Mrs
Angela Woodhouse, Head of Policy, Communications and Governance,
informed the Committee that the vision, priorities, cross-cutting
objectives, outcomes and “how we do things” elements of
the Strategic Plan 2019-45 were agreed at Council in December
2018. The report outlined key actions
that were to be completed over the next five years. It was emphasised that not all of the outcomes in
the Strategic Plan were to be acted on immediately, and that the
key actions covered significant projects rather than business as
usual work. The Policy and Resources Committee was to review
suggestions from this committee on 13 February 2019, and the final
plan was to be considered at Council on 27 February
2019.
The
Committee commented that the engagement undertaken throughout the
development of the Strategic Plan had captured the views of a broad
range of stakeholders. The Committee
stated, however, that the “Embracing Growth and Enabling
Infrastructure” snapshot did not reflect the issues with
broadband that were experienced in rural areas.
RESOLVED: That the Draft Strategic Plan
2019-2045 be approved, for the further consideration of the Policy
and Resources Committee, subject to the following amendment to the
“Embracing Growth and Enabling Infrastructure”
snapshot, bullet point 5:
“In 2018 the average home broadband speed was
around 46.2Mbps, up from 36.2Mbps in 2017. We do recognise that in the rural areas there are
substantial problems with domestic broadband.”
Voting:
Unanimous