Committees, council meetings and decision making

• Council and committee meetings View agendas and minutes for full council and committee meetings 
• Sign up for updates about council meetings Subscribe to meetings and download agendas when they are published
• Go to a council meeting Ask a question, make a speech or present a petition to a council meeting
• Petitions Sign or find out more about how to start one 
• Live recordings of council meetings Video of council meetings
• Archived recordings of council meetings Archive for meetings before May 2019
• Committee work programme Details of the decisions to be made by councillors in the coming months
• The constitution Read the constitution of Brighton & Hove City Council  

Council structure and constitution

Brighton & Hove City Council operates a committee system. This means that decisions are usually passed by a majority vote at committees. Committees are made up of representatives from every political group in the council.

Full council meets seven times a year. There are two special full council meetings each year.

• Budget council takes place in in February
• The new mayor is appointed at annual council each May 

At the other five meetings full council reviews the decisions made by committees.

Overview and scrutiny

The council's decisions are discussed and scrutinised by Councillors from all parties before they are made at committee meetings. In the past scrutiny panels have also examined specific topics or services but these panels are no longer run.

• A-Z of scrutiny panels

The council scrutinises health services in the city at the Health Overview and Scrutiny Committee.