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The City of York Council is a unitary authority employing around 3,500 staff full-time
and 4,000 staff part-time. The Council has annual net budget of around £157m,
capital spending of £43m (2004/5) and serves a population of 183,000.
The Council has a Leader and Cabinet structure and has 47 Elected Members,
representing 22 wards. Below are the results from the local elections held on
3 May 2007. Overall turnout was 41.8% (this is up from May 2003 when the turnout
was 35.6%)
• Conservative: 8 seats
• Green: 2 seats
• Labour: 18 seats
• Liberal Democrat: 19 seats
The four party group leaders on City of York Council have agreed the arrangements
for the leadership of the authority. The Liberal Democrats have formed a minority
administration for 12 months and Labour have formed the shadow administration.
This was agreed by councillors at the annual meeting of the council on Thursday
24 May.
Our Vision:
Our vision provides us with clarity about where we want to go as a council
and the changes we will make to the way we deliver services in future. Having
this clear sense of direction is important for setting out our intentions and
ensuring we remain in control of steering change towards them. The vision is
made up of two elements - Values which as a council we hold and will underpin
change, and Direction Statements which show where we are going.
Our Vision:
Our vision provides us with clarity about where we want to go as a council and the changes we will make to the way we deliver services in future. Having this clear sense of direction is important for setting out our intentions and ensuring we remain in control of steering change towards them. The vision is made up of two elements - Values which as a council we hold and will underpin change, and Direction Statements which show where we are going. |
