Cabinet Member: Councillor Evans.

The City Council will be asked to adopt the Corporate Plan 2013/14 – 2016/17.

Minute 15 (of the Cabinet meeting held on 18 June 2013) and the report of the Chief Executive to Cabinet refer.

A link to the Cabinet report can be found at - http://tinyurl.com/ohfnjug and the appendix to that report can be found at - http://tinyurl.com/pu9ewgz

Councillor Evans (Council Leader) presented the Cabinet recommendation for approval and Councillor Peter Smith seconded the proposal (Cabinet minute 15 refers).

During the debate, the lack of information on how the plan would be funded was raised and councillors were advised that the funding arrangements would be set out in the Medium Term Financial Plan which would be presented in due course. 

Concerns were also expressed about the lack of consultation on the change of arrangements for convening councillors for prayers prior to the council meeting. Councillor Stevens (Chair of the Constitutional Review Group), offered to meet with any councillors who had concerns, prior to the meeting of the Constitutional Review Group next week.

Agreed that the Council’s Corporate Plan 2013/14 – 2016/17 is adopted as submitted.

The Chief Executive will submit the Corporate Plan 2013/14 – 2016/17 which will  be the first Co-operative Council Corporate Plan for Plymouth and clearly communicates the values of a Brilliant Co-operative Council. 

The Chief Executive submitted a report on the draft Corporate Plan 2013/14 – 2016/17. 

Councillor Evans (Council Leader) presented the proposals which –

The Corporate Plan 2013/14 to 2016/17 had been considered by the Cooperative Scrutiny Board on 29 May 2013 who had unanimously supported the plan. 

Councillor Evans thanked the Cabinet for their hard work in creating the plan.  He also thanked the council’s partners for signing up to support the objectives; Giles Perritt (Head of Policy, Performance and Partnerships) and Mark Grimley (Assistant Director for HR and Organisational Development) and their teams; scrutiny and the corporate and senior management teams for their work.      

The Chief Executive also reported that the Medium Term Financial Plan was being developed which would sit alongside the Corporate Plan and identify the resources to enable delivery of the plan.  A quarterly monitoring report would be presented to measure the progress.  Officers could also now begin work on service planning.

Alternative options considered and reasons for the decision –

As set out in the report.

The City Council is Recommended to adopt the Corporate Plan 2013/14 – 2016/17.