Agenda item

To consider the attached report.

The Service Director (Governance and Members Services) presented a report to the Committee he advised that the Corporate Plan 2018-2023 was the authority’s key strategic planning document. A corporate specification (previously called the Key Action Plan) for each year was being delivered through operational objectives, which in turn were linked to annual Service business plans. The previous regular performance reports that had covered the annual Corporate Plan Key Action Plan, Key Performance Indicators and Transformation Highlight Report had now been superseded by this single integrated performance report.

The success of the Corporate Plan was being assessed through the achievement of a set of benefits, each measured through one or more performance indicators. This provided the Council the opportunity to focus on what could be achieved for its customers – on how specific improvements would be addressed, opportunities exploited and better outcomes delivered. The Corporate Plan when viewed as a set of benefits maps had one map for each of the ten corporate aims. A benefit was a measurable improvement from an outcome that was perceived as an advantage, and contributed to an organisational objective(s). All benefits from individual corporate objectives connected back to four key benefits, which were:

·          K1 Improved customer value – recognising what customers’ value about our services and placing them as the heart of everything we do;

·          K2 Increased efficiency – focussing on our speed of delivery and getting things right first time;

·          K3 Increased agility – reducing red tape, simplifying how we work through joined up services; and

·          K4 Increased savings and income – delivery of resource savings and income generation, to keep Council Tax low.

The Service Director went through some of the objectives for the current municipal year:

8.1.1 Gain approval for the electoral review

Approval for the electoral review had been due by 31 March 2019. It was now likely that a report would be brought to members in the 2019/20 municipal year.

8.1.3 Delegated authorities review within the Constitution Working Group

The Constitution Working Group had reported to Council in July 2019 on proposals to amend officer delegation in respect of planning matters. This was anticipated to increase delegation by 5-10%. A further review of the implementation will be held in the 2019/20 municipal year.

M8.1 Cabinet Structure

Members had received an email communication informing them of the changes to the Cabinet. There were 9 members of the Cabinet, Leader, Strategic Projects and 7 Cabinet Members which had been aligned to the Service Directors’ areas of responsibility.

M8.3 Number of Governance meetings

There was a typographical error under the heading 2018/19, the base line figure read 61 but should read 16.

M8.4 Cost of Governance meetings

This indicator will ‘go-live’ in the 2019/20 municipal year and would look at how many meetings there were and how much they cost. Data for this indicator was being collected as a baseline for performance reporting from 2019/20.

M8.6 Delegated authorities for officers

This measure had been discussed under 8.1.3. above.

RESOLVED:

That the progress of the Corporate Plan Performance Report for 2018/19, Quarters 1 and 2 in relation to its areas of responsibility be noted.