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Taking Forward the 2011/12 Budget Priorities

Meeting: 19/07/2011 - Executive (Item 14)

14 Taking Forward the 2011/12 Budget Priorities PDF 88 KB

This report describes how the Council will structure and prioritise its work programme during 2011/12 to ensure that key priority actions are initiated and seeks approval to develop a plan, incorporating these priorities, for submission to Council in October.

Note:

The above item did not appear on the Forward Plan and has been added to this agenda under formal Urgency procedures, as it involves a key decision. An Urgency notice was published on 6 July 2011.

Additional documents:

Annex Taking Forward Budget Priorities, item 14 PDF 2 MB

Decision:

RESOLVED: That approval be given to develop a Council Plan and Delivery Plan, for submission to Full Council.

REASON: To ensure that the Council delivers the priorities set out in the report.

Minutes:

Members considered a report which outlined how the Council intended to structure its work programme during 2011/12 to ensure that key priority actions were initiated. This report had been added to the Cabinet agenda under formal Urgency procedures, as it was not listed on the Forward Plan and involved a key decision. An urgent decision was required to enable these priorities, including changes arising from the amendments made to the Council’s budget on 30 June 2011, to be developed for incorporation into the Council Plan as soon as possible.

The five key priorities, detailed in paragraphs 4 to 10 of the report, were as follows:

Create jobs and grow the economy
Get York moving
Build strong communities
Protect vulnerable people
Protect the environment.

Approval was sought to develop these priorities into a Council Plan and Delivery Plan in the format attached as Annex A to the report, for submission to the next Full Council meeting in October.

Members noted the comments made under Public Participation on this item, made a number of suggestions for amendments to the draft Plan and

RESOLVED: That approval be given to develop a Council Plan and Delivery Plan, for submission to Full Council. ¹

REASON: To ensure that the Council delivers the priorities set out in the report.