What is the job of a Councillor?
The role of a councillor includes:
- giving residents advice and help, usually by holding regular "surgeries", where they make themselves available in places like schools and libraries to allow members of the public to come to them with their problems
- representing the local area, making sure its needs are taken into account e.g. when proposals are being discussed at Committees
- listening to local people and groups, encouraging their involvement and ensuring they are kept informed about things which affect them
- developing policies and planning services to meet the needs of the city as a whole
- representing the council on other bodies, including partnership groups involving the police and the health service, to ensure that local needs are met by all public services
- sitting as members of council committees dealing with all the functions of the council and its departments
- making decisions about planning and licensing applications and policies
- setting standards for customer service and scrutinising the performance of the council's departments
From Dundee City Council web site here
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