Issue - meetings

This report presents draft outturn figures for City Strategy for capital and revenue expenditure for the financial year 2007/08, and outturn (2007/08) performance against target for a number of key indicators, that are made up of Best Value Performance Indicators, Customer First targets (letter answering and telephone calls) and Staff Management Targets (sickness absence).

Members considered this report which presented two sets of data from the City Strategy Directorate:

a)     the outturn figures for revenue expenditure and capital expenditure for the City Strategy portfolio,

b)     outturn (2007/08) performance against target for a number of key indicators that are made up of:

·  Best Value Performance Indicators owned by City Strategy

·  Customer First targets (letter answering and telephone calls)

·  Staff Management Targets (sickness absence)

It was reported that the overall outturn position showed a provisional £-49 underspend. A carry forward request for the waste project work that had not been completed at 31 March totalling £31k. If the request was approved the overall overspend within the City Strategy portfolio to support council reserves totalled £18k.

The budget carry forward request was in order to complete projects for which funding had been set aside in 2007/08 but which were unable to be completed within the year.

Advice of the Advisory Panel

That the Advisory Panel advise the Executive Member for City Strategy to approve the financial and performance position of the portfolio and the carry forward request of £31k set out in paragraph 55, subject to the approval of the Executive.

Decision of the Executive Member for City Strategy

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

REASON:            In accordance with budgetary and performance monitoring procedures

Members considered this report, which presented two sets of data from the City Strategy Directorate:

a)     the outturn figures for revenue expenditure and capital expenditure for the City Strategy portfolio,

b)     outturn (2007/08) performance against target for a number of key indicators that are made up of:

·        Best Value Performance Indicators owned by City Strategy

·        Customer First targets (letter answering and telephone calls)

·        Staff Management Targets (sickness absence)

It was reported that the overall outturn position showed a provisional £-49 under spend. A request was made for a carry forward of £31k for the waste project work that had not been completed at 31 March. If the request was approved the overall overspend within the City Strategy portfolio to support council reserves would amount to £18k. The budget carry forward request was in order to complete projects for which funding had been set aside in 2007/08 but which were unable to be completed within the year.

Members questioned which was the correct number of days for the corporate average of sickness absence 10.20days or 9.54 days both referred to in the report. Officers confirmed that the correct figure was 9.54 days, which would be updated.

In answer to Members questions, Officers confirmed that there had been high long term sickness levels amongst parking attendants but that recent improvements would result in better enforcement of regulations. They also referred to PI BVPI 99ai (The number of people killed or seriously injured (KSI) in road traffic collisions) a national indicator and confirmed that extensive road safety initiatives had been undertaken on targeted groups over the past year. The provisional figure to December 2007 was 93, which it was hoped was down to the raising of awareness.

Members also congratulated Officers on the overall achievements including being close to target with the parking budget and the small number of adjudications that had been submitted to the National Parking Adjudication Service. They confirmed that major changes were now required to increase the use of public transport which would be assisted by the two new Park and Ride sites.

Advice of the Advisory Panel

That the Advisory Panel advise the Executive Member for City Strategy to approve the financial and performance position of the portfolio and the carry forward request of £31k set out in paragraph 55, subject to the approval of the Executive. ^1.

Decision of the Executive Member for City Strategy

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

REASON:            In accordance with budgetary and performance monitoring procedures