfolios. At
present these are:
- Leader – Councillor
Hammond
- Deputy Leader and Cabinet Member for
Customer and Organisation – Councillor Rayment
- Cabinet Member for Children and
Learning - Councillor Dr Paffey
- Cabinet Member for Culture and Homes
– Councillor Kaur
- Cabinet Member for Finance &
Income Generation – Councillor Barnes-Andrews
- Cabinet Member for Health and Adults
– Councillor Fielker;
- Cabinet Member for Green City and
Place – Councillor Leggett
- Cabinet Member for Stronger
Communities – Councillor Shields
Detail the individual Portfolio
responsibilities can be found in
Part 3 of the Council's Constitution - Responsibility for
Functions
The Cabinet Members can make decisions
individually for their Portfolio area and so most decisions are
made either by the whole Cabinet or an individual Cabinet
Member. However, these decisions must
be in accordance with the Budget and the Plans in the Policy
Framework, all of which have been agreed by the whole Council.
Cabinet usually meets once a
month. The meetings are open to the
public, and are generally held in the Council Chamber.