Issue - meetings

To present to Cabinet the Performance Report for the period 2017/18 Outturn.

That the contents of the report be noted.

There was submitted a report by the Portfolio Holder for Finance and Corporate Resources (A.2) which presented the Performance Outturn Report for the period 2017/18 and included both the Corporate Plan and Priorities and Projects 2017/18.

It was reported that, of the 16 indicators and projects where performance had been measured, the Outturn position demonstrated that 13 (81%) were on, or above, their expected target and 3 (19%) were not in line with the expected performance. Three of the indicators and projects highlighted in the report were deemed to be ‘non measurable’ as the Council’s role was that of ‘influence’ only.

The Cabinet was reminded that there were now two Overview and Scrutiny Committees. The Community Leadership Overview and Scrutiny Committee would retain a focus on external partnerships and the Council’s influencing role in the community. The Resources and Services Overview and Scrutiny Committee would focus on the work of the Council and the resourcing and delivery of its services. Up to now, all performance monitoring had been subject to scrutiny by the former Corporate Management Committee. Whilst it was proposed that the majority of the performance framework would continue to be reported to the Resources and Services Overview and Scrutiny Committee for scrutiny, the targets that related to the Council’s partnership and influencing work would be compiled into a separate report for consideration by the Community Leadership Overview and Scrutiny Committee. The new reporting arrangements would be introduced from the first quarter of 2018/19.

Cabinet was aware that the report before it would be presented to the Resources and Services Committee Overview and Scrutiny Committee at its meeting due to be held on 21 May 2018.

The Leader of the Labour Group (Councillor I J Henderson) requested that he be informed in writing how much income from recycling credits that the Council had lost over the last five years due to its failure to meet its recycling targets and that this request be recorded within the minutes.

Having considered the contents of the outturn report:-

It was moved by Councillor G V Guglielmi, seconded by Councillor McWilliams and:-

RESOLVED that the contents of the report be noted.