Issue - meetings

Report of the Chief Executive

Presented by the Leader

The Leader presented the report to members. He noted that of the thirty-four actions in the delivery plan, nine had been achieved with twenty-four being progressed positively and one action not being achieved. He also noted that in relation to the performance indicators, twenty seven of the forty-four had been achieved, with ten not yet and the remaining seven being reported annually. He then invited Cabinet colleagues to make comments on their areas.

Councillor R Bayliss noted that the Council was intending to appoint contractors to help with the backlog of the housing improvement programme following the pandemic and hopefully by midnight 31 March 2023 the stock would be 100% decent homes. He advised that there were several sites for new builds and that the target for affordable homes had been exceeded. He added that there were still some concerns around Customer Services replies.

Councillor T Gillard noted that the Economic Development team had concluded the spend of the Omicron Discretionary grant programme, which meant officers had supported around one hundred additional businesses who had experienced hardship during the variant, and in total meant the Council had made £3.95m of funding available to business over the past 18 months.

Councillor A Woodman noted the increase in membership at the new Leisure Centre and that the Newmarket was improving but would not hit full potential until Marlborough Square was completed. In relation to litter, forty-four fixed penalty notices had been given out and the recycling target had not been met, but it was noted the figures were slowly returning to normal.

Councillor K Merrie noted that the Planning service was working well with the new team manager and a lot of work was being put into improving the Planning Enforcement team.

It was moved by Councillor R Blunt, seconded by Councillor T Gillard and

RESOLVED THAT:

The progress against the corporate objectives and performance indicators for Quarter 4 2021/22 be noted.

Reason for Decision: To update Cabinet on the progress of the corporate objectives and performance indicators for Quarter 4 2021/22