Issue - meetings

(A report by James Gilbert, Assistant Director - Corporate)

The Leader of the Council presented an update on the progress of the South & East Lincolnshire Councils Partnership since 4^th March 2024.

The report set out the progress made by the Partnership business case under the headings of:

·       Alignment and Delivery Plan (ADP) –activity was being monitored by the Joint Strategy Board to support the Partnership in delivering on its priorities, as well as sovereign Council ambitions.

·       Peer Challenge Update – The Partnership LGA Peer Challenge had taken place in October 2022. The Peers’ findings and feedback had been reported to Council and fed into the Partnership’s development plans for 23/24 and beyond. A follow up visit had been carried out on 28th September 2023 to explore progress against each of the original recommendations where the Peers had noted a significant amount of progress which had been made to deliver on their 2022 recommendations.

·       Priority Partnerships Update – A number of key Partnerships had been established as mechanisms for delivering the strategic priorities for the Partnership, which were set out within the report.

·       Partnership Scrutiny Update – On forming the Partnership, the Councils had committed to undertake an annual scrutiny of the Partnership’s progress as identified in the approved business case. The third joint scrutiny of the Partnership was carried out in September 2024, with a report to come forward for consideration in due course.

Councillors Woodliffe referred to the S&ELCP £42m Savings Tracker – cashable and non cashable, on page 79 of the report, which he felt showed a risk where the target had risen above the total from 26/27 onwards. The Leader assured members that the target (blue line) had been set by the Councils and therefore could be changed if required.

The recommendations were moved by Councillor Anne Dorrian and seconded by Councillor Dale Broughton.

RESOLVED:

That the progress of the Partnership be noted.