Policy And Resources Committee - 24/09/2012

At a MEETING of the POLICY AND RESOURCES COMMITTEE held at Dundee on 24th September, 2012.

Present:-

BAILIES

COUNCILLORS

Councillor Ken GUILD, Convener, in the Chair.

The minute of meeting of this Committee of 12th September, 2012 was held as read.

Unless marked thus * all items stand delegated.

I DECLARATION OF INTEREST

No declarations of interest were made.

II PERFORMANCE REPORT 2012

There was submitted Report No 285-2012 by the Director of Corporate Services informing elected members of the Council's performance for the Financial Year 2011/2012.

The Committee:-

(i) noted the Council's performance for 2011/2012 as set out in the report; and

(ii) noted the Council was required to report performance by 30th September, 2012 and this would be done through the Annual Performance Report which would be published on the internet. Excepts from the report would also appear in the Evening Telegraph.

III STATUTORY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS 2011/2012 - CORPORATE PERFORMANCE SELF-ASSESSMENT

There was submitted Report No 286-2012 by the Director of Corporate Services advising elected members of the performance of the City Council as defined by specific indicators stipulated by Audit Scotland and as supplemented by those indicators which the Council intended using to measure its performance under the 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 of the report 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 2011/2012;

(ii) agreed that the results of the 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 required to be in place for the other performance indicators categories at the discretion of the relevant officers; and

(iii) noted that the Improvement Service was in the process of compiling benchmark indicators for all 32 Councils on behalf of SOLACE which would be used to facilitate inter-authority comparison. A further report would be prepared once these were available towards the end of the calendar year.

Ken GUILD, Convener.