Our vision
We've made a promise to put services first and to build
a borough second to none. Our aim is to make the best use of
resources to deliver the best possible services.
Our values
We will deliver our vision by continuing to be
an innovative organisation which:
- Puts residents and frontline services first
- Ensures local services offer the best possible value including
embracing partnership as a way of securing greater value for
money
- Provides local people with the information that they need to
judge how well their council is serving them
- Is open and accountable in the way we make decisions
- Promotes equality of opportunity and values the diversity of
our communities
- Values and develops our employees.
Our values underpin the way in which we will deliver our
priorities and achieve our vision.
Our priorities
Our Corporate Priorities for the next four years (2011/12 –
2014/15) are:
- Maximising all possible efficiencies to minimise the impact of
grant reductions on the range and quality of front line
services
- Managing change and embracing innovation through developments
such as the Locality Working agenda with the County Council, shared
service partnerships and joint ventures
- Scrutinising our service offer, in light of local priorities,
to ensure it is affordable in the years ahead
- Striving to ensure that service standards meet realistic
expectations by communicating effectively with customers
- Implementing more focussed, yet flexible, management
structures
- Seeking to ensure that our workforce remains skilled and
motivated.
Subject to affordability and local priorities, our Service
Priorities for the next four years (2011/12 – 2014/15) are:
- Protect and improve the environment and keep our streets clean
and tidy
- Combat crime and the fear of crime
- Work to create opportunities for and retain good quality jobs
in particular for local people
- Improve housing and strive to achieve affordable housing that
is available for local people
- Provide opportunities for leisure and culture that together
with other council services contribute to healthier
communities.
In addition, the Council’s Priority Delivery Projects for the
next four years (2011/12 – 2014/15) are:
- Work with the County Council and other partners to deliver
support for enterprise and the generation of funding and inward
investment to the Borough.
- Implementation of the major planned changes in the Revenue
& Benefits Services as highlighted in the Government’s white
paper on Universal Credit.
- Delivery of the Skelmersdale Vision Town Centre Action Plan in
partnership with St Modwen.
- Delivery of a Self Financing Business Plan for Housing.
- Delivery of a new Local Development Framework to provide the
basis of a sustainable Borough going forward
For more details about how we aim to deliver our priorities
please view the Business Plan on our Strategies and
Plans pages.
What do you think?
Once you have finished reading these priorities, please complete
the
Services First online form and tell us whether you think
we have got it right.
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