Decision details

(Cabinet Member with Special Responsibility Councillor Phillip Black)

Cabinet received a report from the Chief Executive to endorse the council’s Productivity Plan, in response to the Productivity in Local Government request, from the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities (DLUHC).

The options, options analysis, including risk assessment and officer preferred option, were set out in the report as follows:

The recommended option is to proceed with endorsing the Productivity Plan so that officers can submit the final version (Option 1).

Councillor Phillip Black proposed, seconded by Councillor Hamilton-Cox:-

“That the recommendation, as set out in the report, be approved.”

Councillors then voted:-

Resolved unanimously:

(1)        That the finalising and submission of the Productivity Plan be delegated to the Chief Executive, in consultation with the Leader.

Officer responsible for effecting the decision:

Chief Executive

Reasons for making the decision:

The Productivity Plan mirrors current Policy Framework and will contribute to strategic and financial decision-making already set out in the Council Plan 2024-2027.  Cabinet endorsement will enable officers to submit the Productivity Plan to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC).