Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Decision:
15.1
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The Chief Executive
submitted a report noting that
the LGA Peer Team
that undertook a Corporate Peer Challenge (CPC) of Sheffield City
Council in November 2022 returned to review our progress in
December 2023.
The
report provides a summary
of the LGA’s feedback and recommendations from the Progress
Review.
The LGA Team have recognised that there has been
strong and positive progress at the council in the last year, with
significant progress made against the recommendations made in the
original CPC. This has included
collaborating with partners to develop Sheffield’s City
Goals, producing a focused Council Plan for the organisation,
continuing to provide robust and stable financial management and
developing mature political
culture.
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15.2
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RESOLVED UNANIMOUSLY: That Strategy and
Resources Policy Committee:-
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(a) welcomes the LGA Corporate Peer Challenge Progress
Review report (Appendix 1) which recognises the significant
progress that the council has achieved in the last year;
(b) thanks the members of the LGA Peer team for their
time and insight in supporting the council’s continuous
improvement;
(c) recognises the
collective effort from Members and officers to deliver vital
strategic foundations in the last year – including the
development of a Council Plan, proposals for a balanced budget, and
collaborating with partners to set out our shared City Goals;
(d) agrees that the
council should continue on its
improvement journey by embedding the Council Plan across the whole
organisation, using the feedback and insight in the LGA’s
Progress Review report to focus our transformation activity;
and
(e) commits to asking
the LGA to undertake another Corporate Peer Challenge within the
usual timescale (circa 2028).
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15.3
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Reasons for Decision
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15.3.1
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The
recommendations recognise the significant progress made by the
council in the last 12 months and encourage the whole organisation
to continue that journey and deliver the Council
Plan.
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15.4
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Alternatives Considered and
Rejected
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15.4.1
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As a condition of undertaking the Corporate Peer Challenge and
the Progress Review, the council agreed that the Progress Review
report should be considered in a public
meeting.
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15.4.2
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The only alternative option would be to reject some or
all of the feedback and recommendations
in the Progress Review. However, given the positive nature of the
feedback and the recognised progress made by the council against
the original CPC recommendations, this option is not
advised.
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Report author: Laurie Brennan
Publication date: 28/03/2024
Date of decision: 12/03/2024
Decided at meeting: 12/03/2024 - Strategy and Resources Policy Committee
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