Agenda item

Report of Leader of the Council

The Leader of the Council presented his highlight report in respect of the fourth and final quarter of Performance Review Team meetings for 2009/10 recently undertaken by individual Cabinet members. 

The report provided a strategic summary of how the Council had performed in delivering its Corporate Plan targets for 2009/10 using exception information from the quarter 4 PRT meetings with individual Cabinet members, and was in accordance with the Council’s Performance Management Framework, which required the regular reporting of performance into the Panel as part of the Performance Review Team cycle of meetings.

The Corporate Financial Monitoring Report of the Head of Financial Services for Quarter 4, which monitored report of expenditure and income for 2009/10 and set out an indicative corporate picture of the Council’s financial performance relating to the period ending
31^st March 2010, was also presented for the Panel’s consideration.  The report summarised the variances reported through services’ quarterly PRT meetings and identified any omissions, updates and/or actions required.

The Leader reported on the agreed actions and progress.  A detailed question and answer session followed, when Members requested further details on specific points.  With reference to agreed action 4, quarter 3 – number of affordable homes (NI 155), Councillor Whitelegg was concerned that not enough was being done to effect provision.

It was proposed by Councillor Dennison and seconded by Councillor Heath:

“(1)      That Overview and Scrutiny Committee be requested to establish a Task Group to investigate the feasibility of using land in public ownership for the provision of additional affordable housing and to establish initiatives with Housing Associations and Partners to provide affordable housing.

(2)        That Councillor Whitelegg be involved in scoping the work.”

Upon being put to the vote, Members voted unanimously in favour of the proposition, whereupon the Chairman declared the proposal to be carried.

Resolved:

(1)        That the reports be noted.

(2)        That Overview and Scrutiny Committee be requested to establish a Task Group to investigate the feasibility of using land in public ownership for the provision of additional affordable housing and to establish initiatives with Housing Associations and Partners to provide affordable housing.

(3)        That Councillor Whitelegg be involved in scoping the work.