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You may also comment on decisions that we have to make. Major
decisions that are to be discussed or made are published in the
Executive Forward Plan. You can have your say on these decisions,
or any other matter, by:
- Attending our meetings and
committees such as area committees, except where, for example,
personal or confidential matters are being discussed.
- Speaking at all council and committee meetings
- Reading committee reports, minutes and background papers on our
agendas and minutes page
- Contacting your
local councillor about any matters of concern to them
- Participating in the our question time and contribute to
commissions and other investigations by the Scrutiny Committee and
policy panels;
- Making representations to the Area and Regulation Committees
when they consider and determine planning applications
- Finding out, from the Executive's Forward Plan, what major
decisions are to be discussed by the Executive and when
- Commenting or
complaining to us about any council procedure or service
- Making a complaint to the Ombudsman if you think we have not
followed procedures properly. However, you should only do this
after using making a formal complaint to us
- Making a complaint about a councillor to
the Standards Committees of local authorities if you have evidence
which they think shows that a councillor has not followed the
Council's Code of Conduct;
- Inspecting our accounts and make your views known to the
external auditor
- Voting at local
elections if you are registered
- Obtaining a copy of the Constitution
- Petitioning to request a referendum on a mayoral form of
Executive
- Requesting information by issuing a Freedom of Information
request
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