NEDDC's Constitution - Part 1 - Introduction to Our Constitution
Location
The District of North East Derbyshire lies on the edge of the Peak District National Park, where the foothills of the Pennines meet the Midland plain.
Covering 100 square miles, and with some of the most beautiful scenery in the Country, the District is home for almost 100,000 people and is a popular visiting place for ramblers and tourists.
Our services cover both town and rural areas, with the biggest population centres being;
Dronfield;
Killamarsh;
Eckington;
Clay Cross;
North Wingfield;
Wingerworth;
About NEDDC
In England and Wales there are five types of council:
- County council
- District council
- Metropolitan council
- Shire English and Welsh Unitary authorities
- London boroughs.
What this means is that, depending where you live, you may have one council responsible for all your local services, or two.
Councils are responsible for the following services:
- Education
- Environmental Health
- Fire
- Housing
- Highways
- Leisure & Recreation
- Libraries
- Passenger Transport
- Planning applications
- Revenue collection
- Social Services
- Strategic Planning
- Transport planning
- Waste collection
- Waste Disposal
Metropolitan, unitary single tier and London boroughs provide all the above local services in their areas, which are mainly towns and cities.
Derbyshire has a two-tier system of local government. This means that, no matter where you live in the county (excluding the city of Derby), services are actually shared between two councils.
In our case, these are Derbyshire County Council, and ourselves, North East Derbyshire District Council.
Derbyshire County Council provides the following services:
North East Derbyshire District Council provides the following services:
Who we are and how we work
The Leader of the Council is Councillor Graham Baxter MBE. The Chief Executive is Wes Lumley (jointly with Bolsover District Council). The Council is governed by 53 Councillors elected by local people. We have approximately 400 staff, working in 4 directorates. We have a Constitution which sets out how we work and what we can do.
Our vision
Our vision for 2011-15 is:-
“North East Derbyshire will be a place that is clean and attractive, a place where people are proud to live, where they prosper and are safe, happy and healthy.”
Our key ambitions
We have five strategic objectives that will help us to deliver our long term vision:
• Create jobs, build skills and attract investment;
• Improve people's health;
• Look after the environment;
• Increase housing choice;
• High performing Council.
Our corporate plan
Our detailed plans to achieve these are set out in our Corporate Plan 2011 - 2015.
Our partners
We work together with other local authorities and public bodies who provide other services. In our immediate area, we work closely with Chesterfield Borough Council, Bolsover District Council and Derbyshire Dales District Council and we are also part of the Sheffield City Region. We have formed a strategic alliance with Bolsover District Council which means that a joint management team, led by a single chief executive, serves both authorities.
Our constitution
We’ve adopted a Constitution which sets out how we operate and how we make decisions.
Our constitution is in several different parts:-
- This introduction and summary is part 1 of the Constitution
- In Part 2 there are 12 articles which explain how key parts of the Council work
- In Part 3 there are details about who can do what in the Council
- In Part 4 there are detailed rules about how particular things operate
- In Part 5 there are codes and protocols about how Councillors and staff should behave and details of what Councillors can be paid
- In Part 6 there is an A – Z of the Constitution where the meanings of particular words are given.
There’s a lot of information in our Constitution, so we’ve made a Summary of it.
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