DECISION

1.    To note the summary status as set out at the beginning of the attached

monitoring report;

2.    To note the performance of the strategic measures in Q1/Q2, including

those measures which are red or amber (and in these cases performance commentary has been provided); and

3.    To note progress in delivering Strategic Plan activities at the mid-year point, including those activities that are flagged as delayed and overdue.

Action by:                                          

CHIEF EXECUTIVE (W. TUCKLEY)

(Corporate Head of Strategy and Improvement (S. Bramah)

Councillor Saied Ahmed, Cabinet Member for Resources and the Cost of Living, introduced the report that presented an update on the delivery and implementation of the council’s Strategic Plan covering Quarters 1 and 2, 2022-23.

The Cabinet noted that the delivery plan set ambitious and progressive commitments to invest in services, promote the wellbeing of residents and protect residents against the cost-of-living crisis, some of which might require growth bids.

In response to questions from Cabinet members, officers provided more detail on how the performance statistics were collated and how and when targets were reviewed.

Will Tuckley, Chief Executive, asked the Cabinet to note that the period in the report straddled the transition between the former administration and this one. He explained that whilst only 2 of the indicators were currently not meeting target, the report provided a full explanation for each, as it did for those which currently had no data or no target. He was pleased to report that 17 measures were exceeding target and 7 more were exceeding the minimum expectation. Will also reported on provisional feedback from the Council’s new ‘Warm Hubs’. Over 1,000 residents had already used the hubs since their launch in early December 2022.  

The Mayor welcomed the report and offered his thanks to officers, particularly for the way in which it mirrored his manifesto pledges. He hoped the performance framework would prove a tool by which residents would hold his administration accountable for delivery, but improvements also must be seen and felt by residents. He indicated the report demonstrated the Council was moving in the right direction, but stressed there was improvement yet to be realised. He hoped those indicators currently showing as red or amber would be turned green. Following discussion, he agreed the recommendations as set out in the report.

RESOLVED

1.    To note the summary status as set out at the beginning of the attached

monitoring report;

2.    To note the performance of the strategic measures in Q1/Q2, including

those measures which are red or amber (and in these cases performance commentary has been provided); and

3.    To note progress in delivering Strategic Plan activities at the mid-year point, including those activities that are flagged as delayed and overdue.