Issue - meetings

To update Members on the development of a new Corporate Plan for 2023-2028.

Executive Councillor: S Conboy.

The Cabinet gave consideration to a report by the Business Intelligence and Performance Manager (a copy of which is appended in the Minute Book) updating Members on the development of a new Corporate Plan for 2023-2028 and to present proposed priorities, outcomes, actions and operational performance indicators to Council for approval.

Having been informed by the Chair, as Executive Councillor for Place of the background to the work undertaken, the Cabinet noted the three key priorities for the Corporate Plan as follows:

·  Improving quality of life for local people;

·  Creating a better Huntingdonshire for future generations; and

·  Delivering good quality, high value for money services with good control and compliance with statutory obligations.

Attention was then drawn to the table outlined in Section 4 of the report outlining the measures of success for each priority which would be achieved through working smarter across internal and external systems within Huntingdonshire, which included working closely with Huntingdonshire’s partner organisations.

Having commended Officers for their energy and enthusiasm in turning ideas into ambitious realities and in acknowledging the views of the Overview and Scrutiny Panel (Performance & Growth), the Cabinet

RESOLVED

  to recommend to Council the endorsement of the Corporate Plan for 2023-2028 (as attached at Appendix A of the report now submitted).

The Panel is invited to consider and comment on the first draft of a new Corporate Plan for 2023-2028.

By means of a report by the Business Intelligence and Performance Manager (a copy of which was appended in the Minute Book) the Corporate Plan 2023-2028 was presented to the Panel.

Arising from a question asked about the last time the Corporate Plan was submitted, Members’ attention was drawn to the differences between the current Plan and the previous one.

Following a question from Councillor Harvey on the measures associated with the mental health aspects of Priority 1, it was pointed out that many areas of the Plan constitute preventative measures rather than aimed at solving existing issues. Furthermore, some areas, including this one, are the responsibility of partner organisations, so measures will be developed in conjunction with them.

Councillor Gray observed that given the importance of having suitable targets for operational performance measures that are both realistic and stretching, it would be helpful for the Panel to have sight of the proposed targets for 2023/24.  Having received agreement to this request, it was thereupon

RESOLVED

that the comments of the Overview and Scrutiny Panel be passed to Cabinet for their consideration when making a decision upon the recommendations contained within the report.