Issue - meetings

Report of Director of Finance and Head of Insight and Corporate Programmes

Purpose of report

This report summarises the Council’s Performance, Risk and Finance monitoring position as at the end of the first quarter.

Recommendations

The meeting is recommended:

1.1      To note the quarter 1 Performance, Risk and Finance Monitoring Report.

Resolved

(1)           That the 2020/2021/ quarter 1 Performance, Risk and Finance Monitoring Report be noted.

The  Director of Finance and the Head of Insight and Corporate Programmes submitted a report which summarised the Council’s Performance, Risk and Finance monitoring position as at the end of the first quarter of 2020/2021.

In introducing the report, the Lead Member for Performance explained that the Council reported on performance against 41 Business Plan Measures monthly, with 22 Programme Measures and 19 Key Performance Indicators (KPI). Due to the Covid-19 lockdown measures, it had not been possible to report on 2 KPI measures. Whilst Covid-19 had impacted on some indicators, service delivery had adapted in various areas and 61% of programme measures and key performance indicators were reporting in target at the end of Quarter 1.

The Lead Member for Performance and the Chairman confirmed that despite the challenges of Covid-19, performance measures would not be amended. Continuing to measure against existing KPIs  would demonstrate the impact of Covid-19.

Lead Members commended all staff and paid particular tribute to the staff within their portfolio for their hard work during the Covid-19 lockdown to ensure ongoing service delivery, adapted where necessary, and support for residents.

Resolved

(1)           That the 2020/2021/ quarter 1 Performance, Risk and Finance Monitoring Report be noted.

Reasons

The Council is committed to performance, risk and budget management and reviews progress against its corporate priorities on a monthly basis. Due to the current unprecedented situation, the present report reviews Quarter 1 performance measures for 2020-21, from July onwards monthly reporting will be resumed.

This report provides an update on progress made so far in 2020-21 to deliver the Council’s priorities through reporting on Performance, the Leadership Risk Register and providing an update on the financial position.

Alternative options

Option 1: This report illustrates the Council’s performance against the 2020-21 business plan. As this is a monitoring report, no further options have been considered. However, members may wish to request that officers provide additional information.