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COUNCIL DELIVERY PLAN 2025-26 (QUARTER 2 UPDATE)

 

 

Meeting: 20/01/2026 - Cabinet (Item 11)

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REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR – RESOURCES

 

This report presents progress on delivering the Council Delivery Plan for 2025-26.

Additional documents:

Decision:

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.

Minutes:

Audio recording – 46 minutes 45 seconds

 

The Chair invited Councillor Claire Winchester, as Chair of the Overview and Scrutiny Committee, to present the referral on this item. Councillor Winchester advised that there had been discussions around:

 

·        The good work that was happening in the district and that there was a clear narrative in the report for any delays or changes to milestones.

·        The recommendations of the report were approved by the Overview and Scrutiny Committee.

·        The projects of the Council Delivery Plan were of great importance to the residents of North Hertfordshire.

 

Councillor Ian Albert, as Executive Member for Finance and IT, presented the report entitled ‘Council Delivery Plan 2025-26 (Quarter 2 Update)’ and advised that:

 

·        This report outlined the most recent updates for the Council Delivery Plan.

·        Information on the actions being taken for red performance indicators was detailed in paragraph 8.4 of the report.

·        The new Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) which related to the Corporate Peer Challenge Report, aligned with the Council Delivery Plan were set out in paragraph 8.7 of the report.

·        The development of Churchgate was part of the Enterprise Directorate report which would be presented to the next meeting of the Overview and Scrutiny Committee.

·        Work was ongoing regarding the split of missed bin collection data between North and East Hertfordshire.

·        The impacts on resourcing needed to be considered when the budget was set.

 

In response to a question from Councillor Mick Debenham, the Director – Resources advised that targets would be set by Cabinet for KPIs, in consultation with the Overview and Scrutiny Committee. Not all KPIs would have targets.

 

In response to a question from Councillor Mick Debenham, the Chief Executive advised that the Corporate Peer Challenge follow up report had been received and this would be presented to Overview and Scrutiny Committee and Cabinet in February 2026.

 

Councillor Ian Albert proposed and Councillor Mick Debenham 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.