Agenda and minutes

Apologies for absence were received from Councillor John Marshall who was substituted for by Councillor Gabriel Rozenberg.

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Details of the questions asked and the published answers were provided with the agenda papers for the meeting. Verbal responses were given to supplementary questions at the meeting.

There were no Public Comments.

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The Deputy Chief Operating Officer, John Hooton; Commercial and Customer Services Director, Claire Symonds; and, Head of Programme and Resources, Tom Pike, introduced the Final Outturn and Quarter Four Monitoring Report for 2013/14.

The Chairman invited Directors to answer questions from Committee on individual Delivery Unit performance.

Following a debate it was agreed that Officers would include information on KPI target setting and rationale as part of the reports to the September meeting. 

Data on the quarterly targets for 2014/15 data for affordable housing would be provided to Committee Members subsequent to the meeting.

Officers would also provide explanation to Committee Members on the movement in debt over 12 months old.

RESOLVED that:

1.            The 2013/14 revenue budget and capital outturn position be noted.

2.            The Agency Costs for the financial year be noted as detailed in the report at Paragraph 1.9.11.

3.            The Transformation Programme position as at the 31 March 2014 as detailed in the report at paragraph 1.9.12 be noted.

4.            The Treasury position outlined in the report at paragraph 1.11 be noted.

5.            £21.377m of the outturn slippage of the 2013/14 capital programme, as outlined in the report at Appendix C, be approved to be carried forward to be spent in the 2014/15 financial year.

6.            Additions to the capital programme set out in paragraph in the report at 1.9 be approved.

7.            The final balances on the provisions and earmarked reserves contained in the report at tables 6 and 7 respectively be noted.

8.            The Environment Committee should consider actions to address the reported increase to public concern on the condition of roads and pavements.

The Housing and Environment Lead Commissioner, Declan Hoare; Street Scene Director, Lynn Bishop; and, Infrastructure and Parking Manager, Paul Bragg, introduced the NSL Contract Performance Report.

Committee RESOLVED that:

1.    In relation to NSL contract performance and elasticity of parking demand, the Environment Committee consider the relationship between the price of parking and take-up and use this information to inform parking policy.

2.    In relation to the reported increase in PCNs being issued, the Environment Committee consider a policy review of when it is appropriate to apply parking restrictions on public holidays, how these restrictions are applied and the clarity of public signage.

RESOLVED that the following items be added to the work programme for 23 July:

1.    Performance report from Barnet Homes

2.    Performance report from Public Health

3.    Update report on CSG contact centre performance

Committee received a late item on Members’ IT for which a report had been provided.

It was noted that issues surrounding the roll out of iPads for Members were being resolved and a further update would be provided to Committee Members subsequent to the meeting.

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