Issue - meetings

(a)       That the changes in the Council Plan between 2017/18 and 2018/19 be noted and the officers be thanked for producing the analysis; and

(b)       To make available the full range of performance measures to each respective Overview & Scrutiny committee to give them an opportunity to select areas of regular reporting.

The Chief Executive presented the report summarising changes to the Council Plan that had been made between years.  Full details of the changes were appended to the report.

Councillor Jones sought assurance that measures/targets which had been removed had been subject to consideration by the relevant Overview & Scrutiny committee to give them the opportunity to assess the reasons before submission of the final Council Plan to County Council.  He said that the Council Plan determined how money was spent and therefore more clarity was needed on changes to measures.

The Chief Executive clarified that this level of detail had been in the Part 2 document which underpinned the Council Plan.  He said that a significant amount of performance data was made available and that a way forward may be for committees to choose their specific areas of performance data to help them carry out their role effectively.  This could be a focus of future work including the introduction of more local measures.

Councillor Mullin spoke about the level of work undertaken to produce the report with limited resources, and he pointed out that some changes were due to issues reaching a natural conclusion.

In response to Councillor Woolley’s comments on restricted resources affecting the ability to plan, the Chief Executive said that whilst some areas were based on known resources, the sustainability of others outside the Council’s control was a greater risk.

Councillor Jones requested an agenda item for the next meeting for the Committee to receive a spreadsheet showing links between budgets, governance, performance etc.

RESOLVED:

(a)       That the changes in the Council Plan between 2017/18 and 2018/19 be noted and the officers be thanked for producing the analysis; and

(b)       To make available the full range of performance measures to each respective Overview & Scrutiny committee to give them an opportunity to select areas of regular reporting.