Issue - meetings

Report of the Chief Executive

Presented by the Leader

The Leader opened the floor for Members to comment on their portfolio areas.

Councillor T Gillard thanked all staff that had been involved with arranging the celebration to mark the 40^th anniversary of Coalville market and that it was pleasing to see that the investments that had been made helped to increase the footfall along with many traders using social media to advertise their stalls.

Councillor R Blunt stated that he had fully supported the investment and that it was making a difference and hoped that future investments would allow it to continue.

Councillor R D Bayliss highlighted that there the target for average re-let time was still not being met, but assured Members that it was being worked on and highlighted that the service was carrying out more work to the void properties before they were handed over which contributed to the delay in time.

 
Councillor T J Pendleton stated that he was happy with the way Development Control was performing and that it was well above the national standard.

Councillor A V Smith highlighted that the Leisure Centres continued to exceed their targets and were going from strength to strength. She advised Members that the recycling material technology was now fully operational and drew Members’ attention to the compliment that Environmental Health had received from Iceland Air on the service that the team had provided in assisting them to import fish through East Midlands Airport.

The Chief Executive drew Members’ attention to paragraph 2.4 and advised that the Portfolio Holder was working with Officers to look at the future options should the County decide to review the dry recycling credit payments and advised that a report would be brought to a future meeting.

Councillor R Blunt advised that the budgets were being managed effectively and that it was projected that there would be additional income by the end of the year and took the opportunity to welcome the newly appointed interim Director of Resources to the meeting. He highlighted that there had been an increase in sickness during quarter two however the human resources team were looking at options to improve the management of absence.

The Chief Executive added that the authority had an excellent record in sickness management and it was very supportive to short term illnesses, providing assistance and counselling if required, however it was more difficult to manage long term illness as it often required the support of external health providers that often hindered the support that could be given and that the Council was working on options to improve the management.

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

RESOLVED THAT:

The Quarter 2 Performance Report (July – Sept 2015) be received and noted.

Reason for decision:The report is provided for members to effectively monitor the organisation’s performance.