Issue - meetings

To adopt the Corporate Plan.

N.B: Copies of the Corporate Plan can be viewed on the Council’s website as part of a supplementary agenda pack to this agenda and are available, upon request, from Democratic services.  Printed copies have been circulated separately to Council Members. Would Members please bring their copy to the meeting.

Consideration was given to the recommendation from Cabinet in respect of the Corporate Plan, which was circulated at the meeting.

Cabinet had considered the final draft of the Corporate Plan, at its meeting on 19 July 2010 and had received a resume of the views and comments on the Plan, which had been considered by the Scrutiny Committees, at meetings throughout June and July. A number of drafting amendments/addition to the Corporate Plan arising from this consultation had been requested and these were agreed by the Cabinet as follows:-

1.      The reference to household income at the end of the first paragraph on page 4 will be amended to read; “Household income also differs, ranging from £65,000 in parts of Macclesfield to £18,000 in parts of Crewe.”

2.      Section 10 on page 22 where it refers to the Overview and Scrutiny Committee will be amended so that the penultimate sentence reads; “Again, you are more than welcome to attend these meetings. 

3.      The final bullet point under “What we will do to achieve our ambition?” in Corporate Objective 4, in Appendix 1, will be amended to read “Improve our parks and green spaces across the Borough.” This replaces “Achieve and increase existing level of Green Flags in our Greenspace sites.” The related outcome under the column headed “How will we know if we have been successful?” which refers to Green Flags will be removed.

4.      It is proposed to add an extra bullet point to Corporate Objective 4, in Appendix 1, under the column headed “What we will do to achieve our ambition?” stating that “Drive forward our work with local partners in the police and justice system to reduce the fear of crime and improve public safety in the borough.”  Likewise it is proposed to add a bullet point to the next column headed “How will we know if we have been successful? Stating that “The residents of Cheshire East will feel safer in their local communities.”  

RESOLVED

For the reasons set out in the report: -

That, subject to the inclusion of the amendments/addition detailed above, the Corporate Plan be approved and adopted.