Motion by Councillor Donna Ford
“This Council recalls the new administration’s flagship policy document entitled ‘A Fair Deal for Oxfordshire – Shaping our priorities’ (‘the Policy Document’) that was approved by Cabinet on 20 July, having been considered at an extraordinary meeting of Performance Scrutiny on 16 July.
This Council notes that the administration has been in place for four months and notes the aim of the Policy Document as a statement of intent in respect of its prospective policies relative to those of the outgoing administration.
Accordingly, this Council resolves that the administration reports to members by the date of its next meeting with a schedule of policies under active consideration and/or implementation by the previous administration that have since been:
1. Continued in their entirety by the new administration without amendment or qualification.
2. Continued substantively but varied to reasonably reflect the incoming administration’s own aims and objectives.
3. Changed substantively by the new administration, but reflecting the outgoing administration’s original aims and objectives; and
4. Discontinued altogether.
This Council resolves to keep such schedule reasonably up-to-date during the new administration’s term of office and further requests that the administration report to members by the date of this Council’s next meeting with a clear set of key performance indicators in respect of its priorities in the Policy Document to ensure that there is reasonable ongoing scrutiny of its performance and delivery of election promises.”
Decision:
The Motion was lost by 38 votes to 20.
Minutes:
Councillor Donna Ford moved and Councillor Ediie Reeves secoded the following Motion:
“This Council recalls the new administration’s flagship policy document entitled ‘A Fair Deal for Oxfordshire – Shaping our priorities’ (‘the Policy Document’) that was approved by Cabinet on 20 July, having been considered at an extraordinary meeting of Performance Scrutiny on 16 July.
This Council notes that the administration has been in place for four months and notes the aim of the Policy Document as a statement of intent in respect of its prospective policies relative to those of the outgoing administration.
Accordingly, this Council resolves that the administration reports to members by the date of its next meeting with a schedule of policies under active consideration and/or implementation by the previous administration that have since been:
1. Continued in their entirety by the new administration without amendment or qualification.
2. Continued substantively but varied to reasonably reflect the incoming administration’s own aims and objectives.
3. Changed substantively by the new administration, but reflecting the outgoing administration’s original aims and objectives; and
4. Discontinued altogether.
This Council resolves to keep such schedule reasonably up-to-date during the new administration’s term of office and further requests that the administration report to members by the date of this Council’s next meeting with a clear set of key performance indicators in respect of its priorities in the Policy Document to ensure that there is reasonable ongoing scrutiny of its performance and delivery of election promises.”
Following debate, the Motion was put to the vote and was lost by 38 votes to 20.
RESOLVED: Motion lost by 38 votes to 20.