Issue - meetings

This report provides an update against our Key Priority Performance Targets that are either on amber or red for 2016 to 2017, under our new Corporate Plan.

The Committee received a report providing an update on progress against Key Performance Targets.

The following matters were considered:

a)            Targets reliant on external agencies/influences. The Committee noted that it was intended not to set targets which were outside of the Council’s control due to their reliance on external agencies or influences. If such a target was set and not achieved due to factors outside the Council’s control, these would be detailed in the performance reporting, rather than the target being changed mid-year.

b)            ‘Not Achieved’ status of Round the Borough Hike. The Committee noted that the target of 70 participants for the Round the Borough Hike had not been achieved, largely due to poor weather on the day of the event. However, a large number of residents had registered to take part (124). The Committee suggested that in future years, the target for such an event should be the number of registrations, not participants, to avoid factors outside the Council’s control (such as poor weather conditions) affecting its achievement.

c)            Enforcement action against flytipping. It was noted that Croydon Council had recently taken enforcement action against vehicles which had been used for flytipping. The vehicles had been crushed. It was requested that the possibility of a similar scheme this being introduced in Epsom and Ewell be considered by Officers.

Following consideration, the Committee:

(1)          Did not identify any areas of concern on the amber or red actions reported in Annexe 1 to the report.

(2)          Noted the actions that had been proposed or taken as detailed in table 3.1 of the report.

(3)          Noted the overview of Key Priority Performance Targets in Annexe 2 to the report.