Meet The Executive Committee

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Meet The Executive Committee

The Executive Committee (EXCO) of Nongoma Municipality is made up of seven (7) members whose responsibility is to discourse on various matters and report to Council.

In terms of section 44 of the Municipal Structures Act, the Executive Committee is the principal committee of Council and has the following powers and functions:

To receive reports from the other committees of the council and forward these reports together with recommendations to the council when it cannot dispose of the matter in terms of its delegated powers;
Identify the needs of the municipality;
Review and evaluate those needs in order of priority;
Recommend to the municipal council strategies, programmes and services to address priority needs through the integrated development plan and estimates of revenue and expenditure, taking into account any applicable national and provincial development plans; and
Recommend or determine the best methods, including partnership and other approaches, to deliver those strategies, programmes and services to the maximum benefit of the community.
Identify and develop criteria in terms of which progress in the implementation of the strategies, programmes and services can be evaluated, including key performance indicators which are specific to the municipality and common to local government in general;
Evaluate progress against the key performance indicators;
Review the performance of the municipality in order to improve the economy, efficiency and effectiveness of the municipality; the efficiency of credit control and revenue and debt collection services; and the implementation of the municipality’s by-laws;
Monitor the management of the municipality’s administration in accordance with the policy directions of the municipal council;
Oversee the provision of services to communities in the municipality in a sustainable manner;
Perform such duties and exercise such powers as the council may delegate to it in terms of section 32;
Annually report on the involvement of communities and community organisations in the affairs of the municipality; and
Ensure that regard is given to public views and report on the effect of consultation on the decisions of the council.