Report of Director of Regeneration and Planning and Chief Finance Officer

Lead Cabinet members: Councillors Colin Swansborough and Stephen Holt

(Non-key decision):

(1)  To note the achievements and progress against Corporate Plan priorities for 2018/19, as set out in part A of the report.

(2) To agree the General Fund, HRA and Collection Fund financial performance for the quarter ended September 2018 as set out in part B of the report.

(3) To agree the amended capital programme as set out at appendix 4 to the report.

(4) To agree the Treasury Management performance as set out in section 5 in part B of the report.

The Cabinet considered the report of the Chief Finance Officer (CFO) and Director of Regeneration and Planning, updating them on the Council’s performance against Corporate Plan priority actions, performance indicators and targets over the quarter two period for 2018/19.

Visiting member, Councillor di Cara addressed the Cabinet and enquired about why the Sovereign Harbour Community Centre performance indicator had been flagged as green. The Chief Executive responded that all work to the building had been completed and the project was just awaiting finalisation of important documentation that was currently with third parties. Officers were continuing to chase and had indicated that this would be completed by Christmas. Any updates would be communicated to Councillors. Thanks were expressed to Lisa Rawlinson, Head of Business Planning and Performance and Annie Wills, Head of Tourism and Enterprise for their continuous work and efforts.

Councillor Swansborough gave an update to the Cabinet on significant improvements that had been made to the call handling times and abandonment figures. Thanks were conveyed to all members of the Customer Contact Team.

Part B of the report detailed the Council’s financial performance for the same quarter. It included that based on current projections, an additional net expenditure of £129,000 was projected.  Further actions were being taken to ensure the final outturn position was within the approved budget.

Councillor Holt expressed his thanks to the council tax collection team for their significant work in achieving a surplus of £456,000 for the collection fund. The Council’s share of the surplus was expected to be £58,000.

Resolved (Non-key decision):

(1)  To note the achievements and progress against Corporate Plan priorities for 2018/19, as set out in Part A of the report.

(2) To agree the General Fund, HRA and Collection Fund financial performance for the quarter ended September 2018 as set out in part B of the report.

(3) To agree the amended capital programme as set out at appendix 4 to the report.

(4) To agree the Treasury Management performance as set out in section 5 in part B of the report.

Reason for decision:

To enable Cabinet members to consider specific aspects of the Council’s progress and performance.