Decision details

ENVIRONMENT AND COMMUNITY SERVICES PORTFOLIO PLAN 2018/21

Decision Maker: Portfolio Holder for Environment and Community Services

Decision status: Recommendations Approved

Is Key decision?: Yes

Is subject to call in?: Yes

Decision:

Taking into account the 2018/19 budget, the outcomes, aims, and performance measures set out in the draft 2018/21 Environment & Community Services Portfolio Plan are endorsed, subject to:

 

(1) a number of targets for existing indicators having been amended to make them more challenging (these are now included in the 2018/21 Portfolio Plan to be published on the Council website);  and

 

(2)  the following Performance Indicators related to Car Parking Machine Assets being added to the Plan:

 

ES29

Availability of Car Parking Machine Assets (%)

ES30

Car parking machines which were not working for more than 24 hours (single point of failure locations) (No.)

ES31

Car parking machines which were not working for more than 72 hours (locations where there is an alternative payment machine) (No.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reasons for the decision:

The draft 2018/21 Environment & Community Services Portfolio Plan sets out the Portfolio’s key service outcomes, associated issues (service drivers), aims, and performance measures.

 

A review of 2017/18 performance against the Portfolio Plan is also appended to Report ES18035 as is a list of Formally Adopted Environmental Policies. 

 

With specific aims constantly evolving to reflect new challenges, a number of initiatives will be undertaken in 2018/19 including: 

 

·  completing the £11.8m highways capital programme;

·  implementing a number of major town centre public realm improvement projects;

·  improving parking management with the new contractor;

·  delivering local enhancements including tree planting, flower beds, and improved street furniture;

·  developing the successful Green Garden Waste Collection Scheme to reach more customers and to reduce traffic at Household Waste & Recycling Centres; and

·  supporting delivery of commissioning options for the Portfolio’s larger contracts from 2019 onwards.

 

Including carefully chosen indicators to measure performance against service outcomes, the Plan outlines actual performance for previous years (for comparison) along with targets for subsequent years (to gauge ambition).

 

Following the Environment PDS Committee meeting on 10th July 2018, a number of targets for existing indicators have been amended to make them more challenging and the above Performance Indicators related to Car Parking Machine Assets will now be included in the Portfolio Plan to be published. 

Publication date: 01/08/2018

Date of decision: 01/08/2018

Effective from: 09/08/2018

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