Issue - meetings

The Committee had endorsed a Corporate Improvement Plan on 9^th July 2020. This comprised various measures necessary to take the Council forward, particularly in the light of the COVID emergency. A summary of progress against the plan was submitted, together with a covering report which drew attention to:

• the implementation of recommendations from the Centre for Public Scrutiny (Ed Hammond);

• Member training initiatives;

• revisions to the performance & risk regime;

• the new approach to financial management initiated by the new Section 151 Officer and the fact that the budget gap for 2020/21 had closed significantly with a view to producing a balanced budget for 2021/22; and 

• the introduction of a new complaints policy.

It was intended to submit a further progress report to the Committee’s meeting in March 2021.

During the debate, it was confirmed that an ‘ICT / digital strategy’ would be submitted to Members in due course. The need to revise target dates in the next iteration of the plan was also acknowledged. 

            R E S O L V E D – that progress to date be noted.