Issue - meetings

RESOLVED: That the Annual Plan for 2024/2025 be endorsed and adopted.

Reason for Decision

To enable the Administration to set out their priorities for the financial year ahead, considering the budget setting process and external factors affecting the residents, businesses and visitors to the borough.

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Cabinet was reminded that the Corporate Strategy was adopted by council on 23 November 2023. The Corporate Strategy set out the priorities of the administration to the next local elections in 2027.

Council had resolved to produce an Annual Plan each year which would reflect the priorities of the financial year ahead. This approach would enable the Administration to prioritise projects to meet the evolving needs of the residents of the borough, reflecting the national and local issues at that time. This would enable to Administration to set their priorities annually, ensuring they were up to date and relevant.

Councillors Squire and de Whalley asked for additional points to be added, to which it was re assured would be better covered as individual targets in the performance indicators.

Councillor Parish commented that the Plan featured a list of what the Administration would do, which would be reviewed and updated over the period of the Administration.

RESOLVED: That the Annual Plan for 2024/2025 be endorsed and adopted.

Reason for Decision

To enable the Administration to set out their priorities for the financial year ahead, considering the budget setting process and external factors affecting the residents, businesses and visitors to the borough.