Issue - meetings

To consider a report on progress with Corporate Plan actions/projects and the results of operational performance measures as at the end of Quarter 4 (January to March 2025).

Executive Councillors: S Ferguson and L Davenport-Ray.

The Cabinet has considered and commented on progress and performance during Quarter 4, as summarised in the Corporate Performance Report attached and detailed in Appendices A, B, C and D.

A report by the Head of Policy, Performance & Emergency Planning was submitted (a copy of which is appended in the Minute Book) which presented an update on the progress of the Corporate Plan Actions and Corporate Performance Indicators during Quarter 4 (January to March 2025).

In setting out the report, the Executive Councillor for Resident Services and Corporate Performance stated that the Council was making very strong, measurable progress against its goals, which was a reflection of the hard work, dedication and focus of officers and teams across the Council. Furthermore, he thanked all officers who had contributed to that success.

He noted the comments made by the Overview & Scrutiny (Performance & Growth), particularly their concerns around the bin collection statistics. He responded that difficulties had been faced with regards to losing a number of highly experienced operatives, however if the numbers were compared with most authorities in the country, the Council had still done a very good job. It had been a single less than perfect year from a service that consistently delivered very good results.

Additionally, he explained that much of the Panel’s concern around food waste would be rectified in the new year when the weekly food waste collection team would be introduced.

The Executive Councillor for Finance & Resources similarly commented that the average number of missed bins compared to peer Council’s were on average 47% better, and additionally the financial performance from the waste collection point of view was very strong.

In response to a comment from the Executive Councillor for Climate, Transformation and Workforce, the Cabinet agreed to think how the report and the performance of contracts was presented moving forward, to help residents better recognise and understand the performance of the Council’s projects. Doing so would allow the Council to better communicate this information to the public, but also allowed Members to recognise the complexity and multi layered elements of some of the areas which were contained within a single red/amber/green format.

The Leader, on behalf of the Cabinet, thanked all of the staff involved for their achievement and that they should be proud of their accomplishments.

Whereupon, it was

RESOLVED

that the Cabinet considered and commented on progress and performance during Quarter 4, as summarised in the Corporate Performance Report attached and detailed in Appendices A, B, C and D.