Issue - meetings

That Cabinet:

a)      notes the rationale and practicalities for an LGA Peer Challenge; and

b)      welcomes the Peer Challenge and agrees to progress with the provisional arrangements.

The Chief Executive presented a report which set out the reasoning behind and process for a Peer Challenge to be undertaken June 2024. Newark & Sherwood District Council last took part in a Peer Challenge in 2016. The Peer Challenge would help the Council identify what it was doing well, and where improvements could be made. The team undertaking the Challenge would be on site for 3 to 4 days and would provide a presentation of key findings on the last day and follow this up with a full report within a few weeks.

AGREED      (unanimously) that Cabinet:

a)      note the rationale and practicalities for an LGA Peer Challenge; and

b)      welcomes the Peer Challenge and agrees to progress with the provisional arrangements.

Reasons for Decision

A peer challenge which looks at how we work, how we deliver for our residents and how our culture operates will enable us to focus on areas of improvement to assist in delivering our community plan.

Options Considered

The LGA is the national membership body for local authorities which works on behalf of member councils to support, promote and improve local government. There are no other organisations that provide this kind of service. There is no compulsion to undertake a peer challenge but as best practice it would be expected to participate every 5 years.