Venue: Committee Room 1 - Civic Centre. View directions
Contact: Daniel Cooke Overview and Scrutiny Officer
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Declarations of Interest Minutes: None. |
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Corporate Safeguarding PDF 265 KB Additional documents:
Minutes: The Committee made the following comments on the report and requested that the Officers provide the additional information when the item returned;
The Committee requested that the Officers complete an ‘Executive Summary’ of the Corporate Safeguarding report which introduced the report and highlighted its key points. They requested that it contained a table outlining just the AMBER and RED Key Priorities / Themes and associated plans to turn them GREEN with timescales. This they believed would allow them to focus on the most important sections of the report without having to work through the rest of the document.
The Committee agreed to defer the item to the 21st June. |
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Draft Performance Management Strategy PDF 250 KB Additional documents: Minutes: Attendees;
- Head of People and Business Change - Business Service Development Manager - Senior Performance Management Officer
The Head of People and Business Change presented an overview to the Committee. It was explained that the aim with the strategy was to improve the organisation by implementing a performance culture. Despite financial constraints, the Council has always met its statutory obligations however it had got more difficult.
It was advised that the Performance Management System gives real time data to see how the Authority was doing. The Clear Review system moves away from the annual form appraisal to an online system to be used on a monthly basis which links staffs performance to the Council’s performance.
The Committee were advised that the roles of all staff are important, but the role of the Scrutiny Committee was to critically look at how the Council were performing and making sure that the right things were being focussed on.
The Committee asked the following:
The Wales Audit Office had completed a report for the Wellbeing of Future Generations first year, which would be used in future audits to allow the Council to judge the performance of measures.
Members were also advised that the Council had got better at understanding the cost of improving performance by analysing the worst performing measures.
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Forward Work Programme PDF 150 KB Additional documents: Minutes: The Overview and Scrutiny Officer presented the forward work programme, in particular the items on the next two meetings.
The Committee were advised that there had been an amendment in the running order of the meetings; the City Centre Public Spaces Protection Order would now be taking place on 26 April, and will be held in the Council Chambers. It will also be broadcasted in light of the public interest in this item.
Recommendations Monitoring for Adult Residential Care, Community Centres and Economic Regeneration would now be taking place on 10 May. |