Agenda item

(To receive a report from Verity Druce, Commercial Manager, which invites the Board to consider the Draft Corporate Plan)

The Board gave consideration to a report from Verity Druce, Commercial Manager, which invited consideration of the Draft Corporate Plan.

A copy of the 'To Follow' report had been circulated electronically to members of the Board prior to the meeting.

The following Appendices were attached to the report:-

·         Appendix A – latest feedback from the OSMB working group;

·         Appendix B – Stakeholder engagement feedback; and

·         Appendix C – Lincolnshire County Council Draft Corporate Plan 2020/30.

Debbie Barnes, Head of Paid Service introduced the report and provided some background information behind the draft new Corporate Plan as detailed on pages 2 and 3 of the report.

It was highlighted that the draft new Corporate Plan as detailed at Appendix C outlined the Council's vision, approach, key strategic ambitions and the strategic developments needed to fulfil the aspirations and expectations for communities of Lincolnshire.

It was highlighted that performance measures would be developed throughout the next phase of organisational planning to develop Directorate Plans, linked to the ambitions in the Corporate Plan.

During consideration of the feedback from the Overview and Scrutiny Management Board working group (Appendix A), stakeholder engagement feedback (Appendix B); and the draft new Corporate Plan as presented by Karen Spencer, Head of Communications, the Board made the following recommendations to the County Council on 11 December 2019:-

·         For all four ambitions, delete the word 'must' from the first line "This means that we must;"

·         Amend the following bullet points under the "enable everyone to enjoy life to the full" ambition;

Ø  "Make sure housing feels like home" to "Promote safe and secure homes"

Ø  "Support all children to have a loving home" to " Aspire for all children to have a caring home"

·         Amend the following bullet point under the "create thriving environments" ambition;

Ø  "Make sure families can live safely" to " Assist everyone to live safely"

·         Amend the following bullet point under the "we will lead the way with others to..." section of the "provide good value council services" ambition;

Ø  "Be serious about innovation and making best use of our assets" to "Continue to innovate and make best use of our assets"

The Board also made the following comments on the design of the draft Corporate Plan to the Head of Communications for consideration:-

·         It was questioned whether the photos used were representative of the wider population of Lincolnshire;

·         It was questioned whether the photos represented all areas of Lincolnshire. It was highlighted that there were no pictures of Grantham or Boston included in the draft document;

·         Consideration should be given to the use of recycled paper when printing copies of the Corporate Plan and how many copies need to be printed. The Head of Communications confirmed that the printing of the Corporate Plan would be funded from the existing budget; and

·         It was also questioned whether some of the lozenges were in the correct positions.

A general comment raised by the Board was:-

·         That the draft Corporate Plan made no reference to working with district councils. Officers advised that the Council worked in partnership with numerous agencies and to highlight one section of the Council's highly valued partnerships would not be reflective of the wider strategic relationships which the Council has.

RESOLVED

That the comments raised by the Overview and Scrutiny Management Board at the meeting held on 28 November 2019 be forwarded on to the County Council for consideration at the meeting to be held on 11 December 2019.