Agenda and minutes

Consideration was given as to who should preside over the special joint meeting of the Performance Monitoring Panel and Policy Development Panel.

DECISION:

That Councillor  A Harrison be elected Chairman for the duration of special joint meeting of the Performance Monitoring Panel and Policy Development Panel.

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The purpose of the draft Corporate Plan and associated Delivery Plan is to set a clear, agreed vision for the Council and to clearly set out the ways in which the priorities will be delivered. (Report of the Executive Director Commissioning and Governance is enclosed). 

Consideration was given to the report of the Executive Director of Commissioning and Governance on the Draft Corporate Delivery Plan. 

The purpose of the draft Corporate Plan and its associated Delivery Plan was to set a clear and agreed vision for the Council and to clearly set out the ways in which the priorities would be delivered. 

The Joint Performance Monitoring Panel and Policy Development Panel were asked to consider the draft Corporate Delivery Plan, its priorities and critical activities included within the document and provide important feedback in order to inform the final draft. 

The Council’s existing Corporate Plan ran from 2011 to 2015.  As that plan expired shortly a new Corporate Plan was therefore being developed, alongside a delivery plan that clearly articulated how the proposed priorities of the Council would be met.

The Delivery Plan comprised of the proposed priorities together with a series of critical activities that would be undertaken to ensure that we achieved what had been set out. 

The draft Corporate Plan (the vision) would be taken to Strategy Board on 15 December 2014 and a final draft, alongside the draft budget would then go to the Special Joint meeting of the Performance Monitoring Panel and Policy Development Panel on 12 January 2015 and then onto full Council on 25 February 2015.  The draft Corporate Plan would be taken through the formal decision making process alongside the draft Budget.  Consultation on the draft Budget and Corporate Plan would take place during January and February, up to the full Council meeting in February. 

The existing Corporate Plan 2011 – 2015 would then effectively be closed down, so that it could be replaced, once the new one had been agreed.  A summary of what had been achieved against the Corporate Plan 2011 – 2015 would be included within the reports and taken forward during January and February 2015. 

A revised Performance Management Framework would be developed and implemented to ensure that performance against the Corporate Plan was effectively monitored. 

Maxine O’Mahony (Executive Director Commissioning and Governance) supported by Jessica Woodhouse (Corporate Performance and Improvement Team Leader) were in attendance to discuss the Corporate Plan and its Delivery Plan with members, to note any additions or amendments and to answer any questions. 

Circulated to members, to consider together with the report, was a Corporate Planning Process flowchart, which showed how the Corporate Plan sat alongside its annual delivery plan, team plans and individual appraisals. 

It was explained that the document attached at Appendix 1 to the report gave an overview of what the critical activities that Council needed to achieve.  The Executive Director encouraged members to challenge the document and the language that was used within it. 

Members agreed that it would have been useful to consider the current Corporate Plan, 2011-2015 alongside the proposed plan to allow for continuity and to ensure relative areas, that still required work were captured. 

The Executive Director explained that as part of the formal approval process members of the Performance  ...  view the full minutes text for item 12.

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