Agenda and minutes
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Apologies Minutes: There were no apologies for absence. |
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Declarations of Interest Minutes: No declarations of interest were received. |
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Minutes: The Minutes of the Performance Management Board held on 19th July 2010 were submitted.
RESOLVED that the minutes be approved as a correct record. |
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Quarter 1 2010/11 Integrated Finance and Performance Report Additional documents:
Minutes: The Board considered the Integrated Finance and Performance Report for Quarter 1 and discussed the format of the report. The Director of Policy, Performance and Partnerships commented that in order to work towards “excellence” the shift should now be more towards looking at outcomes, customer service and value for money.
It was noted by the Board that the planned shared services was having an effect on staff morale and the Director of Policy, Performance and Partnerships advised Members that through the regular staff forums achievements were now being included to remind staff of the positive work that continued to be carried out.
The Board considered Section 4.2 of the report, Sundry Debtors, and expressed concern at the amount of debt outstanding for over 6 months. After discussion it was agreed that a detailed report on this would be requested from the Director of Finance and Resources.
The Board discussed the following items in detail:
The Director of Policy, Performance and Partnerships undertook to seek clarification/further information on the following items:
RECOMMENDED: (a) that the Cabinet’s attention be drawn to the issues arising from the vacancies which remain on various Boards/Committees; (b) that the Director of Policy, Performance and Partnerships and Head of Regulatory Services, in conjunction with the Portfolio Holder and ... view the full minutes text for item 24. |
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Shared Services Report Additional documents:
Minutes: The Board considered the Shared Services report. Members were concerned that this report was becoming a list of bullet points and very in depth and after discussion it was agreed that in future an Executive summary would be included at the beginning of the report, detailing progress made in the last month.
Members discussed the following items in more detail:
The Board discussed the recommendation from the recent Audit Commission report on Shared Services, which said that “the Councils should develop a performance management process for shared services.” The Director of Policy, Performance and Partnerships confirmed that he had been asked by the Chief Executive to develop such a process.
RESOLVED that the Shared Services Report be noted, subject to the above comments. |
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Minutes: The Board considered the Work Programme and were advised by the Director of Policy, Performance and Partnerships that in future the performance report would be received by the Board quarterly and the Improvement Plan would be a joint report with Redditch Borough Council and would only be received by the Corporate Management Team. He would therefore up date the Work Programme accordingly. The Director of Policy, Performance and Partnerships also confirmed that the Place Survey had been abolished.
The Board confirmed that they wished to receive the following, additional, reports at the meeting to be held on 18th October 2010:
And at the meeting to be held on 15th November 2010:
After further discussion it was
RESOLVED that the Work Programme be noted, subject to the above amendments. |
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To consider any other business, details of which have been notified to the Head of Legal, Equalities and Democratic Services prior to the commencement of the meeting and which the Chairman, by reason of special circumstances, considers to be of so urgent a nature that it cannot wait until the next meeting |