Issue - meetings

This report presents two sets of data from the City Strategy Directorate:

a.     the latest projections for revenue expenditure and capital expenditure for City Strategy portfolio,

b.Monitor 1 (2008/09) performance against target for a number of key indicators that are made up of:

                                                              i.      National Performance Indicators and local indicators owned by City Strategy[1]

                                                            ii.      Customer First targets (letter answering)

                                                          iii.      Staff Management Targets (sickness absence)  

Members are requested to note the financial position of the directorate portfolio, agree to the release of a contingency sum and approve a one off virement.

Members had the option to support the request for a supplementary estimate from contingency or whether to require the Director of City Strategy to deliver alternative savings.

Advice of the Advisory Panel

That the Executive Member for City Strategy be advised to

(i)        Note the financial and performance position of the portfolio;

(ii)      Recommend the Executive release a contingency sum of £180k to support pressure on the Penalty Charge Notices budget;

(iii)    Approve the one off virement of £155k between the Waste Procurement budget and Yorwaste dividend income.

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.

Consideration was given to a report, which presented two sets of data from the City Strategy directorate:

a.     the latest projections for revenue expenditure and capital expenditure for City Strategy portfolio,

b.Monitor 1 (2008/09) performance against target for a number of key indicators that were made up of:

·  National Performance Indicators and local indicators owned by City Strategy

·  Customer First targets (letter answering)

·  Staff Management Targets (sickness absence) 

Members expressed concerns regarding the following points:

·        Paragraph 51 – contribution as part of the joint waste project with North Yorkshire and the dividend from Yorwaste;

·        Paragraphs 44 and 45 – problems with recruitment and the need to employ agency staff;

·        Performance Indicators (PI’s) that there was a need to monitor those that were underperforming.

Members then had the option to support the request for a supplementary estimate from contingency or whether to require the Director of City Strategy to deliver alternative savings.

Advice of the Advisory Panel

That the Executive Member for City Strategy be advised to

(i)        Note the financial and performance position of the portfolio;

(ii)      Recommend the Executive release a contingency sum of £180k to support pressure on the Penalty Charge Notices budget; ^1.

(iii)    Approve the one off virement of £155k between the Waste Procurement budget and Yorwaste dividend income. ^2.

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.