Issue - meetings

To receive the performance dashboard for quarter 2 from the Corporate Performance and Improvement Manager.

The Group were presented with, and NOTED, a slide * showing performance information in the Economy & Assets area.

The dashboard aimed to give an ‘at a glance’ understanding of how services were performing in terms of performance measures, finance and risk. Any measures that were also part of the Corporate Plan were listed in yellow text.

The indicators were presented with current performance, the annual target and a RAG (red/amber/green) rating to indicate whether or not the Council was on track to meet its target. Overall performance was presented in a pie chart which combined the RAG ratings for both the performance and the finance measures.

A summary of the performance position was presented as follows:

·       Car parking income was showing as amber. This was mainly due to lower than budgeted permit income within the Multi Storey Car Park.

·       The Pannier Market income was showing as red with income around 20% lower than the target budget.

·       The Capital Slippage of projects was showing as amber. This related to six out of 22 capital projects, the main ones being the solar projects which were reaching soft market testing point. The others related to public realm and toilet enhancement where the Council was awaiting clarification from Town Councils on how they wished to proceed.

A brief discussion took place regarding the negotiations which had been taking place with both Town Council’s in Tiverton and Crediton for the future provision of toilets. These had been ongoing for some time but unfortunately there had not been any progress in terms of which toilets or how the provision would be taken forward. It was possible with impending Local Government Reorganisation that Town Council’s would need to take on more responsibility for this area but at this stage much was still unknown. This had been the general topic of the State of the District debate earlier this year in terms of engaging with Town and Parish Council’s on the assets that the District Council currently owned but which Town and Parish Council’s were interested in getting involved with in terms of their operation going forwards.

Note: * Slide previously circulated.