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The Corporate Performance Officer presented the report which provided an overview of the corporate performance indicators and associated targets which had been proposed for the 2025-2026 year.

The Corporate Performance Officer provided an overview of targets which had been added and removed and the reasoning behind the changes.

The Chair thanked the Corporate Performance Officer for the report and invited questions and comments from the Panel, as summarised below.

Councillor Ryves referred to the target relating to retrospective Purchase Orders and the Deputy Chief Executive explained that processes and procedures were being updated to encourage improvement in this area.  The Portfolio Holder for Finance stated that this had been highlighted in a recent Internal Audit Report and improvements were being put in place.

The Chair referred to the correspondence received from Councillor Ryves in advance of the meeting which asked the Panel to consider expanding the amount of Key Performance Indicators.  Councillor Ryves commented that he felt that more indicators would be beneficial and was surprised to see a reduced amount of indicators presented for 2025-2026. 

Councillor Bhondi referred to the stretched resources as a result of Devolution and Local Government Review and did not think that now was the time to increase the performance monitoring.

Councillor Kemp addressed the Panel under Standing Order 34 and referred to the removal of the indicator relating to HMO’s.  The Corporate Performance Officer explained that this had been replaced by two new indicators relating to HMO’s which were easier to monitor.

In response to a question from Councillor Bearshaw it was explained that the save to spend targets were built into the budget so should be achievable.

Councillors Spikings and Blunt referred to the removal of the targets relating to New Homes Delivered and development on Brownfield sites.  The Corporate Performance Officer stated that these were monitor only targets and private development of units was out of the Council’s control.  Members felt that it was important that this information was still captured and reported going forward.  The Portfolio Holder for Finance reminded the Panel that this information was reported in the relevant Portfolio Holders report to Full Council.

The Panel discussed the use of technology an AI which could have a positive effect on performance.

Councillor Bearshaw suggested that last years targets be included in the report for comparison purposes and the Panel suggested that statutory and non-statutory targets be differentiated within the report.

The Leader of the Council agreed with the comments made by the Panel relating to the delivery of new homes and would support that this be added in as monitor only.  He also welcomed the suggestion to differentiate between statutory and non-statutory targets.

The Leader of the Council referred to the comments made by Councillor Ryves relating to expanding the suite of indicators and raised the issue of resource.

The Chair asked the Panel to consider if they wanted to explore expanding the suite of indicators as per Councillor Ryves request.  The Panel did not support this.

RESOLVED:

1.     The Panel noted the council’s proposed key performance indictors and targets for the 2025-2026 year. 

2.     Performance against these indicators will be reported to the panel via the quarterly Performance Management Report.

3.     The Panel requested that the targets relating to the delivery of new homes and brownfield development are included going forward for monitoring purposes.

4.     Statutory and non-statutory Performance Indicators are marked up as such within the report.