Cabinet Members will be asked to make any declarations of interest in respect of items on this agenda.  A flowchart providing guidance on interests is attached to assist councillors.

There were no declarations of interest made by councillors in accordance with the code of conduct in relation to items under consideration at this meeting.

To sign and confirm as a correct record the minutes of the meeting held on 21 May 2013.

Agreed the minutes of the meeting held on 21 May 2013.

To receive questions from the public in accordance with the Constitution.

Questions, of no longer than 50 words, can be submitted to the Democratic Support Unit, Plymouth City Council, Civic Centre, Plymouth, PL1 2AA, or email to democraticsupport@plymouth.gov.uk. Any questions must be received at least five clear working days before the date of the meeting.

There were no questions from the public for this meeting.

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.