Issue - meetings

Cabinet AGREED

A)   To receive the Feedback Report from the Corporate Peer Challenge, welcoming the independent external validation of the Council’s strengths and achievements it has provided (see Appendix A);

B)   To the Key recommendations set out in Section 2 of the Feedback Report;

C)   To the priorities for the future leadership of place, as set out in paragraph 10 of the report, as the basis for the Council’s response to the report; and

D)   To authorise the Interim Chief Executive to prepare action plans to address the priorities identified in recommendation (iii) above, in consultation with the Leader of the Council.

This decision was first published on Thursday 19 January and so the deadline for call-in is 5pm on Thursday 26 January. If not called-in this decision can be implemented on Friday 27 January.

Cabinet AGREED

A)   To receive the Feedback Report from the Corporate Peer Challenge, welcoming the independent external validation of the Council’s strengths and achievements it has provided (see Appendix A);

B)   To the Key recommendations set out in Section 2 of the Feedback Report;

C)   To the priorities for the future leadership of place, as set out in paragraph 10 of the report, as the basis for the Council’s response to the report; and

D)   To authorise the Interim Chief Executive to prepare action plans to address the priorities identified in recommendation (iii) above, in consultation with the Leader of the Council.

The Leader presented this item, which updated Cabinet on the feedback report and recommendations from the Corporate Peer Challenge that was undertaken between 15-18 November 2016. The Leader welcomed the report and highlighted the Council’s strengths identified by the Review Team. He stated that the Council was being asked to consider where it wanted to be in five years’ time and he invited Cabinet to agree priorities to form the basis of action plans to address the recommendations of the Peer Team and enable the Council to redefine its place-shaping role.

Councillor Simon Edwards welcomed the findings of the Review Team, which had added real value. He drew particular attention to the team’s recommendation in respect of commercialisation, which emphasised the importance of putting in place a corporate strategy to assess options for investment and income generation.

Councillor Harford stated that the Council had a duty to honestly explain the consequences of land supply and future developments to parish councils and residents.

Councillor Cicely Murfitt requested that any consultation exercise with residents should be in plain English and not be carried out in August, as had been the case with devolution, as it was too late for inclusion in South Cambs magazine and parish councils did not meet in August.

The Interim Chief Executive stated that staff welcomed the findings of the peer review report and the Council was ready to meet the challenge of successfully implementing its recommendations.

Cabinet AGREED

A)   To receive the Feedback Report from the Corporate Peer Challenge, welcoming the independent external validation of the Council’s strengths and achievements it has provided (see Appendix A);

B)   To the Key recommendations set out in Section 2 of the Feedback Report;

C)   To the priorities for the future leadership of place, as set out in paragraph 10 of the report, as the basis for the Council’s response to the report; and

D)   To authorise the Interim Chief Executive to prepare action plans to address the priorities identified in recommendation (iii) above, in consultation with the Leader of the Council.