Meeting documents

1 THE ISSUE

1.1 Corporate & Financial Plan annual review

1.2 Detailed Financial Plan is a separate item on the Executive agenda for the 8^th February

2 RECOMMENDATION

2.1 Recommend to full Council to approve the Corporate Plan Review (attached as Appendix 1) which will incorporate the Financial Plan

2.2 Authorise the Chief Executive, in consultation with the Executive Member for Resources and the Leader of the Council to make presentational improvements to the Corporate Plan review prior to submission to Council

3 FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS

3.1 The Corporate Plan subsumes the Council's 4-year Financial Plan, ensuring that decision making on priorities and resource allocation is fully aligned.

4 THE REPORT

4.1 This report presents the Council's Corporate Plan Review for consideration by the Council Executive and for recommendation to full Council for adoption. This is the second review since the Corporate Plan was approved by the Executive and Full Council in February 2004

4.2 The review has identified the need for more focus on the outcomes of the Corporate Improvement Priorities and to this end has identified anticipated outcomes up to 2007 as well as performance indicators to monitor progress against priorities.

5 RISK MANAGEMENT

5.1 A risk assessment related to the issue and recommendations has been undertaken, in compliance with the Council's decision making risk management guidance.

6 RATIONALE

6.1 The Corporate Plan is intended to be the means by which the Council and its Executive ensure that the priorities are clearly set out and adequately resources. The Plan enables a strategic approach to planning and resource allocation, supports the achievement of longer term and more complex goals, and ensures an integrated move towards service and financial planning.

6.2 In February 2004, Council approved the Corporate Plan which set out proposed Improvement Priorities for the Council, together with broad strategies for delivering the financial and organisational headroom and capacity necessary to achieve them. The Plan will also incorporate the Financial Plan (separate agenda item) which is prepared as an integral part of the Corporate Plan.

6.3 The Corporate Plan is intended as a rolling plan, reviewed annually. In this second year a formal review has been undertaken, both to check progress with implementation, to assess whether new and emerging issues should be reflected in revisions to the Plan and to review outcomes of Improvement Priorities. The review was undertaken jointly by Corporate Performance Unit and Strategic Resource Planning in liaison with Executive Members for Resources and the Leader of the Council.

7 OTHER OPTIONS CONSIDERED

7.1 None

8 CONSULTATION

8.1 Consultation will have been carried out with Executive Members, Directors, S151 Finance Officer, Chief Executive, and Monitoring Officer.

8.2 Consultation with Trades Unions has been arranged for February 2006 prior to Council meeting and a copy of the report was circulated to the Chair of the Corporate Issues and Partnership O&S Panel