Council

 

The Council is composed of 53 Councillors who meet together as The Council.

 

Meetings of the Council are normally open to the public and the public can ask questions at Council meetings.  Meetings are held a minimum of six times per Municipal Year.  Here Councillors decide the council's overall policies and set the budget each year.  The Council appoints the Leader, Deputy Leader and the Cabinet.  The Council also appoints Councillors to its Scrutiny Committees, Regulatory and other committees and the Standards Committee.  The Scrutiny committees are the primary means of holding the Cabinet to account, and they, in turn report direct to the Council.

 

The Mayor chairs the meetings of Council and acts as a non-political Civic Head.  The Mayor is elected annually.

 

If you have any queries please contact democratic@darlington.gov.uk

 

Meetings of Full Council

Ordinary meetings of Full Council take place every two months and are generally open to the public to attend, except where an item is of a confidential nature.  Below is a list of Committee meeting dates for the Municipal Year 2008/09.  

Date	Time	Venue	Papers
15th May 2008 (Annual Council)	6.00 p.m.	Council Chamber, Town Hall, Darlington	View the Agenda and Papers for 15th May 2008.
22nd May 2008.	6.00 p.m.	Council Chamber, Town Hall, Darlington	View the Agenda and Papers for 22nd May 2008.
6th June 2008 (Special)	12.30p.m.	Council Chamber, Town Hall, Darlington	View the Agenda and Papers for 6th June 2008.
17th July 2008	6.00 p.m.	Council Chamber, Town Hall, Darlington	View the Agenda and Papers for 17th July 2008.
2nd October 2008	6.00 p.m.	Council Chamber, Town Hall, Darlington	View the Agenda and Papers for 2nd October 2008.
27th November 2008	6.00 p.m.	Council Chamber, Town Hall, Darlington	View the Agenda and Papers for this meeting on 20th November 2008.
29th January 2009	6.00 p.m.	Council Chamber, Town Hall, Darlington	View the Agenda and Papers for this meeting on 22nd January 2009.
26th March 2009	6.00 p.m.	Council Chamber, Town Hall, Darlington	View the Agenda and Papers for this meeting on 19th March 2009.
14th May 2009	6.00 p.m.	Council Chamber, Town Hall, Darlington	View the Agenda and Papers for this meeting on 7th May 2009.
21st May 2009 (Annual Council)	6.00 p.m.	Council Chamber, Town Hall, Darlington	View the Agenda and Papers for this meeting on 14th May 2009.

View the Agenda and Papers for Annual Council held on Thursday, 17th May 2007.

View previous Agendas and Papers for meetings of Council held between 17th May, 2007 and 15th May, 2008.