Present:
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Chairman:
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Councillor J G Thompson
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Vice Chairman:
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Councillor G R Savage
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Councillors:
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R Burgin
N Hughes
J M Smith
J Raine
R H Fisher
M Temple
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Lead Officers in Attendance:
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Ruth Atkinson (Director of Policy and Performance)
David Rawsthorn (Director of Finance)
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Democratic Services Officer:
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Julia Burrell
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Pp/33/2/09 Apologies for Absence
Apologies for absence were received from Councillors B Metz and K Morgan.
Pp/34/2/09 Minutes
Minutes Pp/23/11/08 to Pp/32/11/08 of the meeting of this Panel held on 20 November 2008 were approved as a correct record of those proceedings.
Pp/35/2/09 Declarations of Interest/Party Whip
No declarations of interest were made.
Pp/36/2/09 SPARSE Benchmarking Data
The Panel considered report Pp7/09 of the Director of Policy and Performance which set out the benchmarking performance data supplied by SPARSE. The comparative performance data for development control apparently showed a downward trend. Officer commentary was provided on these figures in Appendix B of the report.
RESOLVED that the report be noted.
Pp/37/2/09 Co-ordinating Board Meeting
The Panel considered a verbal update from the Chairman of the Panel.
RESOLVED that the verbal update be noted.
Pp/38/2/09 Scrutiny Co-ordinated Work Plan
The Panel considered the work plan of the Director of Policy and Performance and considered possible work plan topics for the 2009-2010 municipal year.
RESOLVED that the work plan be noted.
Pp/39/2/09 Forward Plan - Key Decisions
The Panel considered the current Forward Plan of Key Decisions and recommendations of the Scrutiny Co-ordinating Board.
RESOLVED that the key decisions be noted.
Pp/40/2/09 Treasury Management Transactions Report: 1 April 2008 to 31 December 2008
The Panel considered report F5/09 of the Director of Finance summarising the level of Treasury Management activity, including a summary of performance.
RESOLVED that the report be noted.
Pp/41/2/09 Budget Monitoring: April to December 2008
The Panel considered report F15/09 of the Director of Finance which set out the quarterly budget monitoring April to December 08 to ensure that the actual income and expenditure is in line with budget, any variations identified and any impact on service performance assessed. Points of note included concessionary travel, development control/building control income, interest receipts and building maintenance.
RESOLVED that the report be noted.
Pp/42/2/09 Capital Programme Monitoring: April to December 2008
The Panel considered report F12/09 of the Director of Finance which set out the quarterly capital programme monitoring, ensuring that the Capital Programme is delivering what it is intended to do and within the resource allocation to date. Members reviewed progress on major schemes and expenditure for April to December against the agreed programme for 2008-2009.
Whilst no new schemes had been added in this quarter, Members were advised that Bluebell Lane car park and Frenchfield Stadium had been agreed by Council since the last report and will be shown in the next monitoring report.
RESOLVED that the report be noted.
Pp/43/2/09 Efficiency Monitoring: April to December 2008
The Panel considered report F14/09 of the Director of Finance which set out the Council’s progress against the projected outturn target.
RESOLVED that the report be noted.
Pp/44/2/09 Performance Indicators 2008/2009 Third Quarter Report
The Panel considered report PP5/09 of the Director of Policy and Performance which set out the figures up to the end of the third quarter (April to December) for all corporate performance indicators.
RESOLVED that the report be noted.
The meeting closed at 7.45pm
