Issue - meetings

To consider this report.

NON-KEY DECISION

Following consideration of the officer report, appendices and discussion, the Executive agreed:

a.       Where performance issues were highlighted, considered that the proposed management actions already in place are adequate to improve performance to the desired level.

b.       Considered and commented on the content, level of detail provided and the format of the report and considered recommendations for improvements.

ALTERNATIVE OPTIONS CONSIDERED: As set out in the officer report

REASON FOR DECISION: As set out in the officer report

The Leader of the Council and Lead Member for Governance and Communications, Cllr Bill Revans, invited the Deputy Leader and Lead Member for Resources and Performance, Cllr Liz Leyshon, to introduce the report. 

The Deputy Leader and Lead Member for Resources and Performance, Cllr Liz Leyshon, introduced the report, highlighting: that the Somerset Council performance reporting has been brought forward from all of the five Councils and amalgamated into one report; that performance reporting will continue to evolve and develop and improve as the Council moves forward; that this report outlines the performance of Somerset Council for quarter two (Q2) of the financial year 2023/2024 against a set of operational indicators for each Executive Directorate. 

The Service Director, Strategy and Performance, Sara Cretney, further added to the above points; the interim arrangements and the move towards combining the Council's performance data to develop a new corporate performance framework which will be more comprehensive, and which will bring together performance information and insight across a much broader range of important areas; that for Q2 of the financial year a further 9 indicators and 16 RAG ratings have been added to the performance report bringing the total to 110 indicators;  that over the transition period for the new Council, the number of indicators will continue to increase and the approach to performance management will evolve and develop as more teams, services, budgets, and systems are aligned; that overall, the number of red rated indicators, as a percentage of all indicators had increased.

The Leader of the Council and Lead Member for Governance and Communications, Cllr Bill Revans, invited comments from other Members present, questions and points raised included:  the number of tolerances listed as to be confirmed and associated development work;the percentage of homes not meeting the decent home standard, including, national benchmarking, the perpetual churn of properties under Somerset Council control that are required to have upgrades, the tolerance to allow for the timing of contracts, the impact of the Covid pandemic, the backlog capital schemes and that tenants do not have to give access to their homes to undertake those repairs; and school attendance decline and the local and national challenges, including location, the right school place, the post Covid anxiety based school avoidance, the activity and support to increase and improve school attendance levels, the tolerance update following the review of the Education national data released and the social care duties data due in March 2024.

The Executive proceeded to vote on the recommendations, which were agreed unanimously.?? 

Following consideration of the officer report, appendices and discussion, the Executive:??? 

a.     Where performance issues were highlighted, considered that the proposed management actions already in place are adequate to improve performance to the desired level.

b.    Considered and commented on the content, level of detail provided and the format of the report and considered recommendations for improvements.

ALTERNATIVE OPTIONS CONSIDERED: As set out in the officer report.  

REASON FOR DECISION: As set out in the officer report.