Issue - meetings

The Services Manager – Finance and Corporate Services provided a report which summarised the Council’s performance for Quarter 3 of 2018/19, containing tasks from the Corporate Strategy 2016-20, and the Corporate Performance Indicators. The Corporate Scorecard which included full information on performance was included as an appendix to the officer’s report. The progress of the exceptions reported in Quarter 1 and 2 was also reported. She also presented the results of the Council’s Residents’ Survey undertaken in the summer of 2018.

Councillor Beardsall questioned the target set for the percentage of residents who believed they could influence local decisions. He asked that an action to scrutinise the targets set for coming years be carried forward to the next meeting.

Councillor Plant questioned progress on the tasks relating to the fourth Trent crossing, the proposed Gamston housing development, the relocation of the RCVS, and the performance indicator relating to property income. After providing an update on each of the tasks, the Executive Manager – Operations and Transformation offered to provide a breakdown of the income indicator to split out gross and net income.

Councillor Plant praised the number of successful homelessness case prevented and further questioned the performance indicator relating to the Council’s incoming Section 106 funds.

Councillor Walker asked if 100% of the Councillors’ Community Grant had been spent now the deadline for spending in this year had passed. The Service Manager – Finance and Corporate Services reported that the final figures had not been reached yet but it was likely that between 60 and 70% had been spent which was comparable with previous years. Various members of the Board then raised questions about the Grant Scheme and were reminded that these needed to be raised at Member Development Group. 

It was RESOLVED that:

a)    the progress of the Corporate Strategy be noted

b)    the progress of the identified exceptions be considered

c)    the results of the Residents’ Survey be noted

d)    Corporate Scorecard targets to be put forward as a possible item for Scrutiny during the next municipal year

e)    a breakdown of net and gross income generated by renting out property owned but not occupied by the Council to be provided to the Board

f)     further information about current S106 agreements including funding received and expected as well as trigger points be provide to the Board.