Issue - meetings

AGREED that Cabinet:

a)         approve the Consultation & Engagement Strategy and associated Action Plan, considering any recommendations from the Tenant Engagement Board;

b)         endorse the creation and use of operational guidance for officers to sit below this strategy; and

c)          request that Policy & Performance Improvement Committee review the impact of this strategy after one year.

The Portfolio Holder for Organisational Development & Governance presented a report which sought to approve the Consultation & Engagement Strategy and associated action plan. The current Consultation & Engagement Strategy required updating in line with the Council’s values and engagement aspirations. The proposed Consultation and Engagement outlined the Council’s high-level approach to engagement to ensure communities and stakeholders were involved in decision making and could influence the future of where they live by directing change and informing service developments. The Portfolio Holder reported that the Strategy had been endorsed by the Tenant Engagement Board.

AGREED (unanimously) that Cabinet:

a)         approve the Consultation & Engagement Strategy and associated Action Plan;

b)         endorse the creation and use of operational guidance for officers to sit below this strategy; and

c)          request that Policy & Performance Improvement Committee review the impact of this strategy after one year.

Reason for Decision

To put an appropriate framework in place to ensure decision making is informed by resident views and services are shaped by an understanding of resident priorities and needs.