Issue - meetings

The Executive Member for Finance and Governance submitted a report for Executive’s consideration.

The report advised Executive of corporate performance at the end of Quarter Two 2023/2024 and where appropriate sought approval of any changes, where those were within the authority of the Executive.

The Council’s Scheme of Delegation gave Executive collective responsibility for corporate strategic performance, together with associated action.

The report provided the necessary information to enable Executive to discharge its performance management responsibilities, setting out progress against Executive approved actions, delivery of the Strategic Plan and other key associated items, together with actions to be taken to address any issued identified.

The projected financial outturn at the end of Quarter Two 2023/2024 was presented separately to this meeting of Executive and was not repeated as part of this agenda item. Where performance had a significant impact on finances, this was highlighted within the body of the report.

Overall, the Council’s performance at the end of Quarter Two saw a slight dip from the position reported at Quarter One, with progress towards expected performance standards, as set out in the Council’s risk appetite, achieved in one of the four active performance disciplines in 2023/24.

ORDERED that Executive:

1.    Approve the proposed amendments to Executive actions at Quarter Two 2023/24 detailed in Appendix 1 of the report;

2.    Notes progress of delivery of the Strategic Plan 2022-24 at Quarter Two 2023/24 detailed in Appendix 2 of the report; and

3.    Approve the proposed amendments to Strategic Plan workplan at Quarter Two 2023/24 as detailed in Appendix 3 of the report.

OPTIONS

No other options were put forward as part of the report.

REASONS

To enable the effective management of performance and risk in line with the Council’s Local Code of Corporate Governance.