Issue - meetings

To provide an update on how the Council is performing for the period 1 July 2025 to 30 September 2025 (report of the Assistant Director – Corporate enclosed).

The Portfolio Holder for Corporate, Governance, Communications and Environmental Services presented an update on the Council’s performance for Quarter 2, covering the period from 1 July to 30 September.

The Portfolio Holder reported that the Performance Monitoring Panel had previously received early sight of the data via the Performance Monitoring Portal in December, and the feedback provided by the Panel had been summarised in Section 3 of the report. The Portfolio Holder confirmed that officers were actively working on responses to the queries raised and would bring the information back to the Panel for further discussion in due course.

The Portfolio Holder highlighted that the Quarter 2 report continued to show a generally positive performance across the Council. As set out in Section 2, 29% of KPIs had exceeded their targets, representing an improvement on Quarter 1. In addition, 10% of KPIs were reported as below target, which was a reduction compared to the previous quarter.

Overall, the Portfolio Holder noted that the report demonstrated a strong performance position, with the majority of KPIs meeting or surpassing expectations.

The Portfolio Holder also drew attention to the appendices of the report, noting that pages 25 to 34 contained the targeted performance measures, while pages 35 to 52 provided trend-only data for information.

DECISION:

That the contents of the report be noted.

Other Options Considered:

·         Not to monitor performance – this isn’t recommended.

Reasons for Recommendations:

·         To ensure Council performance is properly scrutinised.