Issue - meetings

BCP Council’s priorities and values, underpinning how we will work to develop and deliver services, are set out in the Corporate Strategy which was adopted by Full Council in November 2019.

Refreshed vision and ambition statements are set out in the Big Plan, providing a wider context and further drive to deliver the Corporate Strategy.

Delivery plan actions are refreshed annually affording the opportunity to celebrate the progress already made and ensure future planned actions remain relevant and are in line with the council’s wider vision and ambitions.

The appended report shows a positive performance story against the actions and the key peformance measures that Cabinet agreed in February 2022. Individual exception reports provide explanations and planned actions to address areas in need of improvement.

Each of the priority updates are cross referenced to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and the Levelling up Goals. Reported progress has also been aligned to the six domains of the Equality and Human Rights Commission performance framework.

RESOLVED that Cabinet: -

(a)        Considered the Mid-Year Performance reports;

(b)        Considered the performance exception reports relating to areas of underperformance; and

(c)        Supported the change to the performance indicator set and advise of any further amendments to the performance indicator set that informs corporate performance

Voting: Unanimous

Portfolio Holder: Leader of the Council

Reason

The corporate strategy represents the objectives and outcomes that the Council’s performance will be judged against and as such is a vital component of the Council’s performance management framework.

An understanding of performance against targets, goals and objectives helps us understand and manage service delivery and identify emerging business risks.

The Leader presented a report, a copy of which had been circulated to each Member and a copy of which appears as Appendix 'B' to these Minutes in the Minute Book.

Cabinet was informed that BCP Council’s priorities and values, underpinning how we will work to develop and deliver services, are set out in the Corporate Strategy which was adopted by Full Council in November 2019.

In relation to this Cabinet was advised that refreshed vision and ambition statements are set out in the Big Plan, providing a wider context and further drive to deliver the Corporate Strategy.

Further to this Cabinet was informed that the delivery plan actions are refreshed annually affording the opportunity to celebrate the progress already made and ensure future planned actions remain relevant and are in line with the council’s wider vision and ambitions, and that the appended report shows a positive performance story against the actions and the key peformance measures that Cabinet agreed in February 2022. Individual exception reports provide explanations and planned actions to address areas in need of improvement.

Cabinet was further advised that each of the priority updates are cross referenced to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and the Levelling up Goals, and that reported progress has also been aligned to the six domains of the Equality and Human Rights Commission performance framework.

Members spoke in support of the work which had been carried out in relation to the exception reports.

RESOLVED that Cabinet: -

(a)        Considered the Mid-Year Performance reports;

(b)        Considered the performance exception reports relating to areas of underperformance; and

(c)        Supported the change to the performance indicator set and advise of any further amendments to the performance indicator set that informs corporate performance

Voting: Unanimous

Portfolio Holder: Leader of the Council