Babergh and Mid Suffolk District Councils
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Cabinet Member for Organisational Delivery

Minutes:

86.1         Councillor Morley, Cabinet Member for Organisational Delivery introduced report MCa/18/43 and MOVED the recommendations 3.1 on page 11, which was seconded by Councillor Julie Flatman.

 

86.2         Councillor Otton detailed several questions she had received answered to previously including and informed Members that the issues with the bed and breakfast accommodation had been resolved now that the unites at the Foyer had become available. She also said that the Council had been awarded discretionary housing grants against the targets but that this had to be monitored for the rest of the year. 

 

86.3         She explained that the The Citizens Advice Bureau (CAB) was coping with budgeting without intervention, but awaiting final information of what was expected of the Bureau for the authorities.

 

86.4         She continued asking if the 63% the market share of the building control applications which had been processed was because the if the market share had gone down and the income had gone up.

 

86.5         She then referred to the Performance Report and asked for clarification of why the Business rates paid by Direct Debit was such a small percentage and had received a response that the rest was paid by BASC.

 

86.6         Jonathan Stephenson – Strategic Director responded that the percentage of the market share for building control was a result of the more profitable work that building control was undertaking.

 

86.7         Councillor Stringer was concerned that the there was no target set for the number of dwellings approved and asked if this could be included in the performance measure. He also asked if it was possible to have estimated figures for completed house.

 

86.8         Members considered how to measure the above questions and that there was no correlation between the number of planning applications and completed dwellings and that it was difficult determine a target.

 

86.9         The Cabinet Member for Planning agreed to remove the target for number of dwellings approved and include a figure for the number of dwellings completed.

 

86.10     In a response to questions regarding measuring fly tipping in the Performance measure, the Cabinet Member for Environment agreed to review how fly tipping was measured and to include figures for the number of bags and lorry load collected when clearing up after fly tipping incidents.

 

86.11     The Lead Member for Waste agreed that a quarterly estimate for fly tipping would useful.

 

By a unanimous vote

 

It was RESOLVED: -

 

That the performance report and the performance outcome information tabled at Appendices A to G be agreed as reflection Mid Suffolk District Council’s performance for July to September 2018.

 

 

Reason for Decision

 

To provide assurance that the Council is meeting its performance objectives.

 

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