Issue - meetings

Report of the Director – Finance and Corporate Services

The Head of Corporate Services presented the Review of Strategic Tasks report to the Group and explained that the Council had adopted its current Corporate Strategy in December 2023 and as part of the adoption process, a review of progress against previous targets had been presented to this Group. She said that the Group had found the update to be helpful and had asked to receive future reviews, of which this was the first of those update reports.

The Head of Corporate Services explained that the report provided a summary of progress against twelve of the tasks within the Corporate Strategy over the past eighteen months and that the intention was to continue to provide an annual update to the Group hereafter which would reflect progress that had been in made in that year.

Councillor Parekh asked about grants available for people who lived in older properties, for improvements such as insulation and solar panels and asked if it was known how many properties had benefited within the Borough. The Head of Corporate Services said that she would provide an update to the Group.

Councillor Parekh asked if there were any areas where the Council had not made progress as expected. The Head of Corporate Services said that work was currently progressing as expected but that there were some tasks which were harder to deliver at pace, but that all had started and two had completed.

The Chair said that the report was very useful and would be helpful to look back in future years at what had been achieved.

It is RESOLVED that Corporate Overview Group:

a)             reviewed the progress reported against each strategic task set in the 2024-2027 Corporate Strategy contained within Appendix One

b)             highlighted any potential areas for scrutiny during the coming year.