Leader of the Council
Electoral Division: Bodmin St Petroc
Responsible for the Leadership of the Council.
Specific individual responsibilities:
- Strategy and place leader for Cornwall
- Regional policy and external relations
- Relationship with HM Government
- Relationships with the devolved nations, other international bodies and the Cornish Diaspora.
- Civic functions
- Partnerships
- Communications and resident engagement
- Customer Services and Customer Experience
- Human Resources
To lead on strategy formulation for the Council through Cabinet.
To chair the Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Leadership Board.
Find out more about Councillor Leigh Frost
Portfolio holder for Resources
Electoral Division: Launceston North & North Petherwin
To lead on budget and policy formulation and implementation in relation to:
- Resources (including billing, collection and recovery of local taxation)
- Financial forward planning and budgeting
- The effective use of resources and value for money
- Treasury Management and Pensions
- Risk management and insurance
- Business Planning and Performance Management framework
- Fees and charges
- Audit and Assurance
- Corporate procurement and commercial services
- Council entities.
- Business Systems and digital strategy
Find out more about Councillor Adam Paynter
Portfolio holder for Adult Social Care and Health
Electoral Division: Penzance Promenade
To lead on budget and policy formulation and implementation in relation to adult social care and health partnerships in line with the Care Act 2014.
This includes:
- Adult Social Care Services for adults of working age
- Adult social care services for older adults
- Services for carers
- Vulnerable adult safeguarding functions
- Health Protection (including drug and alcohol services)
- Health and Well-Being Strategy
Promoting the best possible adult social services and seamless care in the community by working with and optimising all opportunities offered by other providers to further these aims.
Working in partnership through the Health and Well Being Board to promote early intervention and prevention and integrated care.
To act as the lead Executive Member for the Health and Well-Being Board.
To provide executive member leadership on Health and Social Care integration.
Find out more about Councillor Jim McKenna
Portfolio holder for Children and Families
Electoral Division: Saltash Essa
To undertake the responsibilities of the Lead Member for Children’s Services as set out in statutory guidance.
To enhance the Council's corporate parenting role; to protect and champion children’s rights and to promote opportunity for all children in Cornwall.
To lead on budget and policy formulation and implementation in relation to:
- Children’s Rights and Involvement of young people in decision making
- Children’s Social Care
- Children’s Safeguarding
- Early Intervention Services for vulnerable children
- Early Years provision including Health Visiting
- Schools
- Special Educational Needs Provision
- Transitions for disabled young people
- Youth Offending
- Universal Youth provision and post 16 employment and training.
Work in Partnership with the Health and Well-Being Board to achieve better outcomes for children and families.
To lead on budget and policy development and implementation in relation to capital investment in educational infrastructure in schools.
Find out more about Councillor Hilary Frank
Portfolio holder for Tourism, Localism and Planning
Electoral Division: Lostwithiel & Lanreath
To lead on budget and policy formulation and implementation in relation to:
- Visitor Economy
- Leisure Services
- Relationship with the voluntary and third sector
- Social inclusion, digital inclusion employability and welfare
- Cultural Services and Cornish Language
- Registrars
- Library and cultural services
- Community Area Partnerships and relationships with Town and Parish Councils
- Local Plan and associated local planning guidance
- Neighbourhood Plans
- Development Control Service and Planning Enforcement
Find out more about Councillor Sarah Preece
Portfolio holder for Community Safety & Public Health
Electoral Division: Mousehole, Newlyn & St Buryan
To lead on budget and policy formulation and implementation in relation to:-
- Cornwall Fire and Rescue
- Community safety
- Emergency planning and business resilience
- Events and Licensing
- Public Protection and Enforcement Services (Environmental Health, Trading Standards, Port Health, Parking Enforcement)
- Public Health
- Equalities
- Anti Poverty Strategy
To provide overall liaison with Devon and Cornwall Police and the Police and Crime Commissioner and to promote effective blue light collaboration within Cornwall.
Find out more about Councillor Thalia Marrington
Portfolio holder for Environment and Climate Change
Electoral Division: Truro Tregolls
To lead on budget and policy formulation and implementation in relation to the environment.
This includes:
- Waterways, beaches and flood resilience
- Parks and open spaces and public rights of way
- Cemeteries and Crematoria.
- Protected Landscapes
- Archaeology Service
- Fisheries and Agricultural Policy
- Maritime Services (Ports and Harbours)
- Climate Change
- Waste – collection, disposal and waste minimisation
- Street cleaning
To provide executive member leadership for the Environmental Growth Strategy / Local Nature Recovery Strategy and Climate Change Action Plan and to deliver better environmental outcomes through the Local Nature Partnership.
Find out more about Councillor Loic Rich
Portfolio holder for Economic Regeneration & Investment
Electoral Division: Penzance East
To lead on budget and policy formulation and implementation in relation to:
- Economic development and local industrial strategy
- Relationships with business community
- Town Vitality and Place Shaping
- Skills and adult education
- Strategic Asset Management
- Investment Strategy
- Aerospace
- Digital Connectivity
- Energy Policy
- Capital Programme
To act as the lead Executive Member with responsibility for working with the Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Economic Forum and The Great South West.
Find out more about Councillor Tim Dwelly
Portfolio holder for Housing
Electoral Division: Bude
To lead on budget and policy formulation and implementation in relation to housing including:
- Land registry and street naming
- Housing Strategy
- Housing delivery pipeline to deliver Local Plan housing targets
- Direct Housing Development and investment
- Social Housing and Private Rented standards
- Homelessness Prevention and Housing Advice and Options Service
- Housing Adaptations for disabled people.
- Housing related support for vulnerable people
To act as the lead Executive Member with responsibility for working with the Strategic Housing Group
Find out more about Councillor Peter La Broy
Portfolio holder for Transport
Electoral Division: Bodmin St Mary's & St Leonard
To lead on budget and policy formulation and implementation in relation to transport including:
- Highways
- Street Lighting
- The Local Transport Strategy
- School Transport
- Public Transport
- Ferries
- Tamar Crossings
- Parking Strategy
To act as the lead Executive Member with responsibility for working with the Peninsula Subnational Transport Body.