To receive and consider report 244/05 of the Strategic Director.
Introduction and Report Summary
This report compares the Council’s performance against that of the national top and bottom quartile data for 2004-05 which was published by the Audit Commission in mid- January 2006.
The Contact Officer for this report is Robert Woodside, Principal Performance Management Officer (01235 520202 ext 499).
Recommendation
That Members note the Council’s performance against the national top and bottom quartile results for 2004-05 and that active management of Best Value Performance Indicators is undertaken through the Corporate Governance Reporting process.
Minutes:
(Time: 3.35pm to 3.50pm)
The Executive received and considered report 244/05 of the Strategic Director regarding Best Value Performance Indicators (BVPI). The report compared performance against the national top and bottom quartile data for 2004/05, which was published by the Audit Commission in January 2006. Amended pages 116 to 118 were tabled at the meeting. These showed arrows indicating whether the performance had improved, reduced or stayed the same.
Members noted that eight indicators had improved, moving up from a lower to a higher quartile. Nineteen had stayed the same and eight had dropped to a lower quartile. It was these eight with worsening performance that the Executive concentrated on:
The Executive also looked at the other indicator performances. With twice as many in the top or middle quartiles than the bottom quartile, Members asked the Chief Executive to send a message of congratulations to staff on this achievement in what had been a very difficult year.
RESOLVED
(a) that the Council’s performance against the national top and bottom quartile results for 2004-05 be noted and that active management of Best Value Performance Indicators continue to be undertaken through the Corporate Governance Reporting process;
(b) that the Scrutiny Committee be invited to investigate the worsening indicator of staff sickness (BVPI 12), to either satisfy itself that everything is being done to minimise this or to ask for further action to reduce the level of sickness; and
(c) that, with twice as many Best Value Performance Indicators in the top or middle quartiles than the bottom quartile in 2004/05, the Chief Executive be requested to send a message of congratulations to staff on this achievement in what had been a very difficult year.
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