Issue - meetings

The Chief Operating Officer to present a report which proposes a number of updates to the 2019-2023 Council Plan, in view of the changed context over the past year, and sets out progress and discussions currently under way to develop a 10-year Plan for the city.

Resolved:  (i)      That the proposed updates to the Council Plan 2019-2023 be approved.

Reason:     To ensure that the council’s overall strategic plan continues to fully represent the context and activities of the council.

                   (ii)      That the progress on development of the 10 Year Plan be noted and that further updates be requested in due course, as more detail becomes available.

Reason:     To ensure the Executive is fully aware and consulted on the development of the Plan.

The Chief Operating Officer presented a report which proposed a number of updates to the 2019-2023 Council Plan (the Plan) in view of the changed context over the past year, and outlined progress and discussions currently under way to develop a 10-year Plan for the city.

The proposed updates, set out in Annex 1 to the report, did not seek to change the strategic outcomes of the Plan, but to describe changed or additional activities required to achieve these outcomes.  They had been identified through conversations with key partners and organisations across York and discussion with senior managers in the council.  An update on progress against the original 78 actions in the Plan was provided in Annex 2.

Development of a 10-year plan, first proposed last summer, had been delayed by the need to respond to subsequent waves of Covid infections.  Conversations were now taking place with partner organisations, from which recurring themes included the need for ambition, clarity, and focus on the most critical activities, as well as for the plan to be jointly owned by the city as a whole.

Having noted the comments made on this item under Public Participation, it was

Resolved:  (i)      That the proposed updates to the Council Plan 2019-2023 be approved.

Reason:     To ensure that the council’s overall strategic plan continues to fully represent the context and activities of the council.

                   (ii)      That the progress on development of the 10 Year Plan be noted and that further updates be requested in due course, as more detail becomes available.

Reason:     To ensure the Executive is fully aware and consulted on the development of the Plan.