Issue - meetings
Outcomes-Based Resourcing: Structure and Programme
Meeting: 14/03/2023 - Cabinet (Item 88)
88 Outcomes-Based Resourcing: Structure and Programme 
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(Cabinet Member with Special Responsibility Councillor Caroline Jackson)
Report of Chief Executive (report published on 8.3.23)
Additional documents:
- Outline Programme Plan March 23 V0.2, item 88
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- OBR Structure - Feb 23 - DRAFT, item 88
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Minutes:
(Cabinet Member with Special Responsibility Councillor)
Cabinet received a report from the Chief Executive that proposed the principles, structure and outline plan for the Outcomes-Based Resourcing (OBR) programme in 2023-24 to pursue an outcomes-focused approach whilst achieving sustainable long-term financial and resourcing stability.
The options, options analysis, including risk assessment and officer preferred option, were set out in the report as follows:
Option 1: Approve the proposed OBR programme and approach
Advantages
Approving the proposals will enable an outcomes-focused approach to the district’s success, whilst delivering sustainable long-term financial and resource stability.
Disadvantages
None identified in this report.
Risks
Circumstances may continue to change through the lifecycle of the programme, requiring a level of strategic flexibility and agility.
Option 2: Do not approve the proposed OBR programme and approach
Advantages
None identified in this report.
Disadvantages
Failure to take a structured and coordinated approach to strategic success and resource stability would have severe disadvantages for both the council and the Lancaster district.
Risks
As above.
The officer preferred option is Option 1. Pursuing the OBR programme will enable an outcomes-focused approach to the district’s success, whilst delivering sustainable long-term financial and resource stability.
Councillor Caroline Jackson proposed, seconded by Councillor Dowding:-
“That the recommendation, as set out in the report, be approved.”
Councillors then voted:-
Resolved unanimously:
(1) That Cabinet approves the delivery of the Outcomes-Based Resourcing (OBR) programme based on the principles and outline structure set out in the report, along with the outline Programme Plan set out in Appendix A to the report.
Officer responsible for effecting the decision:
Chief Executive
Reasons for making the decision:
The Outcomes-Based Resourcing programme represents the council’s plan for successfully delivering positive outcomes for the Lancaster district whilst achieving long-term financial and resourcing sustainability for the council. As such, this report contributes to each of the council’s strategic Priorities as set out in its core Plan 2030.