Issue - meetings

That the report be noted.

The Chief Officer (Housing and Assets) and Chief Officer (Planning, Environment & Economy) introduced a report to present a summary of the monitoring of progress for the quarter three position of 2019/20 for the Council Plan priorities ‘Caring Council’, ‘Ambitious Council’ and ‘Serving Council’ relevant to the Committee.  The report was an exception based report and therefore focused on the areas of under-performance.

The Chief Officer (Planning, Environment & Economy) reported that whilst the number of individuals supported through the mentoring service that enter employment, learning and volunteering was below target he and the team were confident that the full year target was achievable.

Councillor Rosetta Dolphin commented on the performance of the Homelessness Team and the Team delivering the Welsh Housing Quality Standard (WHQS) for Council tenants and asked that a letter be sent to Jenni Griffiths, Homeless and Advice Manager and Sean O’Donnell, Capital Works Team Manager thanking them and their teams for their hard work within their service areas.

Councillor Dolphin also referred to performance measure 1.4.5.1 and asked why the progress was shown as green if the number of social units of accommodation delivered had reduced following the housing association not meeting its target.  The Chief Officer (Housing and Assets) agreed to provide a response following the meeting.

In response to a question from Councillor Dolphin around the installation of air source heat pumps, the Chief Officer (Planning, Environment & Economy) agreed to provide details of the officers to the Committee following the meeting so that information could be provided to residents by Members through their newsletters.

RESOLVED:

That the report be noted.