Issue - meetings

Report of the Cabinet Member Development and Safety

RESOLVED THAT

1.    the success of the programme’s achievements to date be noted.

2.    the Managing Director for Place & Economic Development in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Development and Safety be authorised to continue with the next stage of the commercial transformation programme.

The Cabinet Member Development and Safety introduced the report which provided an update on the key programme deliverables identified in the report adopted by Cabinet in July 2016 and also proposed the next stage of the commercial transformation programme. A wide range of activities were covered :

·         business management

·         car parking

·         economic development

·         visitor economy/destination management

·         fundraising/research,events

·         anti-social behaviour/public spaces

·         enviro-crime

·         marketing and entrepreneurial approach, financial position and funding strategy.

Section 2 of the report identified work to date and the next steps as part of the action plan 2017-19. The key drivers behind the programme were to improve efficiency of the council as a whole, improve customer service, refocus work to make the maximum benefit of existing resources and use this to create new resource.

The Cabinet Member referred Members to Appendix 4 which outlined the financial plan for the service and Appendix 5 set out an indicative delivery timetable/action plan.

The Leader acknowledged the positive progress that had been made so far. He hoped that further capacity would be created to enable the council to achieve its aims.

RESOLVED THAT

1.    the success of the programme’s achievements to date be noted.

2.    the Managing Director for Place & Economic Development in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Development and Safety be authorised to continue with the next stage of the commercial transformation programme.