Issue - meetings

To consider the report of the Chief Executive, (copy enclosed).

The Council considered the report of the Chief Executive seeking Council’s approval of the proposed Corporate Activities, Performance Indicators and Targets for 2018 / 19 and for their inclusion in the annual update to the Corporate Plan (2015 – 19).

The key corporate activities proposed for 2018 / 19 were attached as Appendix 1 to the report and new activities were set out in the report along with those 2017 / 18 activities not being carried forward.  Appendix 2 to the report set out the indicators / measures and proposed targets.  An update to the Corporate Plan (2015 - 19) was also proposed and set out in Appendix 3.

In response to a question regarding the exclusion of fluvial in flood relief projects, the Chief Executive requested that subject to Members’ agreement fluvial be included in this Key Corporate Activity and the Update of the Corporate Plan (2015 – 2019).  This was duly agreed.

In response to a number of questions raised the following information was provided:

·                 China not accepting recycling paper was a risk but a shared risk between the Council and the contractors.  The Director of Customers and Community advised that it was too early at this stage to state the impact but that he would report back to Members in respect of this. 

·                 The Chief Executive clarified that ’tracking’ referred where an output / outcome was measured but this was not something that was within the Council’s control.

RESOLVED

(i)             That subject to the above amendment, the proposed 2018 / 19 Key Corporate Activities as detailed in Appendix 1 to the report, be approved;

(ii)           that the proposed 2018 / 19 indicators/measures and targets as detailed in Appendix 2 to the report, be approved;

(iii)         that subject to the above amendment,  the 2018 / 19 Update of the Corporate Plan (2015 - 19) as set out in Appendix 3 to the report, be approved and adopted;

(iv)          that the proposed 2018 / 19 Service Priorities as detailed in Appendix 4 to the report, be noted.

To consider the report of the Chief Executive, (copy enclosed).

The Council considered the report of the Chief Executive seeking Council’s approval of the proposed Corporate Activities, Performance Indicators and Targets for 2017 / 18 and for their inclusion in the annual update to the Corporate Plan (2015 – 19).

The key corporate activities proposed for 2017 / 18 were attached as Appendix 1 to the report and new activities were set out in the report along with those 2016 / 17 activities not being carried forward.  Appendix 2 to the report set out the indicators / measures and proposed targets.  An update to the Corporate Plan (2015 - 19) was also proposed and set out in Appendix 3.

The Leader of the Council advised that having looked at the plan she had a number of concerns and in light of the business rate element looming, thought the Council should take an extra cycle to look at its goals, outcomes and how it may wish to progress them.  She highlighted a number of areas where she felt further review was required.  The Leader proposed that approval of the Corporate Plan be deferred for a cycle to drill down and give Officers a clear vision and some strategy so that they could show Members how they were going to deliver it. 

Some concern was raised in response to the proposal.  Councillor Mrs P A Channer seconded the proposal and also commented on the corporate plan making reference to consultation responses awaited from the Department for Communities and Local Government and other important documents which were coming forward.  Councillor Mrs Channer declared an interest at this point as she was an Essex County Councillor.

The Chairman then put the vote in the name of the Leader of the Council to the Council.  Upon a vote being taken this was duly agreed.

RESOLVED that approval of the 2017 / 18 Key Corporate Activities, Indicators / Measurers and targets and Update of the Corporate Plan (2015 – 19) be deferred to the next meeting of the Council to allow time to drill down and give Officers a clear vision and some strategy that they can show Members how they were going to deliver it.