39 Monitoring Report: December to February
The report updates the Joint Committee on the current forecast for the 2011/12 financial year and gives details against the progress of the objectives of the Business Plan 2011/2014.
Minutes:
Background:
This report updated the Joint Committee on the current forecast for the 2011/12 financial year and gave details against the progress of the objectives of the Business Plan 2011/2014.
Members considered a range of issues including the decision by the 3 Partner Authorities to both approve the Business Plan and for the Partnership to continue for a second term. Details of applications and income received compared against the last two years was shown in Appendix 1 to the report. An interim February monitoring report was shown in Appendix 2 to the report, which reported a potential surplus. Appendix 3 contained benchmarking statistics.
The Joint Committee discussed the request by Swale Borough Council to review other potential forms of service delivery. Following this discussion Members were of the opinion that officers at Swale Borough Council should lead this review.
Decision:
The Joint Committee noted the report.
Suggested Reason for Decision:
The Constitution requires the Joint Committee to maintain a monitoring role on the progress of the partnership.