Issue - decisions
West Oxfordshire District Council Productivity Plan 2024
14/06/2024 - West Oxfordshire District Council Productivity Plan 2024
Councillor Andy Graham, Leader of the Council, introduced the report, which outlined the proposed approach to adopting the Council’s Productivity Plan 2024.
At the invitation of the Leader, Giles Hughes, Chief Executive, gave an overview of the report and requirements of central Government for the Council to prepare a productivity plan. The Chief Executive highlighted the rationale of recommendation 2 of the report, whereby delegated authority be given to the Chief Executive, in consultation with the Leader of the Council, to adopt the Productivity Plan and submit it to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities ahead of a 19 July 2024 deadline.
Councillor Andy Graham proposed that the Executive agree to the recommendations as listed on the report. This was seconded by Councillor Duncan Enright, was put to a vote, and was unanimously agreed by the Executive.
The Executive Resolved to:
- Note the requirement from the Government, outlined in the letter from the Local Government Minister at Annex A, for the Council to adopt a Productivity Plan;
- Agree to delegate the decision to the Chief Executive, in consultation with the Leader of the Council, to adopt the Productivity Plan and submit it to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities by the 19 July 2024 deadline.