At the last meeting of the Committee it was agreed that detailed consideration of the Quarter 2 Performance Monitoring report should be delegated to Cllr Fry.  Cllr  Fry has since considered the report will  discuss it  with the Head of Business Improvement.  The report is attached. Cllr Fry’s commentary will be issued as a supplement . The Committee is asked to note both the report and commentary and to make such comments as it wishes.

At the last meeting of the Committee it had been agreed that detailed consideration of the Quarter 2 Performance Monitoring report should be delegated to Cllr Fry.  Cllr Fry had provided the Committee with a commentary following   discussion with the Head of Business Improvement. Cllr Fry had also provided commentary on the responses made by officers to the Committee’s recommendations in relation to Quarter 1.  The Committee’s response to the Q1 recommendations and responses was as follows:                                         

Rec 1:Target OCC spend in relation to local business

Response accepted and Cllr Fry recommendation agreed

Rec 2:Change in wording re measures to reduce carbon footprint

Response accepted.Noted however that while the revised wording now provides an accurate description of the indicator it does beg the question as to whether this is the most appropriate indicator.

Rec 3: Indicators re use of Council leisure facilities

Response accepted and Cllr Fry recommendation agreed. Noted however that there should be no reason not to ask for revenue data as part of a new contract when the time comes for renewal

Rec 4: Measures re effective delivery of capital programme

Response accepted and Cllr Fry recommendation agreed

Rec 5:Revised target for number of people moved into work by the Welfare Reform Programme

Response accepted.

Rec 6: Time taken to determine DHP applications

Response accepted.

In relation to the Q2 data and the indicator about the time taken to determine DHP applications, there was concern about the proposal to introduce a “more helpful measure” . The Committee agreed to reserve judgment until there was more clarity about what was proposed.

The Committee makes the following recommendations to Cabinet.

1)    That the Council adds an additional indicator: percentage of total spend on non Council-owned local businesses

2)    That the Council amends the description of indicator ED002 (Implementation of measures to reduce the City Council’s carbon footprint by 5% each year) by adding ‘below what it would otherwise have been’ afterwards.

3)    That the Council adds an additional annual indicator: total carbon footprint (excluding the impact of offsetting measures)

4)    That the Council devises an indicator to show the length of time taken between leisure centre repairs being reported and their completion

5)    That the Council, as part of its future contract requirements, seeks to require that leisure centre operators report to the Council year-on-year revenue figures and that Council will include these figures within the performance monitoring report.

6)    That the target WR001 (Number of people moved into work by the Welfare Reform Programme) be reduced by 25%