Issue - meetings

The Portfolio Holder for Environment, Economic Development & Transformation advised that the Transformation Programme was on track and that going live with the operating model would be phased in gradually and a communications campaign would be launched to promote the Customer and Business Portal.  

In response to a member question, the Chief Executive advised that a Member Working Group had been established to develop Area+ proposals and that the Area Committee system would remain as part of those proposals.  Locality Teams would be operational in January 2019 and would be responsible for taking forward area priorities and the delivery of projects.  It was acknowledged that it would take some time for the changes to be implemented. 

The Chairman of Scrutiny Committee said that they had asked about the position of the Streetscene service and it was confirmed that in order to deliver the business plans, there would be some restructuring required in the Streetscene service.

At the conclusion of the debate, members were content to note the progress report of the SSDC Transformation Programme.