Issue - meetings

(Leader of Council) To consider the attached report (C-038-2016/17).

(1)       That progress on the achievement of the Council’s Key Action Plan for 2016/17 at the end of Quarter 2 be noted.

The Leader of Council presented a report on the progress made during the second quarter of the municipal year with the Key Action Plan for 2016/17.

The Leader stated that the Corporate Plan was the Council’s key strategic planning document, setting out its priorities over the five-year period from 2015/16 to 2019/20. The priorities or Corporate Aims were supported by Key Objectives, which provided a clear statement of the Council’s overall intentions for these five years. The Key Objectives were delivered by an annual Action Plan, with each year building upon the progress made in previous years. The annual Action Plans contained a range of actions designed to achieve specific outcomes, to ensure the actions remained relevant and appropriate, and to identify opportunities to secure further progress or improvement.

The Leader reported that, at the end of the second quarter, progress was as follows:

·                  29 (59%) of the actions had been achieved or were on target for completion;

·                  14 (29%) of the actions were under control;

·                  2 (4%) of the actions were behind schedule; and

·                  4 (8%) of the actions were pending, as they were dependent upon the prior completion of other actions or external factors outside the control of the Council.

Decision:

(1)        That progress on the achievement of the Council’s Key Action Plan for 2016/17 at the end of Quarter 2 be noted.

Reasons for Decision:

It was important that relevant performance management processes were in place to review progress against the key objectives, to ensure their continued achievability and relevance, and to identify proposals for appropriate corrective action in areas of slippage or under-performance.

Other Options Considered and Rejected:

No other options were appropriate in this respect. Failure to monitor and review performance against the key objectives,and to consider corrective action where necessary, could have negative implications for the Council’s reputation, and might mean that opportunities for improvement were lost.