Issue - meetings

Report of the Leader of the Council

RESOLVED THAT:

1.    The Publica Business Plan 2022-25 be recommended to be approved by the Leader, as the Council’s Shareholder Representative for Publica Group (Support) Ltd, subject to any comments Cabinet makes and subject to any minor amendments that might arise from the final stages of consultation with the Shareholder Councils and/or general editing.

The Leader of the Council presented the report, noting that while it was in her gift to sign off on the plan, she was bringing it to Cabinet to ensure transparency and allow Members to ask questions of her and the Managing Director.

Jan Britton (Managing Director, Publica) added that it was a requirement of Publica’s articles of association that the shareholders (the leaders of the four councils) annually agreed its business plan. As part of this, the business plan was brought before scrutiny committees and to Cabinet prior to asking the Leader to approve it. He thanked CBC’s Overview and Scrutiny Committee for their questions and comments, which had particularly focused on Publica’s employees and had been kept in mind when amending the business plan.

The Leader moved to the vote, where it was unanimously:

RESOLVED THAT:

1.    The Publica Business Plan 2022-25 be recommended to be approved by the Leader, as the Council’s Shareholder Representative for Publica Group (Support) Ltd, subject to any comments Cabinet makes and subject to any minor amendments that might arise from the final stages of consultation with the Shareholder Councils and/or general editing.