Agenda and minutes

No apologies for absence were received.

To note any urgent items of business which the Chairman has consented to being considered under the provisions of Section 100(B) 4(b) of the Local Government Act 1972.

There were no urgent items of business.

Members should declare the existence and nature of any Disclosable Pecuniary Interest and Non Statutory Interest as defined by the Members’ Code of Conduct in respect of:

a)  any business on the agenda

b)  any urgent additional items to be considered

c)  any matters arising out of those items

and if appropriate, withdraw from the meeting at the relevant time.

There were no declarations of interest made.

To consider the minutes of the last meeting held on 23^rd January 2024.

Moved by Councillor David Bennett and seconded by Councillor Sally Renshaw

RESOLVED that the Minutes of a Finance and Corporate Overview Scrutiny Committee held on 23^rd January 2024 be approved as a correct record.

(Members should contact the officer whose name appears on the List

of Key Decisions for any further information. NB: If Members wish to

discuss an exempt report under this item, the meeting will need to

move into exempt business and exclude the public in accordance with

the Local Government (Access to Information) Act 1985 and Local

Government Act 1972, Part 1, Schedule 12a for that part of the

meeting only).

Committee considered the List of Key Decisions and items to be considered in private document.

Moved by Councillor David Bennett and seconded by Councillor Justin Gilbody

RESOLVEDthat the List of Key Decisions and items to be considered in private document be noted.

The Information, Engagement and Performance Manager gave members an update on performance against the Ambition Plan Targets from October 2023 – December 2023.

It was noted that out of the 25 targets 17 (68%) were on track and 8 (32%) had achieved their outturn previously.

Out of the 48 performance indicators 38 (80%) had a positive outturn, 8 (16%) had a negative outturn and 2 (4%) were within target.

The appendices to the report contained a detailed breakdown of the targets and an explanation of those that were below target.

A Member queried CSP 25 and highlighted that there had been a downward trend across the last three quarters. It was suggested that the number of complaints be included in brackets.

Members queried where performance figures for Dragonfly would be reported to. The Monitoring Officer advised that the Service level Agreement contained requirements to provide performance details to the Council’s Shareholder Board, however there may be the option for this information to be referred to the Finance and Corporate Overview Scrutiny Committee.

Moved by Councillor Tom Munro and seconded by Councillor David Bennett

RESOLVED that the quarterly outturns against the Council Ambition 2020-2024 targets and relevant performance indicators be noted.

The Monitoring Officer presented the Committee’s Work Programme 2023/2024.

Moved by Councillor Justin Gilbody and seconded by Councillor Rowan Clarke

RESOLVED that the work programme be noted.