Committee structure
Council
The full Council comprises of 74 members who meet together on dates agreed at the Annual Council Meeting and most meetings are usually open to the public. Here Councillors decide Council’s overall policies and set the budget framework each year. Meetings are chaired by the Speaker, who is also the Vice-Chairman of the Council. Both the Chairman and Vice-Chairman can come from any party, though in practice they usually belong to the same party as members of the Cabinet.
Cabinet
The Cabinet is responsible for most day-to-day decisions, which it has to make in line with the Council’s overall policies and budget. The Cabinet, or the Executive, consists of the Leader and up to 9 other members, normally from the ruling party. Cabinet meets on dates agreed by the Leader to agree the policies of the Council. Individual Cabinet Members (Portfolio Holders) have also been given certain delegated powers by the Leader to take decisions. Executive decisions are also taken on behalf of the Cabinet by the Health and Well-Being Board, Marches Local Enterprise Partnership Joint Executive Committee and West Mercia Energy Joint Committee.
- Cabinet
- Health and Wellbeing Board
- Marches Enterprise Joint Committee
- West Mercia Energy Joint Committee
- West Mercia Supplies Pensions Joint Committee
Scrutiny
Scrutiny (also known as Overview and Scrutiny) is vital to the work of the Council and its partners. It helps to develop policy, improve the performance of the Council, and holds the Cabinet and Portfolio Holders to account for their decisions. Scrutiny looks at Council services as well as services provided by other local agencies and organisations. There are currently 5 formal scrutiny committees all with a membership of 10 councillors.
- Communities Overview Committee
- Health & Adult Social Care Overview and Scrutiny Committee
- Joint Health Overview and Scrutiny Committee
- People Overview Committee
- Performance Management Scrutiny Committee
- Place Overview Committee
Regulatory - Licensing
Regulatory - Planning
Other Council Committees
- Audit Committee
- General Appeals Panel
- Housing Appeal Panel
- Housing Supervisory Board
- Pensions Board
- Pensions Committee
- Standards Committee
- Standards Sub-Committee
Local Joint Committees
- Albrighton Area LJC & Shifnal and Sheriffihales LJC - Joint Meeting
- Albrighton Area Local Joint Committee
- Bayston Hill Local Joint Committee
- Bishop's Castle, Chirbury, Worthen and Clun Local Joint Committee
- Bowbrook, Copthorne and Radbrook Local Joint Committee
- Bridgnorth, Worfield, Alveley, Claverley & Brown Clee Local Joint Committee
- Broseley and Barrow Local Joint Committee
- Cleobury and Rural Local Joint Committee
- Cleobury and Rural Local Joint Committee and Highley and Chelmarsh Local Joint Committee - Joint Meeting
- Craven Arms & Rural LJC and Strettondale LJC - Joint meeting
- Craven Arms & Rural Local Joint Committee
- Eastern Shrewsbury Local Joint Committee
- Ellesmere Area Local Joint Committee
- Gobowen, Selattyn, Weston Rhyn and St Martins Local Joint Committee
- Harlescott & Bagley Local Joint Committee
- Highley and Chelmarsh Local Joint Committee
- Loton, Longden Ford & Rea Valley LJC and Tern & Severn Valley LJC Joint Meeting
- Loton, Longden, Ford and Rea Valley Local Joint Committee
- Ludlow and Clee Area Local Joint Committee
- Market Drayton and Rural Areas Local Joint Committee
- Meole, Column and Sutton Local Joint Committee
- Much Wenlock & Shipton and Broseley & Barrow Local Joint Committees
- Much Wenlock and Shipton Local Joint Committee
- North East Shrewsbury Local Joint Committee
- Oswestry Local Joint Committee
- Severn Loop Forum
- Shifnal and Sheriffhales Local Joint Committee
- Shrewsbury Wide Local Joint Committee
- South West Shropshire Local Joint Committee
- St Oswald and Llanymynech Local Joint Committee
- StrettonDale Local Joint Committee
- Tern and Severn Valley Local Joint Committee
- The Five Perry Parishes Local Joint Committee
- The Severn Loop Local Joint Committee
- Wem and Shawbury Local Joint Committee
- Whitchurch and Prees Local Joint Committee
Other Committees
- SACRE
- Schools Forum
- Shropshire Hills AONB Partnership
- Shropshire Local Access Forum
- Shropshire's Great Outdoors Strategy Board