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This report accompanies the proposed Corporate Peer Challenge Action Plan. The Action Plan has been developed by a group of members and officers, to consider the recommended areas of improvement identified by the peer review team.

Following consideration, the Committee resolved by 6 votes for and 2 abstentions to:

(1)       Endorse the Action Plan as set out in Appendix 1 to the report, which responds to the recommendations from the Corporate Peer Challenge Report. 

The Committee received a report presenting the proposed Corporate Peer Challenge Action Plan. The Action Plan had been developed by a group of members and officers to consider the recommended areas of improvement identified by the peer review team. 

The following matters were considered:

a)            Thanks to Principal Programme Manager. The Chair expressed his thanks to the Principal Programme Manager for her work to produce this report and requested that this be recorded in the Minutes.

b)           Reporting against actions. In response to a question from a member, the Chair informed the Committee that reporting of progress against the actions detailed in the Action Plan would be presented to a future meeting of the Strategy and Resources Committee.

c)            Wording of recommendations. In response to a question from a member, the Chair and Chief Executive informed the Committee that it was not able to amend the wording of the recommendations from the CPC, as these were made directly by the CPC group. The Chair informed the Committee that the Council did not have to accept or implement the recommendations from the CPC, but that it would need to provide good reasons for not doing so.

In response to a concern from a member regarding the wording of Action 11 of the CPC report, the Chair and Vice-Chair informed the Committee that all options would be considered whilst exploring a response to the Action, including the strengthening of the Scrutiny Committee.

d)           Action 11.4 – correction to timescale. The Committee noted the following correction to Appendix 1 to the report:

The timescale for Action 11.4 be corrected from “Feb 2025” to “Feb 2026”.

e)            Partnerships. In response to a question from a member, the Principal Programme Manager informed the Committee that Actions 9.1 and 9.2 of the Action Plan would be taken forward by reviewing the Council’s current partnerships and identifying new partnerships. This would include a focus on cost and achieving cost savings through partnership working.

Following consideration, the Committee resolved by 6 votes for and 2 abstentions to:

(1)      Endorse the Action Plan as set out in Appendix 1 to the report, which responds to the recommendations from the Corporate Peer Challenge Report.