Decision details

RESOLVED:

That Cabinet:

1.     Note the progress update against each of the CPC recommendations

2.     Consider the action plan progress at appendix 2 of the report

3.     Note the review of key deliverables at appendix 3

KEY DECISION:

No.

PORTFOLIO:

Leader

ALTERNATIVE OPTIONS CONSIDERED/REJECTED:

As set out in the report.

DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST:

None

DISCUSSION:

The Leader introduced the item and was pleased to confirm that the findings of the peer review team were overwhelmingly positive, with NFDC maintaining good performance in many areas. The peer review team praised NFDC’s clear vision, strong leadership and dedicated staff. The Leader stressed that it was also important for the Council to acknowledge and understand where it was not meeting certain targets. The actions to mitigate these matters with the appropriate actions were outlined in the report. The Leader explained that positive actions had already taken place against the peer review team’s 10 recommendations, and it was hoped that further improvements would be evident when the review team return for a progress update in November.

The Leader acknowledged that NFDC found itself in a unique situation given LGR and work that NFDC had undertaken over the last year regarding this would also be shared with the review team. Feedback on the Council’s work for LGR would be interesting and valuable.

The Assistant Director for Transformation gave a summary of the report and explained that the report acknowledges the impact of LGR. The current report acts as a position statement to progress from, as well as highlighting the key achievements, detailed against the original action plan, with opportunities to update members on key activities being undertaken against the overall strategic plan.

It was acknowledged that the Resources and Transformation Overview and Scrutiny Panel had considered the report and were supportive of it.

A non-Cabinet member was pleased to see that the mobility scooter policy in the Housing department was included as this was an important matter that required attention.