Agenda item

9.1

This paper sets out a proposed 2022/23 Delivery Plan for Sheffield City Council which is the first phase of a four-year improvement journey for the organisation. Over the next four years, we will make continuous improvements to our services and how we operate to make us ready to deliver our ambitious longer-term goals for the city.

The 2022/23 Delivery Plan identifies urgent performance challenges that SCC will prioritise and intensively focus on in the coming year to improve services for Sheffielders. It also includes other key areas that we will continue to develop and support in the coming year, such as the development of our city centre or the working on a draft Local Plan.

The improvement journey will form the foundations to our new Corporate Plan which will give SCC a shared sense of purpose and priorities for the longer term.

9.2

RESOLVED UNANIMOUSLY: That Strategy and Resources Policy Committee:-

1. Agree the proposed Delivery Plan as the first phase of a four-year improvement

journey for Sheffield City Council;

2. Ask Policy Committee Chairs to take ownership of the issues in the 2022/23 Delivery Plan that are aligned to their policy areas, overseeing performance and delivery of the milestones agreed in the Plan;

3. Agree to support the development of a new Corporate Plan for Sheffield City Council based on the administration’s strategic goals.

9.3

Reasons for Decision

9.3.1

This paper sets out Sheffield City Council’s 2022/23 Delivery Plan which is the first phase of a four-year improvement journey for the Council

9.3.2

The four-year improvement journey is vital to ensure that the services we deliver

meet the expectations and needs of Sheffielders and service users. We need to get the basics right and establish strong foundations if SCC is to become a high performing, good council for the city that then has the capability to achieve citizens’ and Members’ longer-term ambitions for Sheffield.

9.3.3

The Delivery Plan is the first step on that improvement journey. It identifies urgent performance challenges that SCC will prioritise and intensively focus on in the coming year alongside ongoing strategic issues (eg. climate change, city centre development) that SCC will continue to progress in the year ahead.

9.4

Alternatives Considered and Rejected

9.4.1

Two alternative options were considered:

a. Do nothing – this was discounted as there are clear areas of underperformance in SCC which need to be addressed to improve the services that we deliver to customers and the scale of the financial challenge facing SCC this year requires urgent focus.

b. Only develop a Corporate Plan – this was discounted as while SCC needs a longer-term plan which provides purpose and priorities for the whole organisation, there are improvements that SCC needs to undertake now and over the coming years to ensure that we are fit for purpose, financially sustainable and geared to deliver the city’s ambitions.

9.1

The Director of Policy, Performance and Communications presented a report setting out a proposed 2022/23 Delivery Plan for Sheffield City Council which is the first phase of a four-year improvement journey for the organisation. Over the next four years, we will make continuous improvements to our services and how we operate to make us ready to deliver our ambitious longer-term goals for the city.

The 2022/23 Delivery Plan identifies urgent performance challenges that SCC will prioritise and intensively focus on in the coming year to improve services for Sheffielders. It also includes other key areas that we will continue to develop and support in the coming year, such as the development of our city centre or the working on a draft Local Plan.

The improvement journey will form the foundations to our new Corporate Plan which will give SCC a shared sense of purpose and priorities for the longer term.

9.2

RESOLVED UNANIMOUSLY: That Strategy and Resources Policy Committee:-

1. Agree the proposed Delivery Plan as the first phase of a four-year improvement

journey for Sheffield City Council;

2. Ask Policy Committee Chairs to take ownership of the issues in the 2022/23 Delivery Plan that are aligned to their policy areas, overseeing performance and delivery of the milestones agreed in the Plan;

3. Agree to support the development of a new Corporate Plan for Sheffield City Council based on the administration’s strategic goals.

9.3

Reasons for Decision

9.3.1

This paper sets out Sheffield City Council’s 2022/23 Delivery Plan which is the first phase of a four-year improvement journey for the Council

9.3.2

The four-year improvement journey is vital to ensure that the services we deliver

meet the expectations and needs of Sheffielders and service users. We need to get the basics right and establish strong foundations if SCC is to become a high performing, good council for the city that then has the capability to achieve citizens’ and Members’ longer-term ambitions for Sheffield.

9.3.3

The Delivery Plan is the first step on that improvement journey. It identifies urgent performance challenges that SCC will prioritise and intensively focus on in the coming year alongside ongoing strategic issues (eg. climate change, city centre development) that SCC will continue to progress in the year ahead.

9.4

Alternatives Considered and Rejected

9.4.1

Two alternative options were considered:

a. Do nothing – this was discounted as there are clear areas of underperformance in SCC which need to be addressed to improve the services that we deliver to customers and the scale of the financial challenge facing SCC this year requires urgent focus.

b. Only develop a Corporate Plan – this was discounted as while SCC needs a longer-term plan which provides purpose and priorities for the whole organisation, there are improvements that SCC needs to undertake now and over the coming years to ensure that we are fit for purpose, financially sustainable and geared to deliver the city’s ambitions.