Issue - meetings

The Cabinet considered a report on the Audit Commission’s Comprehensive Performance Assessment together with the new Improvement Plan for July 2007 to June 2008. As part of the discussion on the Improvement Plan reference was made to the additional areas for action listed by the Council’s Improvement Director. These would need further consideration and as this is undertaken, actions would need to be agreed for incorporation into the Improvement Plan. Following discussion it was

RECOMMENDED:

(a) that the Audit Commission’s Comprehensive Performance Assessment

      report and in particular the areas for improvement set out on page 7 of the

      report be noted;

(b) that the Improvement Plan 2007/2010 be approved;

(c) that it be noted that the Improvement Plan cross references to the

     recommendations contained in the Audit Commission’s Comprehensive

     Performance Assessment report but also contains other actions for

     2007/2008 designed to deliver the Council Plan 2007/2010;

(d) that the changes to the Council Plan set out in section 3.4 of the report,

     based on the Corporate Management Team’s view of the Council’s

     capacity to deliver the Council Plan 2007/2010 be approved; and

(e) that it be agreed that further updates to the Improvement Plan for 2007/08

     may be required as determined by discussions between the Improvement

     Director and Corporate Management Team.