Local councils, unlike principal authorities are not required by law to adopt a constitution, however they do need to adopt Standing Orders and Financial Regulations and to have other governing documents such as a Member Code of Conduct and a Publication Scheme.
Congleton Town Council have resolved to voluntarily adopt a Constitution which contains the statutory governance documents which it needs to publish as well as a number of other parts which will help to make its dealings more transparent to local people and businesses. Its purpose is to enable local people to understand how their Town is being governed and how they can become involved in the decision making. This first Constitution was formally adopted in April 2006, the 25th anniversary of the Town Council serving the Community. The Constitution is under constant review. The most up-to-date versions are listed below.
Constitution
- Summary and Explanation
- Standing Orders
- Standing Orders for Contracts
- Financial Regulations
- Youth Committee Constitution
Committee Terms of Reference and Delegation
- Community Committee
- Council
- Environment Committee
- Finance & Policy Committee
- Personnel Committee
- Planning Committee
- Town Hall, Assets & Services
Council Policies
- Banners, A-Boards & Signage Policy
- CCTV Policy
- Child & Vulnerable Adult Protection Policy
- Communications and Marketing Policy
- Community & Social Policy
- Complaints Policy
- Customer Care Policy
- Customer Care and Complaints Policy (Vexatious Complaints Policy)
- Data Privacy Notice
- Documents Retention Policy
- Drug and Alcohol Testing Policy and Procedure
- Environmental Policy
- Equality and Inclusion Policy
- Flag Flying Policy
- Grants & Funding Policy
- ICT Policy
- Information and Data Protection Policy
- Investment Policy
- Investment Strategy
- Pensions Discretion Policy
- Procurement Policy
- Prohibiting Weapons in the Workplace
- Quality Policy
- Reserves Policy
- Town Hall Equipment Policy
- Town Hall Letting Policy
- Training-and-Development Policy
- Volunteers Policy
Corporate Business Plan
- Business Plan 2020-23
- Budget Summary 2022-23
- Business Risk Assessment 2024-25
- Medium Term Financial Strategy 2016-20
- Medium Term Financial Forecast 2016 – 20
- Disaster Recovery & Business Continuity Plan
Codes & Protocols
- Civic Protocol
- Council Committee Structure
- Staff Management Structure
- Member Code of Conduct
- Member-Officer Protocol
- Officers Code of Conduct
