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REVISED CORPORATE PLAN 2012 - 2015

 

 

Meeting: 30/07/2012 - City Council (Item 32)

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Minutes:

Councillor Evans submitted the report on the revised Corporate Plan and recommended its adoption to Council.

 

Councillor Penberthy seconded the motion.

 

Agreed the adoption of the revised Corporate Plan 2012-15.

Meeting: 12/07/2012 - Cabinet (Item 22)

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Bob Coomber, Interim Chief Executive, will submit a written report on the revised Corporate Plan 2012-15 which takes account of the objectives of the new administration of the Council, including becoming a Co-operative Council and a more open and transparent organisation and provides an outline of the revised Medium Term Financial Strategy.

The Overview and Scrutiny Management Board scrutinised the revised plan on 3 July 2012 and the scrutiny recommendations will be circulated in due course.  Councillor Mrs Aspinall, Chair of the Overview and Management Board has been invited to attend the meeting to present the scrutiny recommendations.

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Minutes:

Bob Coomber, Interim Chief Executive, submitted a written report on the revised Corporate Plan 2012-15. The report focused on –

 

(a)   the Co-operative Council and its impact on the organisation. The Co-operative Council would put people in control of their communities, with staff having a stronger stake in how services were improved and delivered;

 

(b)  the Council’s commitment to open government,  including the opening up of decision making, increasing public involvement in the services and improving interactive communication;

 

(c)   the vision for Plymouth to be “one of Europe’s finest, most vibrant waterfront cities where an outstanding quality of life can be enjoyed by everyone”, which remained a central tenet of the corporate plan. The four long-term priorities for the city, shared with partners, also remained in the plan:

 

·         Deliver growth

·         Raise aspirations

·         Reduce inequalities

·         Provide value for communities

 

Councillor Mrs Aspinall, Chair of the Overview and Management Board presented the Overview and Scrutiny Management Board recommendations from their scrutiny of the plan.

 

Councillor Mrs Aspinall thanked the Cabinet for bringing the revised plan for pre-decision scrutiny.

 

The Leader commented that the scrutiny session had set the tone for the way in which the Cabinet hoped to be scrutinised in the future which would ensure political accountability and oversight. Cabinet members responded to each of the Overview and Scrutiny Management Boards recommendations in turn, it was reported that –

 

(d)  youth unemployment would be considered by the Task Force for Jobs.  The Growth and Prosperity Overview and Scrutiny Panel would be able to evaluate the program every six months, the first scrutiny should take place following the publication of the Plan for Jobs;

 

(e)  an action plan to increase voter registration was in place and a timetable would be provided for the Overview and Scrutiny Management Board;

 

(f)    the Co-operative Council ethos was being delivered by all Cabinet members within their departments;

 

(g)   work was taking place to limit underage drinking and there would be an increase in test purchases. There was further work to do to ensure the balance between a vibrant night time economy and keeping residents safe and healthy. The Cumulative Impact Policy would be reviewed;

 

(h)  regarding child poverty, the cross party working group was still active and a paper regarding child poverty would be presented to Cabinet in August. The Chair of the Overview and Scrutiny Management Board would be present at the next meeting of the working group where the relationship with the scrutiny function could be defined. An action plan for child poverty would be presented to the council in the spring of 2013.  There was a nationally and internationally agreed definition of child poverty;

 

(i)    the Older People’s Charter was currently based within Adult Social Care as there was a pressing need to deal with the most vulnerable in society. The Charter would move to cover all council services as the views of older people were taken into account;

 

(j)    the energy supply company initiative was featured in the forward plan, there were  ...  view the full minutes text for item 22