URBAN COUNCILS ACT Chapter 29:15 (d) to administer and control the collection of income and the expenditure of moneys by the council; and (e) to supervise the preparation by the town clerk of annual draft estimates of income and expenditure for consideration by the council; and (f) to initiate the making, amendment or repeal of by-laws; and (g) to report to the council on any matter referred to it by the council; and (h) to exercise any other function that the council may delegate to it in terms of subsection (2). (2) A council may and, if so directed by the Minister, shall delegate to its executive committee any of its functions, other than a function assigned to the mayor. (3) The council may at any time amend or revoke any delegation in terms of subsection (2), other than a delegation effected at the direction of the Minister. (4) The delegation of any function to an executive committee in terms of subsection (2) shall preclude the council from exercising the function: Provided that the executive committee may, instead of exercising any particular function delegated to it, submit its recommendation to the council for the council to exercise the function concerned. (5) For the purpose of enabling it to supervise and monitor the organization, operations and affairs of the council, an executive committee may call for reports from the town clerk and direct him to investigate any matter and report to the committee thereon. (6) An executive committee— (a) shall submit monthly reports to the council, showing the decisions taken by the committee during each month; and (b) may report to the council on any matter which, in the committee’s opinion, should be considered by the council. 94 Meetings of executive committee (1) An executive committee shall meet as often as it considers to be necessary or desirable for the discharge of its functions. (2) No person other than the members of the executive committee, the town clerk and the chamber secretary shall be present at a meeting of the executive committee: Provided that if— (a) the attendance of any employee of the council is required by the mayor; or (b) the mayor has invited any other person to attend a meeting in connection with the consideration of any matter; that employee or other person shall attend the meeting. 95 Fees payable to members of executive committee (1) In addition to any expenses and allowances which are lawfully payable to a councillor, a member of the executive committee shall be paid a fee at a rate fixed by the council not exceeding such sum as may be prescribed. (2) A councillor who acts as a member of the executive committee for a continuous period of not less than thirty days shall be entitled to be paid the fee fixed in terms of subsection (1) for the period he so acts. (3) The provisions of subsection (2) shall not be construed as precluding the payment to a member of the executive committee of the fee fixed in terms of subsection (1) during any period that he is absent from the business of the executive committee and another councillor has been appointed to act in his place. 96 Standing committees of council (1) Subject to this section and section ninety-seven for the better exercise of its functions, a council may appoint one or more standing committees and vest in the committees such of its functions as it thinks fit. 33