Council Documents
Member / Officer Protocol
Councillors and Officers must have mutual trust and respect for each other’s requirements and duties
Councillors are democratically accountable and may have political affiliations. Officers must serve the whole Council objectively. Together they should balance a complex range of obligations and competing interests. For this to be effective, Councillors and Officers must have mutual trust and respect for each other’s requirements and duties. There is also a need for a transparent consistency in everyday working relations. This protocol sets out how the Councillors and Officers manage their pivotal relationship.
This protocol supports the Members’ Code of Conduct.