Alan Platt, Best Value Officer, to report.
- to report the 3rd Quarter Performance Indicators.
Minutes:
Consideration was given to a report presented by the Best Value Officer, detailing the performance results up to the third 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
- PriceWaterhouseCoopers upper quartile comparisons 2008/2009
- The New Performance Framework – Single Set of National Indicators, out of 198 indicators, EDS indicators are identified in this report. Local Area Agreement (LAA) indicators for which EDS is responsible have also been identified.
- Equalities report
- Risk Management report.
Reference was made to:-
Total number of indicators = 107
Number of indicators that had achieved target = 76 (71%) - green
Number of indicators that are slightly outside target = 16 (15%) – amber
Number of indicators that have not achieved target = 11 (10.2%) – red
Number of indicators with no target = 4 (3.8%) – grey
The following specific indicators were explained and discussed in detail:-
BV 200b |
Plan making milestones which the Local Development Scheme sets out; noting the latest position in respect of the Joint Waste DPD with Doncaster and Barnsley. |
NI 154 |
Net additional homes provided; noting the sharp fall due to market conditions. |
NI 159 |
Supply of ready to develop housing sites: noting that the figure represented overall supply rather than a “deliverable 5 year supply”. |
NI 191 |
Residual household waste per household – number of kg collected per household: noting current position regarding the Environment Agency’s examination of whether the biomass output from the Sterecycle process can count as being recycled. |
NI 192 |
% of household waste sent for reuse, recycling and composting: noting the impact on this indicator of the refurbishment of the Household Waste Recycling sites, and the impact the inclusion of Sterefibre would have. |
BV82A (ii) |
Waste recycling:- associated reward grant. |
Those present also discussed the following:-
• WREN and Landfill Tax
• Various other grants
• Quartile positions:– particularly household waste collection and household waste recycling. Rotherham’s comparative position within Yorkshire and Humberside. Actual performance compared with the quartile positions
• Use of Audit Commission data as comparator
• Issue with DEFRA re: Sterefibre
• Review of the national indicator set
• Place Survey – Civil protection awareness/Emergency response:- relationship with Sheffield City Council
• NI 8 – adult participation in sport
• NI 19 – adult usage of public libraries
• NI 10 – adult usage of museum
• Performance clinics: noting the declining employment rate in Rotherham compared to national
• The new performance framework – allocation of responsibility to officers of indicators
• Equalities monitoring
• Customer reporting and customer satisfaction - snapshot 1st Sept to 31st Dec 2009:- for Streetpride Connect and Development Control; Building Control
• Risk Management:- noting high risks re: 006/03e Waste Management Strategy; YES project; Reservoir failure
Resolved:- (1) That the performance indicator third quarter results for 2009/2010 be noted.
(2) That the Council’s position in comparison with the Audit Commission 2007/2008 All England upper quartile results be noted.
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