Report of: Head of Leisure and Parks

Lead Member: Councillor Timbs

To request the Board to endorse Fusion Lifestyle’s Annual Service Plan for the management of the Council’s leisure facilities for 2011/12.

The Head of City Leisure submitted a report (previously circulated, now appended) requesting the Board to endorse Fusion Lifestyle’s Annual Service Plan for the management of the Council’s leisure facilities for 2011/12.

Councillor Tanner said that he particularly welcomed the reduction in Carbon emissions from the City’s leisure facilities. He also added that the authority as a whole had achieved the 25% target in terms of overall carbon reduction. This position was welcomed by the Board.

Resolved to:-

(1)   Endorse the Fusion Lifestyle Annual Service Plan for 2011/12;

(2)   Request that further work is done to address levels of staff dissatisfaction amongst Fusion staff; and

(3)   Instruct officers, for future reports of this type, to ensure that risks are presented in a more detailed and meaningful way.