Issue - meetings

          The Board received the performance management reports for Quarter 2 of 2025-26 (1 July 2025 to 30 September 2025) and were requested to consider and raise any questions or points of clarification in respect of these.

          The key priorities for development or improvement in 2025-26 were agreed by Members and for the various function areas reported to the Board as follows:

          · Enterprise, Employment and Skills; and

          · Community and Environment.

          The report detailed progress against service objectives and milestones and performance targets and provided information relating to key developments and emerging issues that had arisen during the period.

          In response to questions raised by the Board, the additional information was provided:

• The original budget for Supplies and Services was provided by grant funding and set in 2019, so it was highly likely to overspend inevitable.
• Council was borrowing this money from the Public Works Loan Board to bridge this funding gap.
• Officers agreed to bring the audit report on the waste service to the next meeting.
• Officers will seek information on why £500,000 was set aside for Extended Producer Responsibility as no information was provided on this.  
• Could external contractor for IT be contacted to improve service in Board Room

          RESOLVED: That the report be noted.