Issue - meetings

To receive a report presenting an update on delivery of the Corporate Plan during Quarter 1 of 2025/26.

Executive Councillors: S Ferguson and L Davenport-Ray.

The Cabinet considered and commented on progress and performance during Quarter 1, as summarised in the Corporate Performance Report attached and detailed in Appendices A, B, C and D.

A report by the Business Performance and Insights Team Leader, the Insights Coordinator, the Head of Policy, Performance & Emergency Planning and the Performance Coordinator was submitted (a copy of which is appended in the Minute Book) which presented an update on the delivery of the Corporate Plan during Quarter 1 of 2025/26.

The Executive Councillor for Resident Services and Corporate Performance - Councillor Ferguson set out the report, noting the long discussion at the Overview & Scrutiny (Performance & Growth) Panel, where there were some questions around the methodology of street cleansing performance, which officers would come back and respond to. There were also concerns around a backlog in giving Council Tax Banding’s to new properties, which could lead to a decline in revenue, and he commented that the Revenue & Benefits team were able to give estimated Council Tax Bandings. Further, there was also a concern from the Scrutiny Panel that if bandings changed it could cause undue financial stress, but he was able to reassure the Scrutiny Panel on that matter.

The Cabinet noted and welcomed the openness and frank way these reports were shared, and thanked the Executive Councillor for Resident Services and Corporate Performance - Councillor Ferguson and the officers involved.

Whereupon, it was

RESOLVED

that the Cabinet

considered and commented on progress and performance during Quarter 1, as summarised in the Corporate Performance Report attached and detailed in Appendices A, B, C and D.