Calls have been made to get Bristolians more involved in setting up how the city’s new committee-run council should work. A group of 12 councillors have been meeting regularly behind closed doors to gather evidence on how Bristol City Council could be run from 2024.
In May earlier this year Bristol voted in a referendum about how the council should be run. The choice was between a mayor who is directly elected by voters, which is the current system, or several committees of councillors who would be in charge of making decisions.
Bristol mayor Marvin Rees will remain in power until May 2024, when the city will next see local elections, and afterwards the council will be run by several committees of councillors. Until then, details of exactly how that will function are still being worked out.
