Issue - meetings

The Sub-Committee considered the Corporate Performance report for Quarter 2.

The report identified where the Council was performing well (Green rating) and not so well (Red rating).  It was explained that there were no current financial implications arising directly from the report, but future pressure could result if appropriate mitigation of risk was not undertaken.  It was further explained that adverse performance against some performance indicators might have financial implications for the Council.  Whilst it was expected that targets would be delivered within existing resources, officers regularly review the level and prioritisation of resources required to achieve the targets agreed by Cabinet at the start of the year. 

There were two Performance Indicators that had been requested to be monitored by the Sub-Committee for 2017/18.  These indicators were:

·         The level of waste per head of population presented to East London Waste Authority (ELWA); and

·         Average number of days taken to investigate and remove fly-tips.

The outturn for ‘The level of waste per head of population presented to East London Waste Authority’ was available annually and would be reported at the end of the financial year.  The indicators for the average number of days taken to remove fly tips were comparable with other boroughs.

In response to concern raised regarding the ‘Red’ rag rating for the average number of days taken to remove fly-tips and questioning what action would be taken, it was explained that the performance had improved compared to the same period the previous year.  Street cleansing had been brought back in-house and there was a focus on improving the reporting of issues.  Although Red rag rated, officers were confident that the data presented was accurate.

During discussion, it was noted that in the lead up to the Christmas period that information had been delivered to residents on appropriate recycling.  There was a need for residents to be educated on contamination of recyclable items.  Officers agreed to pursue working with supermarkets to reduce non-recyclable plastics.  There was also the Love Food, Hate Waste campaign which aimed to reduce waste generally.  The main point identified was the need to educate residents on the ways to reduce waste and to encourage residents to recycle.  Various activities were taking place to encourage continued waste prevention and reuse, which included:  Love Food Hate Waste, Food Waste Challenge, Composting Workshop, Highways and Ground Maintenance Waste Review and working with the ELWA to target potential commercial waste entering the domestic waste stream at the household reuse and recycling centres.

The Sub-Committee noted the contents of the report and presentation.