Issue - meetings

The Director of Customer & Customer Services to present a report which outlines a proposed structure for the Council Plan that will guide council activities over the next 4 years and a proposed approach to consultation on developing the detailed content of the Plan prior to its adoption by Full Council in October.

Note: Annex B to this item is not included in the agenda pack but is available to view with the agenda on the council’s website.

Resolved:  That the Council Plan Outcomes framework be agreed as fit for consultation and that the roll-out of consultation be approved.

Reason:     To allow city partners, residents and businesses to contribute to the council’s strategic plan for the next 4 years.

The Head of Corporate Policy & City Partnershipspresented a report which outlined a proposed framework for the new Council Plan that would guide activities over the next 4 years and a suggested approach to consultation on developing the detail of the Plan.

The framework, attached as Annex A to the report, was structured around delivery of the following outcomes:

a)   Good health and wellbeing

b)   Well-paid jobs and an inclusive economy

c)   Getting around sustainably

d)   A better start for children and young people

e)   A greener and cleaner city

f)    Building homes and world-class infrastructure

g)   Safe communities and culture for all

h)   An open and effective council.

The completed Plan would provide a vision for the city, specific outcomes to enable the vision, what the council would do to achieve them, and how progress would be measured.  Details of the monitoring procedures were provided in Annex B, which had been made available with the agenda online.  Consultation would take place from August to mid-September and follow a similar process to that used for projects such as Castle Gateway, as outlined in paragraphs 17-22. 

Members welcomed the framework, stressing the importance of the consultation, and having noted the comments made under Public Participation, it was

Resolved:  That the Council Plan Outcomes framework be agreed as fit for consultation and that the roll-out of consultation be approved.

Reason:     To allow city partners, residents and businesses to contribute to the council’s strategic plan for the next 4 years.