Agenda item
CORPORATE PLAN PERFORMANCE REPORT QUARTER 2 2018 - 19
- Meeting of Cabinet, Tuesday, 20 November 2018 10.00 am (Item 5.)
- View the declarations of interest for item 5.
To consider a report by Councillor Julian Thompson-Hill, Lead Member for Finance, Performance and Strategic Assets (copy enclosed) presenting an update on the delivery of the Corporate Plan 2017 – 2022 as at the end of quarter 2 of 2018 – 19.
Decision:
RESOLVED that Cabinet
receives the report and notes the progress in delivering the Corporate Plan as
at the end of quarter 2 of 2018/19.
Minutes:
Councillor
Julian Thompson-Hill presented the report updating members on the delivery of
the Corporate Plan 2017 – 2022 as at the end of quarter 2 of 2018 – 19.
The
report included three main elements –
·
Executive Summary – detailed achievements and
key exceptions with two narratives for each priority: Performance Status and
Programme Progress
·
Full quarterly report – generated from Verto Performance Management System and provided an
evidence based assessment of the current position
·
Summary of the projects being managed under
each Programme Board – Communities and Environment and Young People and
Housing.
Performance
was as expected at such an early stage given the lead times to deliver
improvements. Two priorities had been
assessed as ‘priority for improvement’ – Resilient Communities and Young People
which required a greater involvement of external partners and were not directly
under the Council’s control. The
remaining three priorities continued to be at an acceptable level – Housing,
Connected Communities and Environment.
Progress had been assessed as good across all priorities and details of
the projects managed by both Programme Boards had been highlighted showing
their various stages. One project had
been rejected and closed because the Board did not consider it would deliver
its aims which demonstrated a robustness in the assessment process.
The
Strategic Planning Team Manager guided members through the priority areas
contained within the report and highlighted a number of areas of good practice
and elaborated upon project developments in key areas. Councillor Thompson-Hill added that, as part
of the monitoring process, regular reports were submitted to Scrutiny Committee
to consider whether any areas warranted further investigation.
During
consideration of the report members discussed the following –
·
in terms of the project to bring 500 empty
homes back into use, 500 had been considered a deliverable but challenging
target bearing in mind the fluctuation in the level of empty homes – it was
noted that progress was on target
·
the Leader highlighted the importance of an
ambitious Corporate Plan and he was pleased that the Council had retained its
ambition and momentum on behalf of residents and the commitment to deliver
despite the financial climate – having set the right priorities good progress
was being made in delivering them
·
the involvement of Cabinet members in the
Programme Boards established to focus on priorities and delivering projects was
noted together with the key summary of projects to effect improvement which had
been included as an appendix to the report – there was some debate as to the
merits of further strengthening links with non-Cabinet members in addition to
the regular monitoring by Scrutiny Committee and Annual Improvement Report to
Council. The Chief Executive agreed to
discuss with the Lead Member whether further dissemination or sharing of
information would add value to the current process
·
Councillor Mark Young highlighted the
importance of ensuring ongoing maintenance of existing flood defence systems and
assurances were provided that this element was considered as business as usual
and there was a programme of maintenance works – the Corporate Plan aimed to
enhance the current provision rather than dealing with day to day maintenance issues. With regard to flood defence schemes and
studies work was ongoing with partners in that regard. In response to a question from Councillor
Jeanette Chamberlain-Jones regarding the independent report into the flooding
at Ffordd Derwen, Rhyl,
Councillor Brian Jones confirmed that a letter to residents was imminent
·
in response to questions raised regarding the
Llantysilio Mountain fire, the Leader advised that a
report would be submitted to Communities Scrutiny Committee in February 2019 in
order to consider the impact and lessons learnt following the incident and
further detail would be available at that time
·
Councillor Richard Mainon elaborated upon the
reasoning behind the rejection and closure of the Digital Access Points project
given that the project would not deliver on making a significant difference and
justify the cost – it was considered that the financial resources would be
better directed to a real solution on a more permanent basis – the Strategic
Planning Team Manager agreed to circulate the closure report to members for
information.
RESOLVED that Cabinet
receives the report and notes the progress in delivering the Corporate Plan as
at the end of quarter 2 of 2018/19.
Supporting documents:
- CORPORATE PLAN PERFORMANCE REPORT (Q2), item 5. PDF 116 KB
- CORPORATE PLAN PERFORMANCE - APP 1, item 5. PDF 973 KB
- CORPORATE PLAN PERFORMANCE - APP 2, item 5. PDF 338 KB
- CORPORATE PLAN PERFORMANCE - APP 3, item 5. PDF 553 KB
- CORPORATE PLAN PERFORMANCE - APP 4, item 5. PDF 497 KB