Venue: Conference Room, Civic Centre, Silver Street, Enfield, EN1 3XA. View directions
Contact: Stacey Gilmour
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WELCOME & APOLOGIES Minutes: Councillor Levy, welcomed all attendees to the meeting and extended a special welcome to the Enfield Youth Parliament attendees. Apologies for lateness had been received from Councillor Abdullahi.
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DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST Members of the Council are invited to identify any disclosable pecuniary, other pecuniary or non-pecuniary interests relevant to items on the agenda. Minutes: There were no declarations of interest. |
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CHIEF EXECUTIVE STRATEGIC OVERVIEW This is a discussion item. Minutes: The Chair introduced this item and welcomed Ian Davis as Chief Executive. He asked Ian to give a brief overview of what he considers to be the Council’s key priorities for the future and asked whether his views on this had changed since his appointment, last June.
Ian Davis had met with the Leader and Members of the two main political parties, feedback from both parties was consistent.
Key priorities include: · Safeguarding, including a greater emphasis on safeguarding of children · Customer Experience · Public Health and inequalities in relation to this · Regeneration and Housing including the changing nature of the world we live in.
To deliver these priorities the organisation must be structured to ensure we have the right behaviours. Firstly, the authority’s finances must be kept under control with a more strategic and earlier focus on the budget during the year. This will include more regular meetings and more involvement with Members. Secondly, the culture of the organisation needs to be effective by having an open and honest approach which residents expect. Recruitment of the right staff is key, with a move towards the employment of long term staff and a reduction in the number of interim managers.
A reorganisation is currently underway which will reduce the number of managers in the management team. Following on from this there will be a review of the next tier of management at service head level, with a move away from the AD manager level. The intention is to make it clearer to see who has responsibility for each area. It should also provide budget savings.
The following questions/ issues were raised:
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ADOPTION REGIONALISATION UPDATE PDF 208 KB To receive a report from Anne Stoker, Assistant Director Children’s Social Care Minutes: Anne Stoker (AD Children’s Social Care) introduced a report on the London Regionalisation Adoption Agency Business Case which updated the Committee on the progress in developing a London Regional Adoption Agency (LRAA).
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The following issues were raised:
NOTED Anne Stoker was thanked for the report. It was noted that a full business case would be tabled later in the year.
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CHANGE AND CHALLENGE UPDATE PDF 355 KB To receive a report from Kate Kelly, Change & Challenge Manager. Minutes: Kate Kelly and Ricky Williams (Change and Challenge Managers) updated Members on the Change and Challenge Troubled Families Programme.
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The following issues were raised
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WORK PROGRAMME 2017/18 PDF 194 KB To note the work programme for 2017/18. Minutes: The work programme for 2017/18 was NOTED. The meeting to consider the Work Programme for 2018/19 would be held in the new Municipal Year. |
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DATES OF FUTURE MEETINGS Provisional Call-In Dates: · 29 March 2018 · 5 April 2018 · 19 April 2018
The date of the next business meeting is Wednesday 11th April 2018. Minutes:
Provisional Call-In Dates: 29 March 2018 5 April 2018 and 19 April 2018
The date of the next business meeting is Wednesday 11 April 2018.
Councillor Levy thanked everyone for attending the meeting.
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