Standing Committees

Standing Committees
Standing Committees These are permanent committees that deal with council matters. They have some decision-making powers related to the legislative branch of council. Standing Committee Rules Developing and approving rules for proceedings Determining focus areas in respect of councillors' responsibilities Allocation of membership to the various committe Petitions and Public Ensuring proper and timeous responses to petitions directed to the City's departments and entities. Ensuring enhancement of public participation, with rigorous monitoring of all public participation processes and systems.\ Monitoring of the functioning of ward committees. Ensuring incorporation of ward needs into the council. Ethics/Disciplinary Ensuring declarations of the financial interest committee Ensuring compilation of the Register of Financial Interest on an annual basis Considering any alleged breaches of the Code of Conduct by councillors Programming Considering and approving items/motions on the council agenda Agreeing on the allocation of speaking time for the items and motions contained in the council agenda Public Accounts Provision of political oversight to financial management and accounts Ensuring that residents of the City of Johannesburg get "value for money" Audit The committee serves as a link between the council, departmental heads, internal and external auditors municipal entities The committee reviews the financial reporting by the external auditors as well as the activities of internal audit It provides independent oversight over financial management and accounts.

Standing Committees
These are permanent committees that deal with council matters. They have some decision-making powers related to the legislative branch of council.

Standing Committee Rules
Developing and approving rules for proceedings
Determining focus areas in respect of councillors' responsibilities
Allocation of membership to the various committe

Petitions and Public

Ensuring proper and timeous responses to petitions directed to the City's departments and entities.

Ensuring enhancement of public participation, with rigorous monitoring of all public participation processes and systems.\

Monitoring of the functioning of ward committees.

Ensuring incorporation of ward needs into the council.

Ethics/Disciplinary

Ensuring declarations of the financial interest committee

Ensuring compilation of the Register of Financial Interest on an annual basis

Considering any alleged breaches of the Code of Conduct by councillors

Programming

Considering and approving items/motions on the council agenda

Agreeing on the allocation of speaking time for the items and motions contained in the council agenda

Public Accounts

Provision of political oversight to financial management and accounts
Ensuring that residents of the City of Johannesburg get "value for money"

Audit

The committee serves as a link between the council, departmental heads, internal and external auditors municipal entities

The committee reviews the financial reporting by the external auditors as well as the activities of internal audit

It provides independent oversight over financial management and accounts.