Issue - meetings

That (A) the comments of Corporate Business Scrutiny Committee be received; and

(B)     the Annual Report 2014/15 be approved.

The Executive considered the 2014/15 Corporate Annual Report, documenting the Council’s key achievements for each of the corporate priorities over the last financial year.  The report also provided an overview of the Council’s financial position and performance and a statement on contracts.

The Corporate Business Scrutiny Committee, at its meeting held on 26 August 2015, supported the recommendations and commented in respect of the pie charts within the financial information by suggesting that the segment shown as “other” needed more detail as it represented a significant portion of the whole.  Also, the Committee suggested that the “what we have not done” examples for each priority could be more constructive in their title and tone and not blame others for any lack of progress.

The Director of Finance and Support Services accepted these comments and advised that they would be considered before the final version was published to the website.

The Executive approved the 2014/15 Corporate Annual Report as now submitted.

RESOLVED - that (A) the comments of Corporate Business Scrutiny Committee be received; and

(B)      the Corporate Annual Report 2014/15 be approved.

The Leader of the Council submitted a report that introduced a draft of the Corporate Annual Report, and documented the key achievements of the Council in relation to the corporate priorities and challenges over the financial year.

The Graduate Management Trainee advised that this was a public facing report that provided a helpful tool for Members.  He explained that the report was a live working document and he detailed the key sections of the report.

Councillor J Cartwright queried whether the ‘Other’ section in the pie chart on page 99 of the report could be more detailed given that it was such a significant proportion of the whole.  The Director of Finance and Support Services confirmed that more detail would be included.

Following a brief debate, Members agreed that the wording of the ‘what we have not done’ example for each priority should be retained for transparency and the wording should be more constructive in its tone so as not to blame others for a lack of progress and to give a more realistic record.

The Committee supported the report and the comments now submitted to the Executive.

RESOLVED – that the Executive be advised that, (A) the 2014/15 Corporate Annual Report be supported;

(B)   the ‘Other’ section in the pie chart on page 99 of the report be more detailed in respect of what it covers given that it was such a significant proportion of the whole; and

(C)   the wording of the ‘what we have not done’ example for each priority should be retained for transparency, and to give a more realistic record, should be more constructive in its tone so as not to blame others for a lack of progress.