Agenda item

DRAFT NEW CORPORATE STRATEGY 2018-23

Minutes:

Members received the draft new Corporate Strategy 2018-23. The draft new Corporate Strategy would replace the current one which was published in 2015 and would consolidate the following plans into one document:-

 

-  the 2015-20 Corporate Strategy;

-  the Improvement Objectives, as required by the Local Government Measure 2009;

-  The Wellbeing Objectives as required by the Wellbeing of Future Generations
   (Wales) Act 2015;

-  Carmarthenshire County Council’s Executive Board key projects and

   Programmes for the next 5 years, as set out in “Moving Forward in

   Carmarthenshire: the next 5 years”.

 

The Committee noted that the same set of Well-being objectives for 2018/19 would be kept along with an additional objective ‘Building a Better Council and Making Better Use of Resources’.

 

The Committee considered the relevant well-being objectives relevant to the remit of the Environment and Public Protection Scrutiny Committee as follows:-

 

Well-being objective

Actions

(Reference)

Measures

(Reference)

8 - Live Well-Help people live healthy lives

 

Reference A –

Eat and Breath Healthily

 

A1, A2, A3, A4 and A7;

 

Reference B –

Physical Activity

 

B4 and B5

 

9 – Live Well/Age Well – Support good connections with friends, family and safer communities

Reference B –

We will promote and develop strong connections for people, places and organisations

B1 and B2

Reference C –

We will identify the strengths and resource within communities which can contribute to promoting an supporting the health and wellbeing of neighbours

C4

Reference D –

With our partners we will continue to support Safer Communities

All measures, D1 – D11

12 – Healthy and Safety Environment – Look after the environment now and in the future

Reference A –

Address requirements of the Environment (Wales) Act 2016

All measures, A1 – A12

Reference B –

We monitor delivery of CCC’s Environment Act Forward Plan

B1

Reference C –

We will continue to implement and promote the increased use of renewable energy

All measures, C1 – C3

Reference D –

We will protect our environment and properties through delivering our Flood and Waste Management Plan; and protect and manage our coast by delivering the Shoreline Management Plan

D1

Reference E –

We will deliver actions form the ‘Towards Zero Waste strategy’, to become a high recycling nation by 2025 and a zero waste nation by 2050.

All measures, E1 - E12

13 – Healthy and Safe Environment – Improve the highway and transport infrastructure and connectivity

Reference A-

We will develop the highway infrastructure to meet the priorities of our Regeneration Plan

All measures A1 – 16

Reference B –

We will continue to successful integrated public transport network

B1 and B2

Reference  C –

We will plan to redesign our school transport network to support the modernising Education Programme

C1

Reference D –

We will continue to support community transport

D1

Reference E –

We will meet our objectives set out in our Road Safety Strategy

All measures E1 – E15

Reference F –

Modernising our vehicle fleet

F1

 

The Director of Environment informed the Committee that some of the measures and actions within Objective 12 overlap with Community Scrutiny however the necessary information would also be provided to this Committee.

 

It asked how progress on the Well-being objectives would be reported, the Economic Development Manager stated that all actions and measures would be reported via the internal performance management system PIMS and returned to the relevant Scrutiny Committees on a quarterly basis.

 

RESOLVED TO RECOMMEND TO THE EXECUTIVE BOARD that the draft new Corporate Strategy 2018-23 be endorsed.

 

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