Issue - meetings

To consider a report containing a retrospective summary of the Council’s performance at the end of the financial year (April2022 - March 2023) against the strategic priorities and Areas of Focus set out in the Council Plan 2022-2027.

Councillor Yousef Dahmash introduced the report which provided a retrospective summary of the Council’s performance at the end of the financial year.  He reminded the meeting to be mindful of the wider national context, the impact of the war in Ukraine and the Covid pandemic.

Councillor Dahmash highlighted the access to the Power BI system which contained further detailed information relating to performance data and had the ability to be interrogated as desired.  He summarised some of the positive performance results including the reduction in figures of children being subject to a Child Protection Plan.  Councillor Dahmash signposted Members to section 4 of the report which highlighted the Management of Human Resources and the encouraging signs that sickness levels were improving, alongside the improved recruitment and retention data.

Councillor Roodhouse queried the level of commentary on a number of static indicators, which he felt could be separated out and contain more detail to demonstrate if they were moving in the right direction.

Councillor Kam Kaur advised that she and Councillor Dahmash had met with officers to discuss the performance framework and how to successfully review the figures and measures moving forwards.

Councillor Martin Watson encouraged the use of Power BI and welcomed the Warwickshire Outcome Measures which were detailed in table 1b of the report.

Councillor Dahmash thanked Members for the comments and reiterated that this was an ongoing process.  He proposed the recommendations as laid out.

Resolved

That Cabinet:

1)    Considers and comments on the Year End organisational performance;

2)    To refer the report to Overview and Scrutiny Committees to consider, in detail, the information relevant to their individual remits; and

3)    Agrees the proposed changes for the 2023/24 reporting period to the Performance Management Framework (PMF) as outlined in Appendix

1c.