231 Corporate Governance 3rd Quarter 2005/06
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To receive and consider report 239/05 of the
Directors' Group.
Introduction and Report Summary
To receive
the Corporate Governance Report for the third quarter of
2005/06.
The
Contact Officer for this report is Tim Sadler, Strategic Director
(01235) 540360.
Recommendation
The
Executive is recommended to note the Directors’ Group
Corporate Governance Report for the third quarter 2005/06.
Additional documents:
- Key Issues Report V4, item 231
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- CPA Corporate High Level Improvement Plan Updated 10th Feb 06, item 231
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- CPA HOUSING IMPROVEMENT ACTION PLAN updated 1 Feb 06, item 231
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- CPA Public Spaces Diagnostic Action Plan - Final Version, item 231
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- CPA High Level Pay workforce Strategy Version 4_02.06, item 231
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- CPA Actions IEG update January 06, item 231
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- BVPIs Q3, item 231
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- LPIs 2005 - 06 Q3 Corp Gov report final version, item 231
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- Finance Report Dec 05, item 231
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- Corporate Governance Dec 05 Q3 commentary, item 231
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- Corporate Governance Sickness Turnover Stats 05-06, item 231
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Minutes:
(Time: 2.39pm to 3.01pm)
The Executive received and considered report 239/05 of the
Directors' Group regarding corporate governance matters for the
third quarter of 2005/06. The report
looked at key issues affecting the Council, Best Value Performance
Indicators, Local Performance Indicators, financial issues and
staffing issues.
Members made a number of comments as they considered the report:
- In the key issues highlighted in the
report, Members were pleased to note that the amount of affordable housing
the authority had helped to facilitate was 27% on sites of 25
dwellings or more. The staff were
congratulated on this achievement
- A second leaflet raising awareness of community
safety had been published
- It was noted that the South East England Regional
Assembly had approved part of the draft South East Plan on
1 March
2006, including
the further planned development of 1400 houses at Wantage and
Grove. The draft Plan would next go out
for public consultation, then to a public inquiry and subsequently
to the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister for approval
- In relation to the adoption of a Child Protection
Policy, it was noted that an officer would be 'assigned' to this
work, not 'appointed'
- As part of the Environmental Crimes 'Enforcement
Implementation Plan', the four priorities of litter, graffiti, fly
posting and dog fouling would be looked at shortly
- The Council's proposed Skate Park in Abingdon had been used as a good example of working with
young people
- The Council's Direct Services Organisation (DSO)
was congratulated for taking over the contract for cleaning the
Council's public conveniences
- The Member with responsibility for the
implementation of the Communications Strategy was now
Councillor
Tessa Ward
- Under the Public Spaces Diagnostic Action Plan, it
was noted that the latest estimate for the development of the
service standards was April 2006
- A report was pending on the recent consultation on
waste recycling - the results had been encouraging
- The Personnel, Regulatory and Appeals Committee
was thanked for its work on the Pay and Workforce Strategy High
Level Actions
- Despite the figures in the report, performance had
recently improved on the percentage of invoices paid on
time
- It was hoped that progress could be made on Best
Value Performance Indicator 183b, the average length of stay in
hostel accommodation, so that in future there was no one in this
category
- More resources were needed to be put into Best
Value Performance Indicator 166a, the Environmental Health
Checklist
- Despite a recent improvement in Best Value
Performance Indicator 109a, the percentage of major planning
applications determined within 13 weeks, more work was planned to
make further progress
- With regard to Best Value Performance Indicator
156, the percentage of the Council's public buildings accessible
for the disabled, negotiations were taking place to improve the
three remaining properties to bring them up to standard
- Members recognised that many schemes identified in the
report had made good progress or were complete and staff were
congratulated for this
In the financial commentary appended to the report,
an underspend
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