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Information about Leader

The Leader is able to make individual Executive decisions on delegated matters as detailed in the Council’s Constitution. A summary of the responsibilities of this post is below, for full details visit Part 3 of the Constitution.

 

Responsibilities include:

 

·      Overall policy direction (with Deputy Leader)

·      Annual budget including Council Tax setting

·      Corporate communications - public relations, Your Chesterfield etc. (with Deputy Leader)

·      Key sites delivery (with Cabinet member for economic growth)

­   Chesterfield Waterside

­   Staveley Works corridor

­   High Speed Rail 2

·      Town centre summit – tackling antisocial behaviour and eradicating rough sleeping (with Cabinet Member for Health and Wellbeing)

·      Lead – external strategic partnerships