Your Council and Local Democracy
Please use the menu on the left of the page to find out more about how the council operates.
The Corporate and Democratic Services Division is managed by Barbara Morris, Director of Corporate & Democratic Services and Monitoring Officer, and is at Priory House, Chicksands. It is divided into the following sections:
- Support for Executive, Council and Committee meetings (including preparation and issuing of agendas, taking minutes, etc.)
- Issuing Decision Digests for Executive and Grants and the Forward Plan
- Maintaining the Constitution and statutory records
- Public Participation scheme for Committee meetings (excluding planning)
- Administration of Committee Management System (modern.gov)
- Management of all corporate complaints and compliments
- Conducting Parliamentary, County, European, District, Parish and other elections
- Producing a comprehensive and accurate Electoral Register
- Processing monthly additions to the Register under rolling registration
To support the Council's vision by
- Providing professional advice and guidance to all of the MBDC team on the full range of employment-related issues
- Working as a strategic partner to deliver change initiatives that maximise the potential of all MBDC human resources
The Council's in-house legal department advise other departments within the Council on legal matters relating to:-
- Planning
- Civil and Criminal Litigation
- Contract and Conveyancing
- Employment Law
- Local Government legislation & procedures
- Liquor Licensing
- Hackney Carriages and Private Hire
- Sex Establishments
- Motor Salvage Operators
- Scrap Metal Merchants
- House-to-House and Street Collection Permits
- Track Betting, Amusements with Prizes and Pools Promotion
- Temporary Road Closures
- Maintenance of the Local Land Charge Register
- Local Land Charge Searches and Personal Searches, including on-line searches.
Members / Civic Services
- Administrative, secretarial and support service to Members, the Executive and the Chairman of the Council; arrange Civic Functions
- Development and maintenance of Members' Resource Room
- Support of the Remuneration Panel on review of Members' Allowances
- Members' Allowances, training and conference attendance
- Ensure lawfulness and fairness within the decision making process
- Provide advice and action issues
- Working with the Standards Board of England
Every year Mid Beds District Council, via the Youth Participation Officer, is responsible for organising and running activities for young people during Local Democracy Week. Please click on the following link for what is happening in 2007: Youth Participation - Local Democracy Week.
