Agenda and minutes

The Former Joint Meeting - Cabinet Member for Economic Development, Planning and Transportation and the Cabinet Member for Streetpride Services - Monday 21 September 2009 10.00 a.m.

Venue: 3rd Floor Training Room, Bailey House, Rawmarsh Road, ROTHERHAM.

Items
No. Item

13.

Performance Indicators - 1st Quarter Results - 1st April to 30th June 2009 pdf icon PDF 54 KB

Alan Platt, Best Value Officer, to report.

-           to report the 1st quarter results.

Additional documents:

Minutes:

Consideration was given to a report, presented by the Best Value Officer, detailing the performance results up to the first quarter of the year 2009/2010.

 

The report focused on indicators affected by the following issues:-

 

  • Performance measures in the EDS suite of performance indicators
  • Performance indicators that have not reached their target setting
  • Performance clinics
  • All England upper quartile comparisons 2007/2008
  • Price Waterhouse Coopers upper quartile comparisons 2008/2009
  • The New Performance Framework – Single Set of National Indicators, out of 198 indicators EDS indicators are identified in the submitted report. Local Area Agreement (LAA) indicators for which EDS is responsible have also been identified.
  • Equalities report
  • Risk Management report.

 

The report detailed the following:-

 

-                      Number of indicators reported = 112

-                      Number of indicators that have achieved their target and in the green zone = 84 (75%)

-                      Number of indicators that are slightly out side their target and in the amber zone = 14 (12.5%)

-                      Number of indicators that have not achieved their target and in the red zone = 12 (10.7%)

-                      Number of National Indicators in the grey zone that have no target and or result against them = 2 (1.8%)

 

The following specific indicators were discussed:-

 

BV 200b

Plan making milestone which current Local Development Framework sets out:  noting the new timeline as a result of further proposed consultation

NI 191

Residual Household waste per household – number of kg collected per household: noting that this performance was due to the fact that the Environment Agency cannot currently verify that the biomass output from the Sterecycle process cannot count as being recycled and therefore had to be counted as residual waste.

NI 192

% of household waste sent for reuse, recycling and composting:  reference to problem detailed for NI. 191

NI 193

% of municipal waste landfilled: noting above problem meaning that the Sterecycle output cannot yet be claimed as being diverted from landfill.

NI 188

Planning to adapt to climate change

NI 151

Overall employment rate LAA (PWC):  noting Rotherham’s good record and the significant amount of local jobs created.  Reference was also made to current economic indicators. Due to the current economic climate and the effect this is having on the jobs front, a performance clinic has been arranged for September 2009 to review this situation.

NI 152

Working age people claiming out of work benefit LAA (PWC) Due to the current economic climate and the effect this is having on the jobs front, a performance clinic has been arranged for September 2009 to review this situation.

NI 47

People killed or seriously injured in road traffic accidents: noting the number of motorway miles in Rotherham and that the Council could not control this indicator.  The excellent work to improve road safety and reduce accidents was noted.  It was agreed that this NI needed an “exceptions note” adding to provide full explanation.

 

The following additional issues were highlighted and discussed:-

 

-                      Direction of Travel

-                      Equalities

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14.

Knollbeck Lane Gateway, Brampton Bierlow Phase 2 Environmental Improvements pdf icon PDF 52 KB

Andrew Newton, Implementation Officer, to report.

-           to report the proposals.

Additional documents:

Minutes:

Consideration was given to a report, presented by the Implementation Officer, detailing proposals for environmental improvements (Phase 2) within the Knollbeck Lane, Brampton Bierlow Gateway.

 

Drawings Nos. 122/B6089.30/01 – 03 appended to the report showed in detail the proposals.

 

It was explained that the proposals included:-

 

-                      Footway improvement works

-                      Traffic calming measures along Knollbeck lane from Garden Drive to Westfield Road

 

It was further explained that the proposed environmental improvement works linked directly to the Local Transport Plan scheme of traffic calming and improvements to the Quality Bus Corridor (previously approved by the Cabinet Member at Minute No. 179 of the meeting held on 2nd February, 2009).

 

It was confirmed that the works would be funded from the HMRA Pathfinder programme together with a contribution from the Local Transport Plan.

 

It was reported that it was anticipated that the works would take approximately 5 months to complete and that disruption to residents and traffic would be kept to a minimum.

 

It was requested that the location of the central refuge at the junction of Knollbeck Lane and Westfield Lane be re-visited due to its proximity to the junction and reference to the location of the adjacent play area.

 

Resolved:-  That, subject to a further discussion with, and advice from, the Transportation Unit regarding the location of the central refuge as referred to above, approval be given to the proposed works.