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Agenda item

CORPORATE PLAN INCLUDING STRATEGIC AIMS AND OBJECTIVES

To receive Report No. 132/2016 from the Chief Executive.

Minutes:

Report No. 132/2016 from the Chief Executive was received.

 

Members had also received Report No. 155/2016 from the Chief Executive; this being the report to be presented at Cabinet on 16 August 2016.  The report included a number of amendments that had been made to the draft plan following consultation.

 

The Chief Executive, Mrs Briggs, introduced the report the purpose of which was to provide the Scrutiny Panel with the opportunity to be consulted on the Corporate Plan and to feed back to Cabinet any comments.

 

During the discussion the following points were noted:

 

i)                 That para. 4.3 (Report No. 155/2016) listed the organisations that had responded to the consultation.  It was noted that the Rutland LSP Culture and Leisure Theme Group had been omitted from the list, however the Group’s submission had been taken into account in the revised draft.  Mrs Briggs informed the Panel that Cabinet would be made aware of the omission and that it would be reflected in the minutes. 

ii)               This was the Corporate Plan for Rutland County Council as a Unitary Authority.

iii)              The Plan was a high level strategic document not intended to be extremely detailed.

iv)             The need for a Glossary of Terms, including Indices of Deprivation and financial terminology to be appended to the Plan was highlighted.  Mrs Briggs agreed to prepare and append.  Mrs MacDuff was requested to email any similar concerns to Mrs Briggs.

v)               That bullet points two and four in the summary on page 19 (Report No. 132/2016) (page 22, Report No. 155/2016) would be clarified as ‘per annum’.

vi)             That the submission of technical questions to officers prior to the meeting would allow for answers to be researched, where necessary, and for the relevant officers to be present at meetings.

vii)            MTFP at Quarter 1 2016/17 was distributed to show the Balances with 0% Council Tax and Balances with 2% Council against Balance with 4% Council Tax increase over the period of the plan.

viii)           That the 0.5% unemployment rate (112 – JSA claimants for January 2016) required further scrutiny, exploring worklessness and people who require assistance through the “Poverty in Rutland” scrutiny working group.  It was noted that performance figures had shown a large drop in percentage employed but not the same increase in JSA.  It was acknowledged that the number of residents in the county that were either retired or chose not to work was rising.

ix)             Key achievements 2011/2015 should read: Working with our communities to keep a number of public services including libraries and the museum.

x)               For consistency, Average House Prices and Median Gross Weekly Pay to show both national and East Midlands figures.

xi)             Key achievements 2011/2015 – consideration to be given to the wording regarding improved financial health.

 

AGREED:

 

1.     That the Panel NOTED the Draft Corporate Plan (Appendix A to Report No. 132/2016).

2.     Mrs Briggs informed the Panel that Cabinet was to be made aware that the Rutland LSP Culture and Leisure Theme Group had been omitted from the list, however the Group’s submission had been taken into account in the revised draft.  This would be reflected in the Cabinet minutes. 

3.     That bullet points two and four in the summary on page 19 (Report No. 132/2016) (page 22, Report No. 155/2016) would be clarified as ‘per annum’.

4.     Key achievements 2011/2015 should read: Working with our communities to keep a number of public services including libraries and the museum.

 

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