Issue - meetings

The Cabinet Member for Community Leadership and Engagement introduced a report outlining the detail of the Corporate Plan 2016/17, which would enable the Council to monitor progress of the delivery of its vision and priorities.

The Cabinet Member took the opportunity to highlight some of the several achievements made from 2014 to 2016, which included:

·  The launch of the Gender Equality Charter;

·  The launch of the shared ownership scheme for tenants; and

·  Dagenham Library voted library of the year nationally.

Moving forward, the Cabinet Member explained that although the Council had already achieved a great deal, there was still work to be undertaken which would be guided through the Borough Manifesto.  The Borough Manifesto, currently under consultation, set out the long term vision for the Borough.

The Cabinet Member highlighted the Key Performance Indicators for 2016/17 which were contained within Appendix 1, attached to the report.

In considering the Corporate Plan 2016/17 and in a response to a question, the Assembly noted that the Council were building relationships with neighbouring authorities, particularly in relation to planning.

Assembly resolved to adopt the Corporate Plan 2016/17 as attached at Appendix 1 to the report.

The Cabinet Member for Corporate Performance and Delivery introduced a report outlining the detail of the Corporate Plan 2016/17, which set out the Council’s vision and priorities for the next 12 months.  The Plan had been developed to ensure that the Council’s contribution to achieving the priorities were proactive, co-ordinated and resourced in line with the Council’s Medium Term Financial Strategy (MTFS) and monitored through the establishment of a set of key performance indicators (KPIs).

In putting the Plan into context, the Cabinet Member referred in particular to the graphs in the document that explained the budget position through to 2020/21, together with data showing how Barking and Dagenham compared with other London Boroughs across a range of areas in 2015.

Since inclusion in the agenda, a number of enhancements had been made to the draft Plan which the relevant Cabinet Members referred to and it was noted that further enhancements would be made prior to the Corporate Plan 2016/17 being presented to the Assembly for formal adoption.

The Cabinet resolved to:

(i)  Recommend the Assembly to approve the Corporate Plan 2016/17 as attached at Appendix 1 to the report, subject to the updates to the delivery plans for 2016/17 referred to at the meeting; and

(ii)  Authorise the Chief Executive, in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Community Leadership and Engagement, to make further enhancements to the draft Corporate Plan prior to its presentation to the Assembly for approval.