The Assistant Chief Executive has submitted a report will submit a report to the City Executive Board on 11 February which sets out the consultation on the draft Corporate Plan 2016-2020 and proposes its adoption.

The draft minutes of the Board will be circulated with the briefing note.

The Leader will move the recommendations.

The published agenda for the City Executive Board contains recommendations that Council approves the draft Corporate Plan 2016-20 attached to that agenda and as amended in the CEB supplement and delegates authority to the Assistant Chief Executive to make minor textual/formatting changes to this in advance of formal publication.

Updates to the Corporate Plan recommended for adoption will be circulated in the briefing note.

Recommendations: Council is askedto agree the recommendations of the City Executive Board on 11 February, published in the draft minutes of that meeting.

Council considered a report to the City Executive Board on 11 February which set out the consultation on the draft Corporate Plan 2016-2020 and proposed its adoption and the draft minutes of that meeting.

Council resolved to:

1.    approve the draft Corporate Plan 2016 -2020 as set out in Appendix 1 of the City Executive Board report; and

2.    delegate authority to the Assistant Chief Executive to make minor textual/formatting changes to the Corporate Plan 2016 – 2010 in advance of formal publication.

The Assistant Chief Executive has submitted a report which reports on the consultation on the draft Corporate Plan 2016 – 2020 and proposes its adoption.

Recommendations: That the City Executive Board resolves to:

1.    approve the draft Corporate Plan 2016 -2020 as set out in Appendix 1; and

2.    recommend Council to resolve to approve the draft Corporate Plan 2016 – 2020 and delegate authority to the Assistant Chief Executive to make minor textual/formatting changes to the Corporate Plan 2016 – 2010 in advance of formal publication

The Assistant Chief Executive submitted a report which detailed the results of the consultation on the draft Corporate Plan 2016 – 2020 and proposed its adoption.

The Assistant Chief Executive confirmed that the version of the Corporate Plan which would be submitted to Council had been fully fact-checked in light of the recent changes to local government finance and national policy.

The Board noted the Scrutiny Committee concerns regarding the low number of responses. The recommendation relating to the corporate success measures had been rejected because tenant satisfaction was already measured and the proposed measure for new homes granted permission was outside the Council’s control.

The City Executive Board resolved to:

1.    approve the draft Corporate Plan 2016 -2020 as set out in Appendix 1; and

2.    recommend Council to resolve to approve the draft Corporate Plan 2016 – 2020 and delegate authority to the Assistant Chief Executive to make minor textual/formatting changes to the Corporate Plan 2016 – 2010 in advance of formal publication.

Contact Officer: Sadie Paige, Policy Officer Tel 01865 252250, spaige@oxford.gov.uk

The Assistant Chief Executive presented the report.

The Committee questioned some of the statements and numbers contained in the paperwork and heard that the figures would be reviewed by Finance but that there were no other inaccuracies or fundamental changes to be made.  The Committee also noted that Area Forums were referenced in the Plan but that some Area Forums in the city were not functioning as well as others.  The Committee focused the remainder of its questioning on the consultation feedback and corporate success measures.

The Committee noted that thirty-two consultation responses had been received (compared to over fifty last year), of which the majority related to the budget and only six to the Corporate Plan.  The Committee heard that the Council had been in dialogue with key partners during the development of the Corporate Plan and was planning to review its Community Engagement Strategy.  The Committee expressed disappointment at the number of consultation responses received and questioned what scope there was to improve this number in future, including perhaps through more active engagement with target groups and by consulting on the Council’s Budget and Corporate Plan separately.

The Committee noted that the number of corporate success measures had been reduced and considered the merits of some of the selected measures compared to other measures not included.  The Committee suggest that as the Council has a special responsibility as a social landlord, one of the corporate measures should be focused on tenant satisfaction, and that this measure could perhaps replace the measure on limiting the use of temporary accommodation.

The Committee also questioned whether there was a better measure available for new homes in the city because the number of new homes granted planning permission did not necessarily reflect the delivery of new homes on the ground due to other barriers to development.  It was suggested that the numbers of Council Tax completion Notices could be a more useful measure in this respect.

The Committee AGREED to submit the following recommendations to the City Executive Board:

1.    That the Corporate Plan should be fact-checked in light of funding and national policy changes.

2.    That consideration is given to whether and how the number of responses received to the public consultation on the Budget and Corporate Plan could be maximised in future years.

3.    That consideration is given to the following suggestions on the corporate success measures:

a)    That there should be a corporate success measure on tenant satisfaction given that the Council has special responsibilities as a landlord;

b)    That the corporate success measure for new homes granted permission in the city should better reflect the actual delivery of new homes.

Cllr Hollick left the meeting.

The Assistant Chief Executive has submitted a report which presents the draft Corporate Plan 2016 - 2020

Recommendations: That the City Executive Board resolves to:

1.    approve the draft Corporate Plan 2016 – 2020 for public consultation.

The Assistant Chief Executive submitted a report which presented the draft Corporate Plan 2016 – 2020 for public consultation.

Cllr Price, Board Member Corporate Strategy and Economic Development presented the report.  He said that officers had been working on the style and content of the Corporate Plan with the aim of making it a shorter, sharper and forward looking document.

The Assistant Chief Executive said that the year on year target information would be available in the post-consultation version of the Corporate Plan.  She would also be reviewing the design and style of the final document.

The City Executive Board resolved to:

1.    Approve the draft Corporate Plan 2016 – 2020 for public consultation.