Agenda item

Report of the Town Clerk.

The Sub-Committee received a report of the Town Clerk on Corporate and Departmental Business Planning. The following points were made.

Officers confirmed that the Corporate Plan and departmental business plans would be aligned. Members would see this in forthcoming committee meetings in the run-up to Christmas. The Chairman stressed that it was important for officers to highlight and communicate to Members what had changed in departmental high-level business plans.

Members were eager to view this as an opportunity to encourage greater collaboration and participation. The Sub-Committee should be enabling people and resources across the Corporation to come together. To generate momentum, it was important to focus on 5 or 6 strategic outcomes that the City wishes to promote, and for officers and Members to work at pace. Once the outcomes were agreed, the “hows” should be devolved, with officers working within a framework providing both accountability, and the flexibility to adjust course if things don’t run as anticipated. Bureaucracy should be avoided wherever possible.

RESOLVED – that Members noted the Report.