Issue - meetings

Report of the Chief Executive

Presented by the Leader

The Leader presented the report to Members.

He went through the performance dashboards and indicators and invited the Portfolio Holders to address the performance of their areas.

Councillor A V Smith advised that the Leisure Centre Membership income was down. She stated that Hermitage was full to capacity in its classes and Hood Park had a lot of competition from other gyms.

Councillor R Blunt stated that the improvement of the percentage of calls answered against calls received in Customer Services would form part of an overall performance review once the new Head of Customer Services had started.

Councillor T J Pendleton advised that additional work was being carried out on the site options for gypsy and traveller sites.

Councillor R D Bayliss advised that the number of properties empty and unavailable was due to the ongoing assessments on Woulds Court and Queensway House which would further reduce the number of properties that were empty however it would not be achieved by the end of Quarter 4. He drew Members attention to the amended section as detailed in the update report highlighting that 6 new Council houses had been handed over and that in total 144 affordable homes had been delivered across the district exceeding the target of 130 homes.

Councillor T Gillard stated that he was pleased to report that the contract had been awarded for suppling free Wi-Fi in the Town Centres.

It was moved by Councillor R Blunt, seconded by N J Rushton and

RESOLVED THAT:

The Quarter 4 Performance Report (Jan-Mar 2018) be received and noted.

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