Agenda item

Quarterly Perfomance Monitoring Report - Q2

Decision:

Option 2: Cabinet approves the Performance and Finance Report – Quarter ended 30 September 2021 and the priority report detail as set out in appendices 1-9, together with the council’s financial position as set out at 10 and 11.

 

Minutes:

Cllr Brodie stated that he did not believe that adequate resources had been allocated to the scrutiny process within the council, and was keen to ensure that the Cabinet would more resources into it in the next budget. In response, Cllr Bacon explained that in some areas of the QPMR the measures were quite limited but that the new Corporate Plan, if approved by Full Council, would extend the measures which would provide more information for councillors and the public. It was felt that the increased number of items on the Forward Plan for decision would result in increased demand for scrutiny and the Chairman and Vice Chairman of the Corporate Scrutiny Committee were invited to make any suggestions as to how they felt scrutiny could be improved. Whilst agreeing that support for scrutiny was under resourced, the importance of documents being received in good time was stressed, as this would allow enough time for questions to be asked and answers provided by officers in a timely manner.

 

The Chairman agreed that the resourcing of scrutiny would be looked into as part of the budget process.

 

Clarification on some of the measures had been provided to the Corporate Scrutiny Committee in response to queries raised.

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