Issue - meetings

The Information and Corporate Policy Officer provided an update to the Committee on performance for quarter 4 of 2018/19 for Key Performance Indicators (KPIs).

The Committee noted that:-

·  The urgent update provided data on the percentage of household waste sent for reuse, recycling and composting.  The value had decreased slightly but the overall status remained the same.

·  The suggested KPIs for graffiti would be considered as part of the discussion on the report on the agenda.

·  50% of the targeted KPIs reported in the quarter achieved their target compared to 60% at quarter 3 and 42% in the same quarter last year.

·  The dedicated fly tipping hit squad had increased the Council’s ability to deal with fly-tipping in the borough.  Quarter 4 the percent of fly tips resulting in enforcement action was 81.5% against a target of 50%.

·  Number of applications where Prevention Duty had ended as applicant had suitable accommodation for at least 6 months – comparisons could not be made in terms of previous years as this was due to changes in the Homelessness Reduction Act 2017, which was enacted in April 2018.

In response to questions from Members, Officers advised that:-

·  In regard to percentage of littering attended to, a notification may not be responded to if the area was due to be de-littered within 3 to 4 days on its current schedule.

·  It was hoped that Officers should be able to see if the stickers on recycling bins had had a positive effect on contamination figures within a month.

·  The Committee approved 50% as its recycling target when it considered the Waste Strategy.  Therefore the figure for this year had been 51.4% which showed that the Council had continued to deliver the national target.  The Council would continue to work with partners to keep pushing food and garden waste and commit to waste reduction.

·  The Council, along with KCC, ran a school campaign on food waste.

·  It was thought that Officers would not know the baseline until the end of the financial year for the ‘Number of applications where Prevention Duty had ended’.

RESOLVED:  That the summary of performance for Quarter 4 of 2018/19 for Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) be noted.