To ask Cabinet to commend to Council for approval the proposed Corporate Plan for 2008-11. 

THAT Cabinet commends to Council for approval the proposed Corporate Plan for 2008-11, subject to such revisions as may be necessary to:  

(a)   reflect the terms of the approved new Local Area Agreement; and

(b)   finalise the detailed content, subject to this being approved by the Chief Executive and the Leader.    

Under the Council’s current Performance Improvement Framework, the corporate plan is rolled forward each year. This is done in the light of the outcomes from the Performance Improvement Cycle, reviewing performance against the existing plan, setting priorities, objectives and targets for the next three years, and specifying the timetabled key actions needed to deliver them.

The Council has determined that it will have an up-to-date corporate plan. The options therefore concern what priorities, objectives, targets and key actions are included in it.  These have been determined as a result of the operation of the performance improvement cycle over the past year, as reflected in the MTMFS and the Budget proposals.