Issue - meetings

(a) That Cabinet notes the contents of the report and the letter from the Peer Challenge team and the suggested action plan at Appendix A, based on the findings of the recent LGA Corporate Peer Challenge.

(b) That the Cabinet makes any further amendments or suggestions to the action plan.

(c) That Cabinet approved implementation of the action plan, led by the relevant members of the Executive Management Team (EMT) in consultation with the appropriate Portfolio Holder(s) and also the relevant Overview and Scrutiny Committee(s).

(d) That Cabinet approve that the Local Government Association may publish the letter from the Peer Challenge team on their website.

A report was considered providing Cabinet with a summary of the findings of the recent Local Government Association (LGA) Corporate Peer Challenge, carried out on the Borough Council from 10-12 October 2012. The summary was supplemented with an action plan, based on these findings, which could be found at Appendix A and a letter from the Peer Challenge team, found at Appendix B.

The Council invited their peers to conduct a review to assess the Council’s strengths and weaknesses. The Council had opted to put the work programme in place through the Business Improvements and Partnerships department, to ensure the recommendations from the review were implemented. It had been agreed that the work programme would line up with the recommendations in the letter from the review team. By bringing the report into the public domain it was showing transparency by the Council.

Thanks were extended to Cabinet Members, external partners, Chairs and Vive-Chairs of Committees, backbench Members and to the review team who worked very hard whilst here. The review team were pleased with the progress the Council was making and offered advice for further improvements.

It was proposed that there be an additional resolution ‘d’ that approval be given to the Local Government Association so that they may publish the letter from the Peer Challenge team on their website

RESOLVED:                        (a) That Cabinet notes the contents of the report and the letter from the Peer Challenge team and the suggested action plan at Appendix A, based on the findings of the recent LGA Corporate Peer Challenge.

(b) That the Cabinet makes any further amendments or suggestions to the action plan.

(c) That Cabinet approved implementation of the action plan, led by the relevant members of the Executive Management Team (EMT) in consultation with the appropriate Portfolio Holder(s) and also the relevant Overview and Scrutiny Committee(s).

(d) That Cabinet approve that the Local Government Association may publish the letter from the Peer Challenge team on their website.