Council and democracy

In this section:

• Kersten's blog
  Kersten England has been the chief executive of City of York Council since 30 September 2009. In this blog, written for council staff and published on the council's intranet, Kersten shares her views and experiences of the role.
• Constitution
  The constitution explains the structure and workings of the council including all the rules and procedures under which the council operates. It is maintained under Section 37 of the Local Government Act 2000
• Consultations
  Consultation and the Talkabout citizens' panel
• Complaints
  Comments, compliments, complaints and suggestions about the council
• Council budget and spending
  Includes the council's annual statement of accounts
• Council buildings and departments
  Public facing council offices and more about the structure of the council
• Council Plan
  Council Plan
• Council publications
  Find out about the publications we produce for our residents
• Customer services
  York Customer Centre
• Elected representatives
  Find out about your local councillors, the Lord Mayor, MPs, MEPs and parish councils
• Elections and democracy
  Information about voting and the democratic process in York
• Information management
  Data protection and freedom of information
• Lord Mayor
  General information about the Lord Mayor
• Meeting agendas, minutes
  View agendas, minutes and reports from council meetings
• York in the news
  Latest news from City of York Council plus links to stories in the local and national media
• Performance and planning
  Our annual report and summary accounts
• Statistics and census information
  Statistics and census information
• Take Part York
  The Take Part York is a project to encourage children and young people to get involved in local democracy. It aims to give children and young people the confidence and experience to feel that they can inflluence decisions that affect them
• Wards
  Your Ward is your local ward newsletter and is available on each ward page
• West Offices building
  We are undertaking a major rationalisation of our existing office accommodation and building a new civic headquarters and Customer Centre at West Offices by 2012.