Talk:Rutland County Council

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That the full legal title is the clumsy "Rutland County Council District Council" is evident from an internet search for the phrase. A search will lead to national gov't legislation, e.g. http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/755/pdfs/uksi_20150755_en.pdf and RCC's own doc.s e.g. https://www.rutland.gov.uk/pdf/Enforcement%20Prioritisation%20Scheme.pdf or https://www.rutland.gov.uk/pdf/2012-13%20Allowances.pdf

Formally, it was a district council that was granted unitary powers, not a county council. If it it was not the formal title, why would RCC use it on legal doc.s and contracts rather the shorter, more mellifluous, Rutland County Council which is mostly used? Nedrutland (talk) 09:05, 14 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

This debate is bunkum. The new unitary authority of Rutland was created by the Leicestershire (City of Leicester and District of Rutland) (Structural Change) Order 1996, which called the new body "Rutland Council" (along with "Leicester Council", now known as Leicester City Council. The point is that councils can call themselves what they want, and they often do, but sometimes need to be clear what type of council they are for various official purposes, so that their functions are clear. Rutland is a unitary authority, whose functions are identical to those of a county council, as all (non-metropolitan) unitaries are, so if you're a historic county (as Rutland and Northumberland are - although Northumberland used to include some areas that are now unitary cities) then you can call yourself "county council" without confusing anyone. One thing you can be sure of, Rutland definitely hasn't been a district council since it was excised from Leicestershire in 1997 (before which, from 1886 to 1974 it was a county council). So it is 100% inaccurate to call Rutland "Rutland County Council District Council", and of course you will find references to such a thing if you Google "Rutland County Council District Council" just as you will find results for "Rutland Borough Council". I'm pretty sure the pensions scheme regulations referred to by the poster above in evidence simply contains a typo. Dotdotdotcomma (talk) 16:57, 5 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

As a resident of Rutland, I can assure you that the full "Rutland County Council District Council" title is used by the authority on formal documents including the council tax bills. Nedrutland (talk) 07:31, 6 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

This is mis-quoting the Leicestershire (City of Leicester and District of Rutland) (Structural Change) Order 1996. The references throughout the order are to "the Rutland Council", not to a body called "Rutland Council"; it is defined as "'the Rutland Council' means the council of that district" (section 2). Therefore the Structual Change Order did not amend the status from district council to unitary, but merely added the powers to the existing district council. At the time the order was made, it was named "Rutland District Council", and it changed its name to "Rutland County Council District Council" so it could legitimately shorten that to "Rutland County Council". Mauls (talk) 14:14, 16 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Council composition[edit]

The composition of the council shown on this page is wrong, despite the link to the council's own page on its composition (the link - ref 6) is correct. The actual composition of the council is: Conservative 15 The Independent Group 7 Liberal Democrat 2 Independent (different from 'the Independent Group') 2 Total: 26 (not 27!)

The graphic is also wrong (but differently). I'm not a whizz at these things, so not sure how to make the changes to the graphic or to the table with the current composition without potentially mucking up the formatting, but can someone else correct this? Cheers, Dotdotdotcomma (talk) 17:01, 5 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

The composition of the council is:

Conservative 15

Independent Group 7

Liberal Democrat 3

Independent (ungrouped) 2

Total: 27

The Green Party cllr can not form a group by herself so she "wished to be counted with the Independent members for reasons of political balance". Two Indies choose not to be part of a group.

Yes, the graphic is wrong; no, I can not fix it. Nedrutland (talk) 17:15, 5 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

The Cabinet[edit]

The Cabinet comprises the Leader of the Council plus up to four elected County Councillors, at October 2020 these consist of

Oliver Hemsley - Leader and Portfolio Holder for Resources and Property

Gordon Brown - Deputy Leader and Portfolio Holder for Finance and Planning

Lucy Stephenson - Portfolio Holder for Culture, Highways and Environment

Alan Walters - Portfolio Holder for Adults

David Wilby - Portfolio Holder for Children

The Cabinet prepares Council policies and budgets and is responsible for most day-to-day decision making. The Cabinet also provides leadership and accountability for the local community. Each of the Cabinet Members are responsible for a specified policy area.

The Cabinet works to a Forward Plan that sets out matters which the Leader of the Council believes will be the subject of a key decision to be taken by the Cabinet. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Browngrs (talk • contribs) 20:14, 2 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]