Issue - meetings

BCP Council’s Corporate Strategy was adopted by Council in November 2019.

The strategy sets out the Council’s vision, ambition and priorities, and the values which underpin the way the council will work as it develops and delivers its services. 

Delivery plans have now been prepared in consultation with Cabinet Members, Members of the Directors Strategy Group and Council officers to show how the priorities will be achieved.

These high-level plans explain some of the journey so far, the current and future planned activity under each individual objective, and how success will be monitored and measured.

The delivery plans will be a key component of a Corporate Performance Management Framework.

RESOLVED that:-

(a)         the delivery plans be approved; and

(b)         the development of a Corporate Performance Framework to provide a mechanism for monitoring progress and ensuring accountability for delivery be supported.

Voting: Unanimous

Portfolio Holder: Leader of the Council

Reason

A corporate strategy is vital for identifying and gaining visibility of the Council’s key priorities. These represent the objectives and outcomes that the Council’s performance will be judged against.

The strategy’s objectives are the beginning of a golden thread that links personal, team and service performance to the things that matter most to the organisation and as such will be a vital component of the Council’s performance management framework.

The strategy will influence the allocation and distribution of resources ensuring that the organisation commits its limited resources in accordance with its stated priorities.

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

Cabinet were requested to approve the delivery plan and to support the development of a Corporate Performance Framework to provide a mechanism for monitoring progress and ensuring accountability for delivery.

In relation to this Cabinet were reminded that BCP Council’s Corporate Strategy was adopted by Council in November 2019, and that the strategy set out the Council’s vision, ambition and priorities, and the values which underpin the way the council will work as it develops and delivers its services.

Further to this Cabinet were advised that the delivery plans had now been prepared in consultation with Cabinet Members, Members of the Directors Strategy Group and Council officers to show how the priorities will be achieved. In relation to this Cabinet were informed that these high-level plans explain some of the journey so far, the current and future planned activity under each individual objective, and how success will be monitored and measured.

Cabinet were advised that delivery plans will be a key component of a Corporate Performance Management Framework.

RESOLVED that:-

(a)        the delivery plans be approved; and

(b)        the development of a Corporate Performance Framework to provide a mechanism for monitoring progress and ensuring accountability for delivery be supported.

Voting: Unanimous

Portfolio Holder: Leader of the Council