1. To regulate and control the finances of the Council with powers to revise, in each financial year the estimates of the spending committees.

2. To collate the estimates for each spending committee and to recommend to the Council the proposed expenditure and precept for the ensuing year.

3. To be authorised to approve additional expenditure, at the request of a spending committee, for items not included in the estimates, providing that savings cannot be found within the requesting committee's estimates and that funds are available.

4. To inform and advise the Council on capital expenditure, with authority to authorise expenditure on schemes approved by the Council.

5. To direct the raising of loans, leasing finance and investment of funds held by the Council and the appointment of Bankers, Building Societies and other financial establishments where funds are to be placed.

6. To give guidance and instructions to spending committees and officers for the formulation of forward programmes and financial guidelines.

7. To be authorised to approve the acceptance of a tender, other than the lowest if payment is to be made by the Council, or the highest tender, if payment is to be made by the Council, or the highest tender, if payment is to be received by the Council.

8. To be authorised to make payments for services rendered to the Council and for the transfer of funds between the appropriate deposit accounts, including monitoring and replenishment of the Clerk's Imprest Account.

9. To manage the Council's freehold and leasehold property and make recommendations on all land use issues.

10. To deal with all leases and licenses.

11. To ensure that the Council's existing services are effectively undertaken and that any new service(s) or facilities required are promptly identified.

12. To supervise communications between the Council and the public.

13. To provide for the replacement, renewal or repair of vehicles, plant, furniture and major items of equipment.

14. To be authorised to ensure that the Council is fully covered by insurance to carry out all the functions of a local authority.

15. To oversee the administration of the Council's offices and depots.

16. To deal with all staff matters, including determining numbers, job descriptions, pay scales and working hours, recruitment, training and development of employees.

17. To undertake appointments to the posts of Town Clerk, Deputy Town Clerk, Community & Members' Services Officer, Premises Manager, and Leisure Services Manager.

18. To be authorised to act on behalf of the Council on the final internal appeal stage within the grievance and disciplinary procesures for all employees.

19. To deal with all matters affecting the Local Government boundaries of the town of Woodley.

20. To liaise and foster good relations with local authority associations and to appoint representatives to attend meetings of these organisations.

21. To consider matters of major policy resource use under the committee's own terms of reference and in the form of recommendations from other committees; or where the recommendations of one committee on a particular matter differ from the recommendations of another committee on the same matter.

22. To be authorised to appoint sub committees and / or working parties to deal with matters delegated to the committee and to delegate such powers as vested in the committee.

23. To institute from time to time, as necessary, a performance review on the aims, objectives, powers and duties of the Council and the standing committees.

24. To consider, where appropriate, the environmental impact on decisions being made by the committee.