91 Corporate Governance Report - Second Quarter 2007/08 PDF 92 KB
To receive and consider report 111/07 of the Senior Management Team.
Introduction and Report Summary
The Corporate Governance Report looks at the key areas of:
· Corporate Priorities
· Best Value Performance Indicators
· Progress against Service Prioritisation Plans
· Key staffing data (sickness levels and turnover)
· Financial commentary
At its meeting on 19th November the Senior Management Team (SMT) considered the second quarter 2007/08 Business Performance Report. This is an exception report which covers all of the aspects of corporate governance contained within this report. SMT agreed the exceptions (where performance / actions are not on target) to be reported to the Executive and agreed the comments / actions which have been included in this report. The full versions of the individual reports will be still available on the Council’s website. They can be accessed through the performance section of the Council and Democracy area of the website.
The contact officer for this report is Tim Sadler, Strategic Director, telephone (01235 540360).
Email address: tim.sadler@whitehorsedc.gov.uk.
Recommendation
That the Senior Management Team’s Corporate Governance exception report and proposals be noted.
Minutes:
(Time: 3.15pm to 3.22pm)
The Executive received and considered report 111/07 of the Senior Management Team which reported on corporate governance for the second quarter: July to September 2007. This looked at the key areas of:
· Corporate Priorities
· Best Value Performance Indicators
· Progress against Service Prioritisation Plans
· Key staffing data (sickness levels and turnover)
· Financial commentary
At its meeting on 19 November 2007, the Senior Management Team considered the second quarter 2007/08 Business Performance Report: an exception report which covered all of the aspects of corporate governance. The Senior Management Team agreed the exceptions to be reported to the Executive, where performance or actions were not on target, and agreed the comments and actions to be included in the report to the Executive.
The Executive noted that the performance of the benefits claims processing was stabilising and was encouraging. It was hoped that performance would be close to target at the year end. With regard to invoices paid on time, it was noted that performance was dependent upon the success of the recovery plan. The Chief Finance Officer was gaining confidence that recovery would be achieved, subject to close monitoring. The Executive Portfolio Holder for Finance offered to show the Chairman of the Scrutiny Committee the detailed recovery plan.
There had been an increase in public contact with the Abingdon Local Services Point. This was partly due to the rise in calls relating to the July flooding. Staff sickness in the Local Services Point had had an impact on the service but was improving.
RESOLVED
that the Senior Management Team’s Corporate Governance exception report and proposals be noted.