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Finance and Performance Report

Meeting: 05/06/2008 - Executive Member For Neighbourhood Services and Advisory Panel (Item 7)

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This report presents draft outturn figures for revenue and capital expenditure for the Neighbourhood Services portfolio and sets out progress against the directorate plan priorities, including annual performance against target for the directorate’s key performance indicators.

Additional documents:

Decision:

Advice of the Advisory Panel

 

That the Executive Member be advised:

 

(i)      That the financial and performance position of the portfolio be approved and requests, subject to the approval of the Executive, be carried forward.

 

Decision of the Executive Member

 

RESOLVED:That the advice of the Advisory Panel be accepted and endorsed.

 

REASON:In accordance with budgetary and performance monitoring procedures.

Minutes:

Members received a report which presented draft outturn figures for revenue and capital expenditure for the Neighbourhood Services Portfolio and set out progress against the directorate plan priorities, including annual performance against target for the directorate’s key performance indicators.

 

The Directorate Finance Manager reported that an underspend of £162,000 was currently forecast, which was a variation of 1.2% on the net expenditure budget.

 

The Directorate Performance Manager highlighted areas of improved performance such as street cleanliness and recycling.

 

Members thanked staff for their hard work and efforts in improving the financial position and performance in the directorate.

 

Some Members expressed concern regarding the level of sickness absence and it was noted that changes to culture in relation to sickness absence and Health Safety took a long time to achieve.

 

Members requested circulation of a breakdown of expenditure by ward in relation to the ward committee budgets and the £23,000 underspend. 1

 

Members expressed concern about the percentage of people living in York who felt safe and requested a breakdown of figures for this indicator relating to young people. 2

 

Advice of the Advisory Panel

 

That the Executive Member be advised:

 

That the financial and performance position of the portfolio be approved and requests, subject to the approval of the Executive, be carried forward. 3

 

Decision of the Executive Member

 

RESOLVED:That the advice of the Advisory Panel be accepted and endorsed.

 

REASON:In accordance with budgetary and performance monitoring procedures.


 

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