Issue - meetings

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