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Councillors D Batrouni and J Clarke, K Thomas, A Pimm and R Mogford
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Law and Standards The Head of Economic Development gave an overview of the report. · The Committee praised the service area for their strong performance and progress across key areas in the End of Year service area review. · The Committee recommended that the action to develop a feedback mechanism for the Registrar’s Office should be listed as a separate action in the Service Plan. Progress on this should be reported at the Mid -Year Review, as the feedback mechanism for the Coroner’s Service is complete but the Registrar’s webpage is still outstanding. · The Committee recommended that the Members’ training programme action be marked as complete (green), as the programme has been devised, consultation carried out, and only the final report is outstanding. · Although discussed within the Law and Standards service area review, the Committee recommended that the Recruitment and Retention Update report from People Policy and Transformation for the 16th February 2026 committee meeting include a breakdown of staff turnover reasons by service areas, supported by data from exit interviews. People Policy and Transformation The Head of People Policy and Transformation gave an overview of the report. The Deputy Leader/Cabinet Member for Education and Early Years, Cabinet Member for Assets and Infrastructure, Cabinet Member for Communications and Culture and Cabinet Member for Communities and Sport all wished to give praise to the teams within the service area, in particular the Communication Team and the Assets Team, · The Committee praised the service area for their strong performance and progress across key areas in the End of Year service area review. The Committee also wished to commend the Communications Team for noticeable improvements in social media engagement and sharing key messages promoting the Council’s positive work. · The Committee recommended providing regular updates and more detailed information about green spaces and parks on the Council website, beyond just event listings. · The Committee recommended using a clearer metric for measuring apprenticeships in future reports, specifically the number of apprentices per 1,000 employees. · The Committee recommended that, given the direction of travel in Asset Management, consideration should be given to clarify the resources required to deliver against the asset management objectives. · The Committee suggested considering future updates and possible enhancements to the Geographical Information System (GIS) to further support asset management and Member access to information. Finance The Head of Finance gave an overview of the report. · The Committee praised the service area for their strong performance and progress across key areas in the End of Year service area review · The Committee recommended that future finance reports regularly include the percentage of managers submitting monthly budget forecasts, to improve monitoring and accountability. The Committee also recommended that the Senior Executive Team review departmental performance on budget forecasting and take action where necessary.
a) Actions Arising The Scrutiny Advisor informed the Committee that the outstanding actions from the previous meeting held on 7th July 2025 would be chased for a response shortly. b) Draft Annual Forward Work Programme 25/26 The Scrutiny Advisor informed the Committee that the next meeting to be held would be 1st September 2025, with the Replacement Local Development Plan to be discussed. c) Outcomes Monitoring The Scrutiny Advisor informed the Committee that the outstanding actions from the previous meeting held on 7th July 2025 would be chased for a response shortly. Meeting ended at 3:47pm
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