Issue - meetings

To consider the response by the Executive to the letter from the Commission’s Working Group resulting from the review of the proposed new Medium Term Objectives.

The Commission considered the letter sent by the Leader of the Council in response to a letter of the working group of the Commission on the review of the new Medium Term Objectives.

The working group’s Lead Member expressed concern that the new Medium Term Objectives appeared to overstate the Council’s role in development programmes when in actuality the Council was acting more in the role of a facilitator. Concern was also expressed that the level of detail in the new Medium Term Objectives was more than was necessary in such a strategic document.  Neither of these concerns affected the wording of the revised Medium Term Objectives.

The Commission noted the response of the Leader of the Council and the Lead Member’s concerns.  It was agreed that these concerns would be shared with the Executive before the Medium Term Objectives were considered by full Council on 30 November 2011.