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No. Item

46.

DECLARATION OF INTERESTS

Minutes:

46.1                There were no declarations of interests received.

47.

JOS/19/20 TO CONFIRM THE MINUTES OF THE MEETING HELD ON 19 SEPTEMBER 2019 pdf icon PDF 176 KB

Minutes:

It was RESOLVED: -

 

That the minutes of the meeting held on the 19 September 2019 be confirmed as a true record.

 

 

48.

TO RECEIVE NOTIFICATION OF PETITIONS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE COUNCIL'S PETITION SCHEME

Minutes:

48.1                There were no petitions received.

49.

QUESTIONS BY THE PUBLIC

To consider questions from and provide answers to members of the public on any matter in relation to which the Committee has powers or duties and of which due notice has been given in accordance with the Committee and Sub-Committee Procedures Rules.

Minutes:

49.1                None received.

50.

QUESTIONS BY COUNCILLORS

To consider questions from and provide answers to Councillors on any matter in relation to which the Committee has powers or duties and of which due notice has been given in accordance with the Committee and Sub-Committee Procedure Rules.

Minutes:

50.1          None received.

51.

JOS/19/21 CORPORATE PLAN OUTPUTS pdf icon PDF 139 KB

Councillor Suzie Morley – The Leader of MSDC Council

Councillor John Ward – The Leader of BDC Council

 

Strategic Director – Kathy Nixon

Additional documents:

Minutes:

51.1      The Chair clarified to Members the scrutiny process for the Outputs that supported the delivery of the Corporate Plan.  Members of the Committee were to take a high-level view of the Outputs and consider them in line with the Corporate Plan’s six priorities, agreed by the two Councils in October 2019. The Committee would not be scrutinising details such as individual programme dates, nor considering the aspirations of political groups.

 

51.2      Councillor Morley, the Leader of Mid Suffolk District Council and Councillor Ward, the Leader of Babergh District Council, then introduced the Report.

 

51.3      Councillor Morley said that these outputs supported the delivery of the six strategic priorities in the Joint Corporate Plan, agreed by the respective Councils in October.

 

          She and Councillor Ward believed that their successful delivery would take the Districts a long way towards realising the vision for Babergh and Mid Suffolk to be ‘Places with great communities, with bright and healthy futures, that everybody was proud to call home.’

          She said that each of the six priorities are supported by their own strategies, with the Environment Strategy currently under development and being influenced by the Member Working Group and the Well-Being Strategy scheduled for development in the coming months. The Economic Development Strategy was also being updated.

She emphasised that the outputs identified at this stage were not exhaustive and that the Cabinets expected to add to these over the next few years.

She also recognised that there was a lot of important ‘Business As Usual’ activity that contributed to the six strategic priorities, but was not specifically referenced in the Outputs. That was because the listed Outputs focussed on projects that were new and of particular strategic importance and needed to move forward in a new direction or required particular focus for other reasons.

 

Business ‘As Usual’ work would, however, continue to be important and would form part of the monitoring and reporting against the corporate indicators.

 

She said that in order to achieve the strategic outcomes, the administration knew how important it was to have the right resources in place. Where appropriate, the Growth & Efficiency Fund or, in Babergh, the Transformation Fund would be use. Mid Suffolk were also setting aside £500k for Climate Change initiatives to support activities that would emerge from the Member working group.

Councillor Morley also recognised the role of effective Programme and Project Management in the successful delivery of these outputs and was pleased at the progress that Officers had been making to embed this approach.

She said that they wanted every officer to understand their role in delivering the Corporate Priorities and Outputs.

There would therefore be a ‘golden thread’ from the Councils’ Corporate Priorities and Service Plans running through to each staff member’s personal objectives. Towards this end, there would be a full refresh of Service Plans and individuals’ objectives and personal development plans in February and March this year.

The organisation’s annual Learning & Development Plan would also ensure that teams have the right skills to  ...  view the full minutes text for item 51.

52.

FORTHCOMING DECISIONS LIST

To review the Council’s Forthcoming Decisions List and identify any items to be brought before the Overview and Scrutiny Committee.

 

Please note the most up to date version can be found via the Website:

 

Forthcoming Decisions List

 

 

Paper copies will be available at the meeting.

Minutes:

It was resolved:-

 

That the Forthcoming List be noted

53.

JOS/19/22 /BABERGH OVERVIEW AND SCRUTINY WORK PLAN pdf icon PDF 423 KB

To agree the Work Plan

Minutes:

53.1                 Item JOS/19/22 and JOS/19/23 were discussed as joint items.

 

 

It was resolved:-

 

That the Babergh Overview and Scrutiny Work Plan be noted

54.

JOS/19/23 MID SUFFOLK OVERVIEW AND SCRUTINY WORK PLAN pdf icon PDF 422 KB

To agree the Work Plan

Minutes:

It was resolved:-

 

That the Mid Suffolk Overview and Scrutiny Committee be noted