Council' s professional staff advise the elected councillors, administer the day-to-day operations of the council, and implement council policies and other decisions.
The General Manager is responsible for the day-to-day management of the council and is the link between the elected body and its employees. While council's staff have a duty to implement council decisions, they are responsible to the General Manager, who in turn is responsible to the council.
It is the General Manager's job to make sure that council decisions are turned into action. The General Manager is responsible for employing all the other council staff. The General Manager makes sure that the money that council receives and spends is accounted for and that council records are looked after properly.
Individual councillors do not have the right to direct council staff in their day-to-day activities.