Agenda item

Quarter 3 Performance Report

Minutes:

Kate Wilson, Business Unit Leader Community Services, Policy & Performance   introduced the performance report.  She highlighted the positive performance with 90% of the indicators at green meaning that they are on or above target compared to 76% in the previous year. It was also noted that there were no indictors at red for the second consecutive quarter.  It was noted that in the four instances where performance was slightly under target, that reasons for this and action being taken was set out in the report.  The progress on flagship activities were detailed in appendix b and the officer confirmed that monitoring reports will be received by the Scrutiny Committee on the new set of flagship activities at its’ meeting on 12 June 2019. The changes to the indicators for 2019/20 were listed in paragraph 68 and Kate Wilson confirmed that a Members working party including chairs of all three Scrutiny committees had been set up to review and agree all changes to indicators. 

The Cabinet Member for Finance and Performance commented that whilst the collection of Council Tax was below the target, the actual amounts collected had increased.  There had been a publicity campaign on the Single Person Discount (SPD) to ensure all eligible residents make a claim and that all existing claims were valid. 

 

The Deputy Leader and Cabinet Member for Economic Growth noted the good report with no red targets which demonstrated the hard work of the Council for the current administration. 

 

The Cabinet Member for Community highlighted the positive feedback from the public on the health and wellbeing interventions.  These had led to improvements in their health, and improved quality of life and led to reduced costs in other services including the NHS.  He noted that he was pleased the report differentiated between the homeless and rough sleepers.

 

The Cabinet Member for Service Delivery highlighted the improvements to The Triangle Leisure Centre and that an additional 36,000 people had visited the centre following the recent joint investment with Places Leisure.  He noted that further investment is due at other leisure centres. 

 

The Cabinet Member for Housing and Planning noted the difficulty in predicting affordable housing delivery.  Overall the council had achieved 30% affordable housing from eligible developments.

 

The Cabinet Member for Customer Service confirmed that the Council was responding to the needs of the residents and working with other partners to assist rough sleepers. 

 

The Leader noted the exceptional report and confirmed that the examination of the report by the Scrutiny Committee had been thorough and relevant. The flagship activities demonstrated the ambition and focus of the Council and congratulated the team effort of the officers and councillors.

 

The Leader noted that no more Members wished to speak so took them to the recommendations contained in the report, which were agreed unanimously.

 

RESOLVED

 

Cabinet resolved to:

 

      i)        Note the Council’s performance and progress with flagship activities in the third quarter of the year and identify any areas where further reporting or information is required; and

 

     ii)        Note the changes to the bundle of performance indicators to be monitored in 2019/20.

 

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