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REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR – RESOURCES

This report presents progress on delivering the Council Delivery Plan for 2025-26. This is a Quarter 1 update but generally reflects progress up to the point that this report was prepared (mid-August).

RESOLVED: That Cabinet noted progress against Council projects and performance indicators, as set out in the Council Delivery Plan (Appendix A), and approved new milestones and changes to milestones.

REASON FOR DECISION: The Council Delivery Plan (CDP) monitoring reports provide Overview and Scrutiny Committee, and Cabinet, with an opportunity to monitor progress against the key Council projects, and understand any new issues, risks, or opportunities.

Audio recording – 47 minutes 16 seconds

The Chair advised that the Chair of the Overview and Scrutiny Committee was not in attendance to present the referral on this item.

Councillor Ian Albert, as Executive Member for Resources, presented the report entitled ‘Council Delivery Plan 2025/26 (Quarter 1 Update)’ and advised that:

·             There was a good discussion on the report at the Overview and Scrutiny Committee with questions mainly focused on the projects for Leisure Centre Decarbonisation, Careline and Churchgate.

·             The Council Delivery Plan covered key projects, their milestones and risks to delivery as well as Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and the overarching risks that could affect those.

·             In response to the Corporate Peer Review, the Council had been investigating how to extend their KPIs to cover the achievement of the outcomes in the Council Plan.

·             These would be included in the Q2 report with the aim that these would be smart measures that would not increase pressure on workload.

·             Projects on Digital Transformation and Leisure Centre Decarbonisation had an amber delivery status which meant that one or more milestones had been missed without there being a significant impact to their delivery. 

·             Appendix A to the report detailed changes to milestones and new milestones which were highlighted in blue and yellow respectively and required approval.

·             Four projects had a red risk level status and these were present where projects scored highly on likelihood and impact and as a result, received a high level of monitoring and review.

·             Three KPIs had a red status with two related to Careline Installations and the other to Customer Service Centre (CSC) calls answered within 45 seconds.

·             Explanations and planned actions were detailed in paragraph 8.4 of the report.

·             Executive Members should take note of the projects in amber delivery or red risk level status in their areas.

Councillor Ian Albert proposed and Councillor Daniel Allen seconded and, following a vote, it was:

RESOLVED: That Cabinet noted progress against Council projects and performance indicators, as set out in the Council Delivery Plan (Appendix A), and approved new milestones and changes to milestones.

REASON FOR DECISION: The Council Delivery Plan (CDP) monitoring reports provide Overview and Scrutiny Committee, and Cabinet, with an opportunity to monitor progress against the key Council projects, and understand any new issues, risks, or opportunities.