Issue - meetings

That the progress achieved during Q1 of 2022/23 be noted and the contents of the report be endorsed.

Councillor Tod introduced the report noting that the Performance Panel had considered the report in detail (minutes contained as appendix 5 to the report) and that all Cabinet Members had the opportunity to speak directly to the officers concerned regarding their area of responsibility

At the invitation of the Leader, Councillor Horrill addressed Cabinet as chair of the Performance Panel, summarised briefly below.

Thanked the officers involved in preparing the report and responding to questions from the Panel for their work.  At the Panel meeting, some concern had been expressed regarding the current risk to the council’s budget due to the ongoing national economic situation.

Councillor Tod advised that an additional Cabinet meeting would be held on 15 November 2022 to consider the council’s medium term financial strategy and budget options.

Cabinet agreed to the following for the reasons set out above and outlined in the report.

RESOLVED:

That the progress achieved during Q1 of 2022/23 be noted and the contents of the report be endorsed.

RECOMMENDATIONS

That the scrutiny committee:

1.    Notes that the Performance Panel met on the 22 August 2022 to scrutinise the attached report, CAB3361 and its associated appendices. The minutes of the panel’s meeting are included as an appendix of the cabinet report.

2.    Notes that the chairperson of performance panel will provide a verbal update at the scrutiny committee.

3.    Raises with the Leader or relevant cabinet member any issues arising from the information in this report, ref CAB3361, which is being presented to cabinet on the 14 September 2022 and considers whether there are any items of significance to resolve or to be drawn to the attention of cabinet.

Councillor Horrill, Chairperson of the Performance Panel introduced the agenda item including report reference SC076 which set out proposals for the Quarter 1 Finance & Monitoring, (available here).

Councillor Horrill advised that the panel had agreed to bring a matter to the attention of the scrutiny committee which was recorded in the minutes of the panel’s meeting as: “panel members discussed the ongoing scrutiny of risk registers to ensure they were taking account of new risks such as inflationary pressures. Councillors Cutler, Brook and Horrill to consider options for this and to raise it at the next scrutiny committee meeting for wider discussion”

Councillor Cutler, Chairperson of the Audit & Governance committee and Councillor Tod, Leader and Cabinet Member for Asset Management contributed to the discussion regarding the review of corporate risks.

RESOLVED:

The committee:

1.         Noted that the performance panel met on 22 August 2022 to scrutinise the report, CAB3361 and its associated appendices.

2.         Noted the draft minutes of the panel and the verbal update provided by the Chairperson.

3.         That Councillors Horrill, Cutler, Brook and appropriate officers would meet to discuss further, the matters raised by the panel concerning the ongoing review of risk registers.