Issue - meetings

To receive performance management information on the Council’s Corporate Plan for 2017/18, updates on current projects and Financial Performance Monitoring Suite information including an update on the Commercial Investment Strategy.

(Executive Councillor: Cllr S Cawley)

That progress made against Key Activities and Corporate Indicators in the Corporate Plan and current projects, as summarised in the report and Appendices be noted.

That the Council’s financial performance at the end of September 2017 and register of reviews of Commercial Investment Strategy propositions, as detailed in the report now submitted and Appendices be noted.

Executive Councillors were invited to consider a report by the Corporate Team Manager and the Head of Resources, along with its related Appendices (copies of which are appended in the Minute Book). The report briefed Members on progress against the Key Actions and Corporate Indicators listed in the Council’s Corporate Plan for 2016/18 for the period 1 July – 30 September 2017. The report incorporated progress reporting for current projects being undertaken and Financial Performance Monitoring Suite information at the end of September 2017. The Commercial Investment Strategy included details of investments to date and the level of return that they were expected to generate.

Executive Councillors noted that actions and projects identified as ‘Red’ were already being addressed and that in some instances, performance results had been skewed by short periods of poor performance in Quarter 1, thereby continuing to affect results throughout the year. Members praised the involvement of the Overview and Scrutiny Panels and noted their contribution to an open and transparent process. It was also advised that 96% of household extension planning applications had been processed on time in the year to date. Having considered the progress contained in the report, it was

RESOLVED

a)  that progress made against Key Activities and Corporate Indicators in the Corporate Plan and current projects, as summarised in the report now submitted be noted; and

b)  that the Council’s financial performance at the end of September 2017 and register of reviews of Commercial Investment Strategy propositions, as detailed in the report now submitted be noted.