Policy And Resources Committee - 27/09/2010

At a MEETING of the POLICY AND RESOURCES COMMITTEE held at Dundee on 27th September, 2010.

Present:-

BAILIES

COUNCILLORS

Councillor Ken GUILD, Convener, in the Chair.

The minute of meeting of this Committee of 13th September, 2010 was held as read.

Unless marked thus * all items stand delegated.

I DEVELOPMENT OF PURCHASE TO PAYMENT SYSTEMS

After considering Report No 590-2010 by the Director of Finance seeking approval for the business case supporting the investment necessary for the development of Purchase to Payment (P2P) systems and procedures within Dundee City Council, the Committee approved the purchase of software and the development costs.

II RE-STRUCTURING OF OUT OF HOURS SOCIAL WORK SERVICE

On a reference to Article VIII of the minute of meeting of the Social Work and Health Committee of 22nd March, 2010, there was submitted Report No 592-2010 by the Director of Social Work relative to the above.

The Committee:-

(i) endorsed proposals for the revised model of Out of Hours Service provision to commence on 1st November, 2010;

(ii) noted that the Director of Social Work had secured additional funding from Angus Council to support the revised model of service;

(iii) remitted to the Director of Social Work to progress staffing establishment changes; and

(iv) remitted to the Director of Social Work to monitor the impact of the new model of service provision and provide a further progress report in the financial year 2011/2012.

III STATUTORY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS 2009/2010 - CORPORATE SELF‑ASSESSMENT OFPERFORMANCE

There was submitted Report No 397-2010 by the Director of Finance advising elected members of the performance of the City Council as defined by the specified indicators stipulated by Audit Scotland and as supplemented by those indicators which the Council intended using to measure its performance under the new self-assessment regime which was introduced for the first time for the financial year 2009/2010.

The Committee:-

(i) agreed that the performance indicators in Appendix 1 be published on the Council website in a prominent position in order that stakeholders be made aware of the Council's corporate self-assessment of its performance in 2009/2010;

(ii) agreed that all indicators in Appendix 1 which can be measured quarterly be reported on this basis to the Scrutiny Committee to ensure that performance improvements continue to be obtained in the coming year and to ensure that performance self‑assessment was fully embedded within the Council's Performance Framework; and

(iii) agreed that the results of the Council's first Corporate Performance Self-Assessment be cascaded downwards to relevant groups of stakeholders. For example, the housing performance indicators be published in the housing newspaper to engage with tenants. Similar mechanisms require to be in place for the other performance indicator categories at the discretion of the relevant officers.

In addition, it was remitted to the Scrutiny Committee to review the Statutory Performance Indicators 2009/2010 - Corporate Self-Assessment of Performance.

IV PERFORMANCE REPORT 2010

There was submitted Report No 445-2010 by the Director of Finance informing elected members of the Council's performance for the financial year 2009/2010.

The Committee:-

(i) noted the Council's performance for 2009/2010 as set out in the report; and

(ii) noted the Council was required to report performance by 30th September, 2010 and this would be done through the Annual Performance Report which would also be published on the internet. Excerpts from the report would also appear in the Evening Telegraph.

In addition, it was remitted to the Scrutiny Committee to review the Performance Report 2010.

Ken GUILD, Convener.