Agenda item

To receive information in relation to performance in respect of the Council Delivery Plan covering period Q1 and Q2.

The committee received an update on delivery against the council delivery plan for the period Quarter 1 and Quarter 2.

Councillor Stephanie Cryan, Cabinet Member for Communities, Equalities and Finance, and Stephen Gaskell, Director of Strategy and Economy provided a strategic overview of the Council Delivery Plan as set out in the report.  Councillor Cryan stressed that detail in relation to specific areas would need to be put to the relevant cabinet member(s) during their cabinet member interviews.

Following presentation of the report, discussion took place around the following:

·  Possibility of providing scrutiny with detail around the measures, milestones, commentary and performance schedules.

·  Processing data from the census.

·  Thoughts around backup Council Delivery Plan, if change in government at next election.

·  Including deputy cabinet member portfolios into the Council Delivery Plan.

·  Need for scrutiny to be provided with KPI’s and benchmarking to quantify data.

·  Need for targets set out in the Plan to be SMART.

·  Targets for adult mental health support.

·  Raising awareness around the decarbonisation of pension funds.

·  Through her eyes campaign.

·  How to scrutinise emerging issues that are not already in the Plan, but relevant to it.

·  Pathways for Ward councillors to bring matters that are emerging to the attention of the relevant cabinet member, such as the cost of living crisis.

RESOLVED:

That it be requested that future reports on performance include RAG ratings and quantifiable KPIs where appropriate.