Issue - meetings

Report of the Deputy Chief Executive (Corporate Direction).

The committee received the year to date position on performance indicators, benchmarking, service improvement plans and corporate and service area risks. It was reported that five indicators were predicted not to meet target by the end of the year.

A member queried what action was being taken to address the below target number of disabled employees. In response it was stated that this target was not within our control but that disabled applicants were offered an interview so as much as possible was done to enable employment of disabled people. Officers agreed to provide members with a definition of what constituted a ‘disability’.

In relation to sickness absence, whilst it was acknowledged that our position was good, members asked how others had achieved a lower rate of absence. In response members were informed that the Absence Management Framework was being reviewed and that other authorities would be contacted as part of that work.

With regard to performance relating to residual household waste and recycling, a member asked how performance had been affected since the changes to the recyclable materials that could be collected had been implemented. In response it was noted that the authority’s performance in these areas was actually improving.