Issue - meetings

A report from the Leader of the Council is attached.

The Leader of the Council submitted a report outlining the progress made during Quarter 4 2014-2015 for the performance indicators and projects within the Bury Council Corporate Plan.

The information contained in the report has been extracted from the Performance Information Management System (PIMS) and provided by the responsible services.

It was reported a new monitoring framework was under development to track progress on the ‘Vision, Purpose and Values’ programme.

Questions and comments were invited from Members of the Committee and the following issues were raised:

·         In response to a question from Councillor Daly, concerning the Supporting Children Improving Lives Programme, an undertaking for a future report to provide more detailed analysis of criteria used to measure the success of the programme.

·         With regard to the issue of bringing empty properties back into use it the Deputy Leader of the Council referred to the positive impact of the Radcliffe Pilot Scheme which would look to be extended across the borough.

·         In response to a question concerning the type of work done around fuel poverty and the amount of funding remaining from the initial allocation of £159,450, the Assistant Director, Business Re-design undertook to find out and report back.

It was agreed:

That the report be noted.

The Leader of the Council submitted a report outlining the progress made during Quarter 4 2014-2015 for the performance indicators and projects within the Bury Council Corporate Plan.

The information contained in the report has been extracted from the Performance Information Management System (PIMS) and provided by the responsible services.

It was reported that this would be last monitoring report on the Bury Plan. A new monitoring framework was under development to track progress on the ‘Vision, Purpose and Values’ programme.

Delegated decision:

That the report submitted be noted.

Reasons for the decision:

The Council publishes a Corporate Plan each year this provides a robust performance management framework to properly measure the effectiveness and value for money of the services it delivers.

Other option considered and rejected:

To reject the recommendation.