Issue - meetings

To consider the Draft Corporate Plan 2020-24.

The Chair gave a summary of the report which set out the latest draft of the Corporate Plan. This document set out the Council’s vision and priorities for the next four years and formed part of a wider strategic planning framework which directed how and where Council resources are allocated. The updated draft would be submitted to the Scrutiny at the 4 February meeting. It was important for the work on this plan to be done properly.

Councillor Hargreaves proposed a series of changes. Cabinet agreed to make the following amendments:

·         Change ‘encourage town and parish councils to better represent their communities’ to ‘support town and parish councils to better represent their communities’.

·         Remove ‘actively’ from ‘actively apply for all relevant grants’.

·         Amend 3e in the ‘Putting Residents First’ section to read ‘set a Medium Term Financial Strategy (MTFS) to fund council services by balancing the mix of investment, services and tax income, while maintaining adequate reserves.

·         Change ‘follow best practices for investment risk management and board composition’ to ‘follow best practices for investment risk management and Investment Board composition’.

Councillor Dean asked that the following be taken into account:

·         There was currently not much in the plan that maintained the principle of maintaining or improving council services.

·         It would be good to see a reference on lobbying on emissions from aviation.

·         It would be good to see a reference to the ongoing work on providing properly affordable housing.

·         Mention of pride of place should be made.

·         Reducing other material residual waste should be made.

Councillor Day suggested that 3a in the ‘Champion For Our District’ section read ‘work with the Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner and the Chief Constable to reduce crime in our area’.

Members noted the report.