Issue - meetings

The Director of Finance and Support Services submitted a report which explained how the Council had performed in 2014/15 against the actions and objectives it set out to achieve and reported on the status of all outstanding actions from 2013/14 and 2012/13.

The Head of Business Development explained that this was a retrospective look at the actions agreed by the previous administration and that Members might wish to agree a new set of priorities.  The Head of Business Development stated that, in the main, the message was positive with most of the actions having been delivered.  The report, as now submitted, provided an explanation for those which had been suspended or deleted.

Councillor R Henson referred to the Fuel Poverty objective and commented that the percentage was very high.  He queried what could be done to bring this down.  The Scrutiny Officer explained that many of the properties in East Herts were difficult to insulate because of their construction or age.  She undertook to provide the Member with a link to a report which had been considered by Environment Scrutiny Committee on this matter.

Councillor K Warnell referred to the 3G all-weather football pitches implemented at Hartham Common and queried whether there were any plans to do the same at Grange Paddocks, Bishop’s Stortford.  The Head of Communications, Engagement and Culture explained that the Council was actively looking for solutions and ways to make use of £3M of section 106 monies for sports facilities.

In response to a query by Councillor M Pope and the recent Housing Survey Consultation, the Acting Chief Executive advised that a report would be presented to the Executive in August 2015.  In response to a further query from Councillor Pope about property funding investment, the Acting Chief Executive confirmed that the Council was on track.

The Head of Communications, Engagement and Culture confirmed that the “Get East Herts Working” would be reported to the East Herts Partnership Group in July 2015.

The Committee received the report.

RESOLVED – that progress against the Council’s priorities, including revised completion dates, suspensions and deletions against  2014/15 Service Plan actions and 2013/14 and 2012/13 Service Plan actions be received.