Agenda item

Report of Deputy Chief Executive.

The Financial Performance section of this report will be to follow.

The Committee considered the report of the Deputy Chief Executive regarding quarter one 2017/18 performance against the Corporate Plan priority actions, performance indicators and targets.

Members’ discussion included:

·         That the Head of Business Planning and Performance be requested at a future meeting to:

a)   Update Members further regarding how homelessness issues are being addressed.

b)   Provide further data to assist the Committee in their understanding of the variance in sickness absence.

c)   Provide further clarification of the mitigations in place to address current issues in the joint IT migration work.

·         That the Head of Finance provide an explanation to Members for the variances between profile budgets and actuals at a future meeting of the Committee.

Officers responded that:

·         A meeting had previously been arranged between the Chairman and Deputy Chairman of the Committee, and the Director of Service Delivery for an update regarding homelessness.

·         Further detailed sickness absence statistics would be provided by the Head of Business Planning and Performance to Members of the Committee at the Committee meeting on 4 December.

·         Managers were proactively managing staff sickness, including providing access to support for staff. There was also a confidential counselling service available to all staff.

·         The IT system migration had become smoother as the Joint Transformation Programme had progressed. Delays related to individual cases. Some staff had now been successfully migrated and were able to work flexibly across both Councils.

·         The Head of Finance would provide a response to Members of the Committee regarding the variances between profile budgets and actuals, and a forecast of total borrowing to April 2020, at the next Committee meeting on 4 December.

Resolved:

(1)        That the Chairman and Deputy Chairman of the Committee be updated on staff wellbeing and sickness absence by the Assistant Director of Human Resources and Organisational Development, as appropriate and with regard to phase two of the Joint Transformation Programme.

(2)        That the financial performance section of the quarter 2 report be reviewed by the Head of Finance to account for Members’ comments; and that a forecast of total borrowing to April 2020 be provided to Members by the Head of Finance at the next Committee meeting on 4 December.

Reason:

To demonstrate the discharge of the Scrutiny Committee function to monitor all aspects of performance management activities as required by Part 3 section 2.2 (7) of the Constitution of the Council.