Full Council Transformation: Gateway Review
To consider the report of the Director of Strategy, Performance and Governance (copy enclosed).
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Minutes:
The Council considered the report of the Director of Strategy, Performance and Governance presenting the first quarterly gateway review of the Full Council Transformation Programme, as agreed by the Council on 9 August 2018. The report also sought to assure the Council of the governance arrangements in place for the programme and the oversight given by the Council’s Transformation board and Officer led Programme Delivery Board.
It was noted that further gateway reviews were scheduled for January, April, July and October 2019.
The Council’s Medium Term Financial Strategy was set out in the report along with the forecast savings to be achieved through delivery of the Future Model.
The report provided a detailed update in respect of the following areas of the Transformation programme:
· Work streams – Delivery of the programme had been split into seven work streams which were detailed in the report along with their proposed timescales.
· Transformation Board – The Transformation Board approved governance structure and terms of reference were attached as Appendix 1 to the report and the latest Transformation Board report was attached at Appendix 2. An update to Appendix 2 was circulated prior to the meeting. It was noted that an equalities impact assessment had been carried out and this was attached as Appendix 3 to the report.
The Council was advised that to date progress was on track with all programme staff, governance arrangements and monitoring arrangements in place and that the recruitment process for Phase 1 was underway.
RESOLVED that the contents of the report and Members’ Update be noted.