Issue - meetings

To consider the report of the Assistant Chief Executive (Customer Access and Performance) presenting for approval the Equality Improvement Priorities 2011-2015 together with the revised Equality and Diversity Policy which sets out the council’s continued commitment to equality, outlines the council’s equality objectives, identifies how progress will be measured and how we will continue to improve and further embed the equality agenda.

The Assistant Chief Executive (Customer Access and Performance) submitted a report presenting for approval the Equality Improvement Priorities 2011-2015, together with the revised Equality and Diversity Policy which outlined the Council’s continued commitment to equality, detailed the Council’s equality objectives, identified how progress would be measured and how the Council would continue to improve and further embed the equality agenda. In determining this matter, the Board took into consideration all matters contained within the accompanying report.

Members discussed the involvement of the Member Working Group in the work undertaken on the Equality Improvement Priorities, whilst the Chair congratulated all of those officers who had been involved in the Diversity Peer Assessment, which had received an ‘excellent’ rating against the Equality Framework for Local Government.

RESOLVED –

(a)  That the contents of the submitted report be noted.

(b)  That the Equality Improvement Priorities for 2011 to 2015 be agreed and approved.

(c)  That the revised Equality and Diversity Policy be agreed and approved.

(d)  That the proposal to circulate the submitted report to Area Committees, so that all Members are aware of the Council’s Equality and Diversity Policy and Improvement Priorities, be noted.