Issue - meetings

As detailed in the recommendation.

Councillor Roberts introduced the item and explained that the Council Plan for 2017-23 was adopted by County Council to show the key priorities of the Council for the five-year term of the new administration.  The Plan was subject to annual review.

The 2022/23 Draft Plan had been reviewed and refreshed for content following on from the response to the pandemic and the Recovery Strategy.  The themes and priorities remained the same to 2021/22 however there were some developments with sub-priorities.

The ‘super-structure’ of the Plan continued to be aligned to a set of six Well-being Objectives.  The six themes continued to take a long-term view of recovery, ambition and work over the next year.

The outline of the Council Plan for 2022/23 including the six themes, their priorities and actions was appended to the report.

The Chief Executive expressed his thanks to each of the Overview and Scrutiny Committee’s for their help in shaping and developing the document.  Councillor Healey welcomed the additions to the Plan, particularly climate change adaptation.  He added that there needed to be awareness of other extreme conditions, such as high temperatures and heat waves which could also affect services.  The Chief Officer (Streetscene and Transportation) echoed the concerns on such weather conditions, and explained that measures were being put in place to divert resources to assist essential services over the coming days for the predicted heat wave.  Councillor Johnson welcomed the priority relating to poverty, in particular noting the challenges facing the authority in the coming year.

RESOLVED:

That the Council Plan 2022/23 Part 1 be approved and recommended to Council for adoption.