Issue - meetings

This report asks the Executive Member to approve the City Strategy Directorate Plan for 2008/09 – 2010/11. The document outlines a set of priorities for City Strategy, and for each priority sets out a small number of key actions and performance indicators.

Consideration was given to the City Strategy Directorate Plan for 2008/09 – 2010/11 which outlined a set of priorities for City Strategy and for each priority a number of key actions and performance indicators had been set.

The purpose of the Directorate Plan was to:

·         communicate a common direction for City Strategy.

·         set out the directorate priorities for the medium term (1-3) years. 

·         demonstrate how we will contribute to the shared vision of the authority.

Advice of the Advisory Panel

That the Advisory Panel advise the Executive Member for City Strategy to:

i)                    Approve the City Strategy Directorate Plan.

ii)                  Request a report back to a future meeting on the City Towns bid together with an update on the 2008/09 Cycling Target.

Decision of the Executive Member for City Strategy

RESOLVED:That the advice of the Advisory Panel be accepted and endorsed.

REASON:            To provide strategic direction for the Directorate and to act as a consolidated reference point for Service Managers and to put in place an important element in improving the directorate’s performance management and monitoring arrangements.

Consideration was given to the City Strategy Directorate Plan for 2008/09 – 2010/11 which outlined a set of priorities for City Strategy and for each priority a number of key actions and performance indicators had been set.

The purpose of the Directorate Plan was to:

·         communicate a common direction for City Strategy.

·         set out the directorate priorities for the medium term (1-3) years. 

·         demonstrate how we will contribute to the shared vision of the authority.

Officers reported that a number of points in the report had now been overtaken by events e.g. Reference to Highway PFI which could now be removed from the report and inclusion of reference to the production of the 5 year Carbon Management Strategic Implementation Plan.

Members also referred to updating in the following areas:

• Sustainable Community Strategy (page 153) amend “agreed in April 2004” to 2008.
• CS7 Delivery of Local Transport Plan (page 165) to update target in light of the City Towns bid.
• Organisational Development Priorities (pages 162/163) no targets set in a number of these areas. Officers confirmed that following completion of job evaluation/pay and grading that targets would be set in these areas. Officers confirmed that once set this information be made available to Members. ^1.

Advice of the Advisory Panel

That the Advisory Panel advise the Executive Member for City Strategy to:

ⁱ⁾                     Approve the City Strategy Directorate Plan. ^2.

ii)                  Request a report back to a future meeting on the City Towns bid together with an update on the 2008/09 Cycling Target. ^3.

Decision of the Executive Member for City Strategy

RESOLVED:That the advice of the Advisory Panel be accepted and endorsed.

REASON:            To provide strategic direction for the Directorate and to act as a consolidated reference point for Service Managers and to put in place an important element in improving the directorate’s performance management and monitoring arrangements.