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This report provides a year-end update against our Key Priority Performance Targets for 2016 to 2017, under our new Corporate Plan and provisional targets for 2017 to 2018.

Following consideration, the Committee:

(1)          Noted the performance reported for 2016-17 in Annexe 1 to the report and did not identify any areas of concern.

(2)          Reviewed and agreed the targets for 2017 to 2018 as detailed in Annexe 2 to the report.

The Committee received a report providing a year-end update against the Council’s Key Priority performance targets for 2016-17, and provisional targets for 2017-18.

The following matters were considered:

a)            Performance during 2016-17. The Committee noted that during 2016-17, it had achieved 12 of its targets and not achieved 4. The reasons for not achieving the 4 targets were detailed within the Committee report and had been considered at length at meetings during the previous year.

b)            Households in emergency nightly paid temporary accommodation – 2017-18 target. The Committee noted that the number of households currently in emergency nightly paid temporary accommodation was near to 40, but that the target had been set higher than that, at 50. The Head of Housing and Community informed the meeting that the number of households needing temporary accommodation was affected by factors largely outside the Council’s control, and that given this, it was felt that 50 was a realistic target. It was Officers’ intention to deliver below the target however.

The Committee noted that a target of 50 was lower than that set in 2016-17, which had been 60. It was also noted that some of the remaining households were very challenging to find permanent accommodation for, either due to the number of family members (which made it difficult to find a sufficiently sized property), or due to alcohol/drug issues.

c)            Leisure development strategy – 2017-18 target. Members noted that the delivery of Epsom and Ewell’s entry into the Surrey Youth Games was a target for 2017-18 and considered whether other activities (such as the Round the Borough Hike & Bike events) should also be included as targets. It was noted that whilst not listed as performance targets, the Round the Borough Hike & Bike would still be held.

The Vice-Chairman informed the Committee that the Council’s Leisure Developments Team consisted of only two officers, who already faced significant workload pressures to deliver the events currently scheduled.

It was noted that the Chairman would look into whether there were any other elements of the work undertaken to support the Leisure Development Strategy which would be appropriate to include as Key Priority performance targets for 2017/18.

d)            Operational Management Plan for King George V recreation ground (Poole Road). A Member of the Committee enquired whether an Operational Management Plan for King George V recreation ground would be produced. The Head of Operational Services informed the meeting that two new operational management plans would be written each year, with Rosebery Park and Ewell Court Park to be completed this year. A plan for King George V recreation ground would be included within the targets for 2018-19.

Following consideration, the Committee:

(1)          Noted the performance reported for 2016-17 in Annexe 1 to the report and did not identify any areas of concern.

(2)          Reviewed and agreed the targets for 2017 to 2018 as detailed in Annexe 2 to the report.