Agenda item

The Board considered a report of the Assistant Chief Executive that provided a draft Council Plan for 2016-19 for consideration and comment before being  submitted for approval by Council on 13 April 2016 (for copy see file of minutes).

The Head of Planning and Performance reported that this year, as agreed in principle by Cabinet in November 2015, it was proposed that the existing three year Council Plan be updated and rolled forward a year, with a more fundamental review to take place next year in line with a refresh of the Sustainable Community Strategy.

An additional theme of an Altogether Better Council had been developed for the Council Plan to capture the corporate initiatives that the council has identified that it wants to undertake in order to enable achievement against the five priority themes. A small number of additional changes brought forward by services and partnerships and the final framework were detailed in Appendix 2 of the report.

In response to a query from Councillor R Bell regarding how the Combined Authority and EU referendum would affect the plan, the Head of Planning and Performance advised that the plan was a living document and would be adjusted as required.

Resolved:

(i)        That the content of the draft Council Plan as approved by Cabinet on the 16 March 2016, prior to submission to full Council be noted;

(ii)        That the content of the draft service plans be noted.