Issue - meetings

This report provides an overview of how the Council has performed during the financial year 2007-2008.

RESOLVED:That the performance issues identified in the report be noted.

REASON:      To ensure Members have a full understanding of how the Council is performing and what areas need to be improved.

Members received a report which provided an overview of how the Council had performed during the financial year 2007-2008.

Overall there had been widespread improvement across the Council’s services, particularly in the area of community safety, with crime levels in York dropping 37% over the past 3 years. Other areas of good improvement included housing, waste recycling & landfill, missed bin collection and sickness absence.  Education provision and attainment also continued to perform highly, with notable improvements in adult education provision and the number of school children taking regular exercise.

There were also a few areas for concern. Overall satisfaction with Council services was still fairly low at 51%, but this reflected a 7 percentile jump on 2006/07 and now placed York above the unitary average. This increase was also bucking a national downturn trend on overall satisfaction with local authorities.  Other areas for attention included teenage pregnancies, waiting times for new older clients in adult services for assessment and road traffic accidents.

Members highlighted areas of performance improvement within their portfolios and recorded their thanks to officers for their work.

RESOLVED:That the performance issues identified in the report be noted.

REASON:      To ensure Members have a full understanding of how the Council is performing and what areas need to be improved.