Issue - meetings

Decision:

That the report be noted.

Officers went on to provide a summary and recap to the draft self-assessment. Members were reminded that the self-assessment was duly part of keeping performance under review. Members were also reminded of the legislation requirements and the prompts needed for which the self-assessment is framed around.

Members were told that the self-assessment was the second to be processed, adopting the Local Government Association Efficiency Toolkit. Adopting a model was a keen choice as It enables a year on year assessment of improvement.

Officers went on to take the Committee briefly through the report, highlighting specific points relating to how the authority took its approach to the assessment and sources of evidence used to form the self-assessment.

Officers noted progress has been made on the core activity areas identified within the report.

The chair referred to the difficulties in viewing the documentation with areas spilt over a several pages etc. Dates or lack of was highlighted as a concern. Officers stated the reasons behind these being that they were long term actions as opposed to short term, which are inclusive of target dates. The comments were noted.

Members were keen to note the positives of the document.

The chair made reference to the difficulties in viewing the documentation with areas spilt over a several pages etc. Dates or lack of was highlighted as a concern. Officers stated the reasons behind these being that they were long term actions as opposed to short term, which are inclusive of target dates. The comments were noted and would form part of the review.

Members were keen to note the positives of the document.

Decision:

That the report be noted.