Issue - meetings

The Committee considered the report of the Director, Legal and Business Services enabling the Overview and Scrutiny Management Committee to examine the content of the Forward Plan and to discuss issues of interest or concern with the Executive.

Councillor Kaur – Leader of the Council and Mike Harris - Chief Executive of Southampton City Council were in attendance and with the consent of the Chair addressed the meeting.

RESOLVED:

On consideration of the briefing paper relating to the forthcoming Cabinet Decision “The Corporate Plan” the Committee made the following recommendations.

(i)  That to enable the Committee to scrutinise the delivery of the Plan, the Executive incorporates key actions and measures against the aims and objectives in the Corporate Plan;

(ii)  That consideration is given to ensuring that there is consistency between the key performance indicators to be reported through the Corporate Plan and the indicators reported to the Governance Committee;

(iii)  That, following the referenced Conditions Survey of private rented homes in Southampton, the Council seeks to ensure that standards against which private rental accommodation is measured is comparable with the standards against which Council housing is measured;

(iv)  That, linked to the support for the Southampton Pound and community wealth building, the Plan includes a commitment to the importance of social value; and

(v)  To ensure that the plan is coherent, the Executive reviews the actions outlined in the plan and checks that each action will contribute to delivering the objective against which it has been connected to.