Issue - meetings

As detailed in the recommendations.

The Cabinet Member for Corporate Management introduced a report to seek approval to a review and resetting of the Improvement Priorities for the new Council in 2012-2017, and to seek agreementfor the Improvement Plan 2012-2017 at the next Cabinet meeting prior to presentation for adoption at the County Council in October 2012.  

He provided background information and advised that the assessment showed that the Council had a good record of achievement against the priorities as detailed in the report submitted to the meeting of Cabinet in July.  The Improvement Priorities were being built on and added to by the new Council with local political priorities including:

·        Social enterprise

·        Apprenticeships and Youth Unemployment

·        Community Development and Events 

The Chief Executive commented on the statutory requirement to publish an Improvement Plan and advised that the priorities would be subject to on-going change and considerations and would be constantly risk assessed.  

RESOLVED:

(a)       That a review and reset of the Council’s Improvement Priorities for 2012-2017 be approved; and

(b)       That the Improvement Plan 2012-2017 be received at the next Cabinet meeting for adoption by the County Council in October 2012.