Issue - meetings

To consider the report of the Director of Strategy, Performance and Governance, (copy enclosed).

The Council considered the report of the Director of Strategy, Performance and Governance presenting the second quarterly gateway review of the full Council Transformation Programme as agreed by the Council on 9 August 2018.  The report gave assurance on the governance arrangements in place for the programme and the oversight given by the Council’s Transformation Board and officer led Programme Delivery Board.  The latest Transformation Board report was attached at Appendix 1 to the report and Appendix 2 provided detail of the equality analysis undertaken.  The Transformation Programme Governance and Terms of Reference were attached at Appendix 3.

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 Council was advised that there had been two occasions where progress had slipped, and the Director of Strategy, Performance and Governance outlined the reasons for these.  He reported that as of today (27 June 2019) the programme was on track with all programme staff, governance arrangements and monitoring arrangements in place. 

Councillor A S Fluker, Leader of the Council, thanked the Transformation team for their hard work in delivering this project.

In response to a question regarding the reason for this item of business being excluded from the public, the Chairman and Monitoring Officer provided the Council with guidance on the Council’s rules in respect of exempt items of business and clarification on the process.

RESOLVED that the contents of the report be noted.