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Corporate Statement 2019-2023

Meeting: 10/10/2019 - Council (Item 11)

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It was proposed by the Leader, seconded by Councillor Ashbee and Members agreed the recommendation as shown in the report, namely:

 

“That Council note the report and adopt the proposed new Corporate Statement and supporting Core Business Objectives.”


Meeting: 19/09/2019 - Cabinet (Item 596)

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Members acknowledged the process that was undertaken to produce the draft corporate statement for 2019-23. On the 25 July Cabinet recommended the proposed new Corporate Statement and supporting Core Business Objectives for the 4-year term of 2019-2023 (with any amendments) to be presented to the Overview and Scrutiny Panel, with any representations being referred back to Cabinet before submission to Council for final approval.

 

The Panel in turn met on 27 August and came up with a number of recommendations that were added to the Cabinet report for this September meeting.

 

The following Members spoke under Council Procedure Rule 20.1:

 

Councillor Hopkinson;

Councillor Everitt;

Councillor Campbell.

 

Councillor Bayford proposed, Councillor Game seconded and Members recommended the following to Full Council on 10 October 2019:

 

The proposed new Corporate Statement and supporting Core Business Objectives for 2019-2023, with the following amendments:

 

  i.  Recommendations from the Overview and Scrutiny Panel highlighted in section 3.0 of the Cabinet report; and

 

  ii.  Inclusion of a reference to the Preston Model in the Corporate Statement.


Meeting: 27/08/2019 - Overview & Scrutiny Panel (Item 187)

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Councillor Bayford, Leader of Council introduced the item for discussion. In his background comments, Councillor Bayford said that Cabinet had agreed an approach to the Corporate Business Planning on 13 June 2019. This was followed by the adoption of the draft Corporate Statement by Cabinet on 25 July and thereafter shared with Members at a Members Briefing session on 30 July.

 

The Leader was now engaging the Overview & Scrutiny Panel to get their view on any proposed changes to be considered by Cabinet (on 19 September) before taking a final position to Full Council in October.

 

Members made comments to the draft Corporate Statement as follows:

 

  • The current Council Planning policy did not have a clause on climate change. There was a need to have such a provision in order to give direction for large developments that incorporate solar panels;
  • Wording regarding working with the Electoral Commission on electoral boundaries needed to be clearer;
  • The wording under Ramsgate Port and Harbour needs to be changed to reflect more the relationship between the port and the local area including Ramsgate Town;
  • Comments on social housing need more detail;
  • There should be a commitment to reduce carbon footprint whilst pursuing economic growth for the district;
  • The commentary on the Council’s contribution to the Parkway Station project should reflect how this would benefit the local area;
  • The commitment to recycling was welcome. Could there be a commitment to work with KCC on such initiatives as introducing a park and ride service?
  • There is a need to reflect in the statement that Council was striving to improve service delivery with limited resources. This was especially so considering that the council was working with a reduced staff resource.

 

The Leader of Council and Madeline homer, CEx responded to Member comments as detailed below:

 

  • the Corporate Statement was an aspirational document, more detail was to be included in the implementation plans that supported the vision;
  • Cabinet would consider all comments and recommendations forwarded by the Panel before finalising the corporate statement to go Full Council;
  • Council was studying the Preston model in relation to the Parkway Station to learn any lessons from that experience which could be used for managing such a strategic infrastructure project;
  • TDC £2million contribution to the Parkway Station project should be judged in the light of KCC contributions of £3million as well as a commitment to underwrite the project and a commitment to contribute £14 million to the project from SE LAP;
  • Significant railway infrastructure development contributes to significant economic growth to an area;
  • Council was reviewing the services being delivered to test if resources were sufficient to deliver such services and because the resources were limited, there was a need to make difficult decisions at times on resource allocation;
  • Members could assist by explaining to the public, the services that TDC provided from their share of the Council tax, as some of the services were provided by other public agencies.

 

The Chairman then invited Members to formally make recommendations to be  ...  view the full minutes text for item 187


Meeting: 25/07/2019 - Cabinet (Item 578)

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Members discussed the proposed new Corporate Statement and supporting Core Business Objectives, setting out the direction of travel over the next four years.

 

Cabinet acknowledged that Council was aware that the communities in Thanet were changing and there were increasing demands for local services. At the same time, the Council was also aware of the many challenges facing local people and businesses.  Therefore, the Council had set its Core Business Objectives to enable it to plan for the changing needs and to meet the increasing financial challenge ahead, as core government grant funding was going to be reduced to nil by 2020.

 

As part of creating a better understanding of these proposals, Cabinet had arranged for a Members’ Briefing on Tuesday 30 July which would provide all Elected Members with the opportunity to give their feedback directly to the Leader on the draft Corporate Statement and supporting Core Business Objectives.

 

Councillor Everitt spoke under Council Procedure Rule 20.1.

 

Councillor Bayford proposed, Councillor Ashbee seconded and Cabinet agreed that the proposed new Corporate Statement and supporting Core Business Objectives for the 4-year term of 2019-2023 (with any amendments) be presented to the Overview and Scrutiny Panel with any representations being referred to Cabinet before submission to Council for final approval.