The Council has adopted the principle that decisions should be made and the lowest or most local level consistent with the nature of the issues involved. Functions therefore have been delegated to Boards, the Chief Executive, Directors and Heads of Service and other officers as detailed in the Scheme of Delegated Functions. In terms of statute, certain responsibilities must be exercised at the level of the Council itself and in addition there are certain matters which the Council has chosen to deal with at Council level. For further information please contact Lilian Belshaw on 0141 618 7112 - email: lilian.belshaw@renfrewshire.gov.uk or Dave Low on 0141 618 7105 - email:david.low@renfrewshire.gov.uk

The remit of this Board is to act as the Council's audit committee; corporate governance; risk management; monitoring and reviewing service delivery performance, policies and practices; community leadership through monitoring of other public bodies; and standards and ethics. The Board prepares an annual programme, which may include issues for specific investigation. For further information please contact Carol MacDonald on 0141 561 6397 email: carol.macdonald@renfrewshire.gov.uk

The remit of this Panel is to determine appeals relating to higher school bursaries and education maintenance allowances and appeals in relation to education endowments.

The purpose of the Local Review Body (LRB) is in relation to local planning applications as specified in the Planning etc. (Scotland) Act 2006 to review and determine: i. Appeals against decisions by officers to refuse planning permission; ii. Appeals against the nature of the conditions set by officers in respect of a planning permission; and iii. Failure by officers to make a decision in respect of a planning application within the statutory timescale. The Board comprises 5 members of the Communities, Housing and Planning Policy Board. The Convener of the Communities, Housing and Planning Policy Board is Chair of the LRB and the Depute Chair is nominated from the main opposition group. Each Local Review Board comprises the Chair and/or the Depute Chair plus 3 or 4 other members of the Communities, Housing and Planning Policy Board. For further information please contact Robert Devine on 0141 618 7107 email robert.devine@renfrewshire.gov.uk or Paul Shiach on 0141 618 7103 email paul.shiach@renfrewshire.gov.uk

The remit of the sub-committee is to consider matters relating to the police service including the Council's involvement with the Scottish Police Authority and Scottish Police Service, and arrangements for local policing including the Council's contribution to the development and implementation of the Local Policing Plan; In terms of Fire & Rescue to consider matters relating to fire & rescue service including the Council's involvement with the Scottish Fire & Rescue Service and arrangements for local fire and rescue services including the Council's contribution to the development and implementation of the Local Fire & Rescue Plan. For further information please contact Karen O'Neill on 0141 618 7110 email: Karen.ONeill@renfrewshire.gov.uk

The remit of the Board is to act as a sounding board and discussion forum with no decision-making powers; to provide an opportunity to discuss matters of common interest or of Council-wide relevance; and to provide for cross-party discussion on non-partisan/non-political issue raised by each political party or group on Renfrewshire Council. For further information please contact Lilian Belshaw on 0141 618 7112 email: lilian.belshaw@renfrewshire.gov.uk

The remit of this Board is education, early years and children and families' social work.

The remit of this Board is to oversee the activities of the Council, including the deployment of resources, in the event of any emergency, such as may be defined by the Chief Executive. During the emergency, the Board will take decisions on any matter which involves a significant change to Council policy which due to urgency cannot wait until the next meeting of the relevant Policy Board or Council and which do not fall within delegations given to any officer.

The remit of this Board includes Corporate Asset and Facilities Management; Civic Functions; Customer and Business Services; Human Resources and Organisational Development ICT; Risk Registers; Procurement; Renfrewshire Licensing Forum; Renfrewshire Valuation Joint Board; Scotland Excel; Trading Operations; Better Council Change Programme; and Building Services

The remit of this Board includes environmental issues; water and sewerage; waste management; flood prevention; roads and transportation; fleet and infrastructure; sustainability; parks and cemeteries; Clyde Valley Waste Initiative; Strathclyde Partnership for Transport; and Clyde Muirshiel Park Authority. For further information please contact euan.gray@renfrewshire.gov.uk

To consider and determine reviews of decisions or failures to take decisions on Asset Transfer Requests made in terms of Part 5 of the Community Empowerment (Scotland) Act 2015.

The remit of this Board is to (i) determine the discretionary ageement and any amendments in relation to the investment of the Common Good funds and to review the performance and strategy relating to the invested funds for the Common Good funds, which are managed by the Council's Investment Manager appointed by the Finance, Resources and Customer Services Policy Board. (ii) To meet at least annually with the Investment Manager to review the performance and strategy relating to the invested funds for the Common Good funds and to report their findings to the Finance, Resources and Customer Services Policy Board.

The purpose of this Board is to act as a forum for consultation between the Council and the trades unions representing all non-teaching employees on employment/service conditions matters which are not specifically determined by their respective national negotiating bodies; to secure the greatest possible measures of joint action between the Council and the trades unions for the development and improvement of the work of the Council; to consider any reference from the Council or the trade union side on matters affecting the mutual interests of the Council and its employees and to make recommendations thereon to the appropriate Board of the Council; to consider measures for safeguarding the health and welfare of the Council's employees. The JCB will not consider questions of individual appointment or other matters which are more properly the province of the Council's grievance or disciplinary procedures. For further information please contact Robert Devine on 0141 618 7107 email: robert.devine@renfrewshire.gov.uk

The remit of this Board includes Economy, Regeneration, Development and Renewal; Adult Social Care and Health Integration; Best Value and Performance Management; Corporate Planning and Community Empowerment; Corporate Communications and Marketing; Digital Inclusion; Glasgow City Region City Deal Project; Leisure and Culture Trust; Paisley legacy; Performance Management; Public Service Reform; Strategic Leadership and Oversight; Tackling Poverty and Welfare Reform; Economic Development; Employment; Tourism; Town Centres management and Events. For further information please contact Lilian Belshaw on 0141 618 7112 - email: lilian.belshaw@renfrewshire.gov.uk or Dave Low on 0141 618 7105 - email:david.low@renfrewshire.gov.uk

The remit of the Appeals Panel is to determine appeals against the application of the Council's policy relating to the discretionary relief of rates and to determine appeals under section 238 of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1947.

The following shall comprise the areas of responsibility of the Appeals Board: (i) To determine any appeals referred to it in terms of the Council's disciplinary and grievance procedures policies. (ii) To determine appeals arising from termination of service on the grounds of ill health or lack of capability. (iii) To consider and make recommendations to the Finance, Resources & Customer Services Policy Board regarding submissions made by the trade unions concerning the personnel policies of the Council.

The remit of this Board is to consider petitions in accordance with the procedures agreed by the Council

In terms of section 28D(1) of the Education (Scotland) Act 1980 there is a requirement on the Council to establish such number of appeals committees as are necessary to hear appeals relating to placing requests and exclusions. An appeal committee shall comprise 3, 5 or 7 members and sufficient persons may be appointed to allow two or more committees to meet at the same time. A person who is (a) a teacher at a relevant school; (b) a pupil at such a school; (c) a parent of a pupil at such a school; or (d) a member of a school council having functions in relation to such a school shall not be a member of an appeal committee for consideration of a reference involving a question whether a child is to be placed in the specified school or excluded from the relevant school.

The areas of responsibility of this Board are to determine applications, review the Council's policies and to exercise the functions of the Council for licences, permits, permissions and/or registrations which are not specifically allocated to another policy Board. The terms of reference of the Board are available in the other information section

The remit of this Board is to consider applications for the post and short leet candidates, to interview candidates and select the successful candidate. The membership of the Appointment Boards is the Leader and Depute Leader as Convener and Depute Convener respectively, and the remaining members are drawn from a pool of all members as follows: Appointment Board for Chief Executive Post - 9 members, to comprise the Leader and Depute Leader of the Council, 3 further members of the Administration and 4 members from the opposition groups or parties. Appointment Board for Director Posts – 9 members, to comprise 5 members of the Administration, and 4 members of the opposition groups or parties. Appointment Board for Head of Service Posts – 7 members, to comprise 4 members from the Administration and 3 members from the opposition group or parties.

The functions of this Committee are: to determine relevant conditions of service for all teaching staff, music instructors, education advisers and educational psychologists; and consultation on other relevant matters.

To reduce the reporting of routine operational matters to Policy Boards, to allow Boards to focus on major policy issues and to streamline business for Members’ consideration and determination, a Bulletin, issued in line with the Council meeting timetable, is produced. The Bulletin is intended to provide members with a concise summary of significant decisions and action taken by officers in the exercise of their delegated powers, and details of issues which do not require a decision.

This Board has now been terminated. The remit of the Board was corporate governance; risk management; monitoring and review of service delivery performance, policies and practices; community leadership through monitoring of other public bodies; standards and ethics, to consider petitions and to act as the Council's audit committee.

To consider matters relating to Climate Change and the Council's response to the Climate Emergency including its progress towards achieving the target of net zero carbon emissions by 2030, the development of an adaptation plan for the Council in order to achieve this target, and to make recommendations to the Council and the Leadership Board regarding those matters.

The remit of this Board includes housing; civil contingencies; community learning and development; community justice; community councils; community safety and public protection; development management; development planning, and consideration of the strategic development plan. For further information please contact Robert Devine on 0141 618 7107 email: robert.devine@renfrewshire.gov.uk

This Board has now been terminated. The remit of the Board was economic development, employment, tourism, town centres management and events.

This Board has now been terminated. The remit of this Board was education, community learning and development. care, children and families, criminal justice and social work (children and families).

This Board has now been terminated. The remit of this Board was education and community learning and development.

This Board has now been terminated. The remit of this Board was environmental issues; facilties management; water and sewerage; waste management; flood prevention; roads and transport; sustainability; parks and cemeteries; trading operations; Clyde Valley Waste Initiative; Strathclyde Partnership for Transport and Carts Greenspace.

This Board has now been terminated. The remit of this Board was civic functions; Finance and Resources, human resources and organisational development; risk management; procurement; Renfrewshire Licensing Forum; Renfrewshire Valuation Joint Board and Scotland Excel.

This Board has now been terminated. The remit of this Board was housing, emergency planning, building services, consideration of matters relating to the police and fire and rescue services; community safety and public protection.

This LAC has now been terminated. The remit of the local area committee was to promote the well-being of the area and ensure that services meet the needs of the area by promoting active citizenship; advancing the well-being of the area and its communities by shaping services around the needs of residents; promoting enhanced co-ordination and scrutiny of public services at a local level; and funding local projects and distributing grants from delegated area budgets.

This LAC has now been terminated. The remit of the local area committee was to promote the well-being of the area and ensure that services meet the needs of the area by promoting active citizenship; advancing the well-being of the area and its communities by shaping services around the needs of residents; promoting enhanced co-ordination and scrutiny of public services at a local level; and funding local projects and distributing grants from delegated area budgets.

This LAC has now been terminated. The remit of the local area committee was to promote the well-being of the area and ensure that services meet the needs of the area by promoting active citizenship; advancing the well-being of the area and its communities by shaping services around the needs of residents; promoting enhanced co-ordination and scrutiny of public services at a local level; and funding local projects and distributing grants from delegated area budgets.

This LAC has been terminated. The remit of the local area committee was to promote the well-being of the area and ensure that services meet the needs of the area by promoting active citizenship; advancing the well-being of the area and its communities by shaping services around the needs of residents; promoting enhanced co-ordination and scrutiny of public services at a local level; and funding local projects and distributing grants from delegated area budgets.

This Board has now been terminated. The remit of this Board was development planning; development management; building standards; strategic development plan; area regeneration, development and renewal; corporate asset management and Clyde Muirshiel Park Authority.

This sub-committee has now been terminated. The remit of the sub-committee was, within the approved corporate framework, to decide on service packaging, service specifications, selection of tenderers, awarding of contracts, and monitoring of contract performance; to accept tenders for previously approved projects and to consider such other procurement related matters falling within the remit of the Finance and Resources Policy Board as are delegated to it by that Board.

This LAC has been terminated. The remit of the local area committee was to promote the well-being of the area and ensure that services meet the needs of the area by promoting active citizenship; advancing the well-being of the area and its communities by shaping services around the needs of residents; promoting enhanced co-ordination and scrutiny of public services at a local level; and funding local projects and distributing grants from delegated area budgets.

The remit of this Board is to consider applications for the post and short leet candidates, to interview candidates and select the successful candidate.

The remit of this Board is to consider applications for the post and short leet candidates, to interview candidates and select the successful candidate.

The remit of this Board is to consider applications for the post and short leet candidates, to interview candidates and select the successful candidate.

The remit of this Board is to consider applications for the post and short leet candidates, to interview candidates and select the successful candidate.

The remit of this Board is to consider applications for the post and short leet candidates, to interview candidates and select the successful candidate.

The remit of this Board is to consider applications for the post and short leet candidates, to interview candidates and select the successful candidate.

The remit of this Board is to consider applications for the post and short leet candidates, to interview candidates and select the successful candidate.

The remit of this Board is to consider applications for the post and short leet candidates, to interview candidates and select the successful candidate.

The remit of this Board is to consider applications for the post and short leet candidates, to interview candidates and select the successful candidate.

The remit of this Board is to consider applications for the post and short leet candidates, to interview candidates and select the successful candidate.

This Board has now been terminated. The remit of this Board was Social Work (Adult and Community Care Services), Care, Health and Renfrewshire Alcohol and Drug Partnership.

This Board has now been terminated. The remit of this Board was sport and leisure; arts culture and libraries; community facilities and halls and Renfrewshire Leisure Limited.