Welcome to Legal and Democratic Services
The Assistant Chief Executive for Legal & Democratic Services is Tim Mumford, who also acts as Monitoring Officer to the Council. The Monitoring Officer has the duty of reporting to the Council in various circumstances, particularly on actions or proposals in contravention of the law.
The Monitoring Officer also advises the Council's Standards Committee and the Cabinet and is a member of the Council's Corporate Management Team. The Monitoring Officer also has the responsibility of establishing and maintaining a register of councillors' and co-opted members' interests which may be inspected at third floor, Civic Building, Walker Place, Rotherham, S65 1UF.
Legal and Democratic Services has three primary functions:
Legal Services
The Legal Services division is a support service which ensures the legality of the actions of the Council and its directorates.
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Democratic Services
Democratic Services provides a full range of support to the Council, the Cabinet, boards, committees and panels and officer meetings. It also provides support for the Mayoralty and councillors.
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Electoral Services
Electoral Services are an essential part of the democratic structure of the United Kingdom. They exist to provide the means and the mechanism to conduct elections and occasionally referendums. The service's function is to support the statutory roles of the Chief Executive as Returning Officer and Electoral Registration Officer.
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We hope you will find the information useful.
The following documents are the Independent Inspector's final Report for the Thorpe Hesley Village Green application.
DecisionLetterThorpeHesleyVG.pdf
THVGReportFrontSheet.pdf
THVGReport.pdf
THVGAppendix.pdf
THVGReportGlossary.pdf
The following documents are the Independent Inspector's Preliminary Report for the Thorpe Hesley Village Green Application.
THVGPreliminaryReportFrontSheet.pdf
THVGPreliminaryReportGlossary.pdf
THVGPreliminaryReport.pdf
THVGFurtherDirections.pdf
The following document shows the results of the Ethical Standards Survey.
Results of the Officers Ethical Standards Survey
T. C. Mumford
Assistant Chief Executive (Legal and Democratic Services)
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