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Committees

Committees

Appointment Committee

Besides the Standing Committees, there shall be an Appointment Committee consisting the Mayor as the Chairman and the Commissioner and Two members of the Council as members [Sec. 85 (c) of the CCMC Act, 1919].

Appointments to all posts included in Class III and in Class IV and to all other posts not so included shall be made by the Appointments Committee consisting of the Mayor, the Commissioner and two Councilors elected by the council, which shall be established for the corporation subject to the by-laws, if any, made by the Council.

There shall be Ward Committees in every Zone in which the Councillors of respective Zones shall be the members who will elect one among them as the Chairman of Ward Committee.

The tenure of the Members as well as Chairman of all the Committees shall be 5 years from the date of election.

For the efficient performance and the functioning of Corporation, in accordance with the provisions of the act there shall be the following authorities of the Corporation to man the administration namely.

  • a Council
  • a Mayor
  • Standing Committees
  • Ward Committees
  • a Commissioner

The Government have also constituted the following Six Standing Committees besides one Appointment Committee in addition to the Ward Committees for each Zone.

  • Standing Committee (Accounts)
  • Standing Committee (Education)
  • Standing Committee (Public Health)
  • Standing Committee (Town Planning)
  • Standing Committee (Works)
  • Standing Committee (Taxation & Finance)

Business Advisory Committee

For solving the important issues raised in the Council, Business Advisory Committee was formed under the Chairmanship of the Mayor. It will meet whenever the Chairman desires.

 

Conduct of Meetings (Schedule II of CCMC Act 1919)

The Council shall meet in the Municipal Office for the transaction of the business atleast once in every month, upon such day and such hour fixed by the Mayor. The Notice of the day and hour when the meeting is to be held and the business to be transacted there at, shall be give to the members besides, the notice of the day and hour of the meeting shall be notified in local news papers.

In case of urgency the Mayor may convene a Special Meeting after giving to the Members shorter notice as stipulated in the Act. The agenda of the meeting of the Council shall be prepared by the Mayor and the agenda for the Standing Committees shall be prepared by the Commissioner in consultation with the Chairman of the Standing Committees.

 

Commissioner when to Attend Meetings Sec.33 of CCMC Act, 1919

  •  The Commissioner shall have the right to attend the meetings of the Council and of any standing committee, Wards Committee or other Committee constituted under this Act and to take part in the discussion but shall not have the right to move any resolution or to vote.
  • The Commissioner shall attend any meeting of the Council or [of a Standing Committee, Wards Committee any other committee constituted under this Act, if required to do so by the Mayor or the Chairman of the Committee as the case may be.