ABSTRACT
The planning and resources committee is a particularly powerful one as it determines the medium-to long-term strategy of the council and thus provides the financial framework within which the other committees must operate. The day-to-day or operational management of local governmentrun services depends on the nature of the service being provided. Council employees are responsible for overall management and services which are spread out across a local government area, such as parks, will be run from the council offices. Larger services such as leisure centres will have their own management which in turn will be responsible to a service director at the council offices.
