Issue - meetings

Cabinet reviewed the provisional forecast outturn position, together withthe performance indicator results, set out in the report and appendices, and identified the following actions:

·         Risk Register to be updated

·         The underspend in the Planning Service to be addressed so as to prevent staffing levels becoming a risk to the Council

·         Explore the possibility of ‘upskilling’ Technical Support Officers to deal with straightforward planning applications

·         Focus on training and retaining staff

This decision was first published on Tuesday 11 December and so the deadline for call-in is 5pm on Tuesday 18 December.

Cabinet reviewed the provisional forecast outturn position, together withthe performance indicator results, set out in the report and appendices, and identified the following actions:

·        Risk Register to be updated

·        The underspend in the Planning Service to be addressed so as to prevent staffing levels becoming a risk to the Council

·        Explore the possibility of ‘upskilling’ Technical Support Officers to deal with straightforward planning applications

·        Focus on training and retaining staff

Cabinet considered a statement of the Council’s Quarter 2 position with regard to its General Fund, Housing Revenue Account (HRA) and Capital budgets and performance indicators (by exception

Councillor Peter Topping sought clarification about when the revised Risk Register would be available. He highlighted the underspend on Planning staff as a risk to performance. In reply, the Leader said that the Risk Register needed to be an effective document, and Members would be invited to a workshop to contribute ideas. Efforts were ongoing to resolve the staffing challenge faced by the Greater Cambridge Planning Service. Those present engaged in further discussion about Planning, including the possibility of “upskilling” Technical Support staff to process straightforward applications, releasing professional officers to concentrate on more omplex matters.

Cabinet reviewed the provisional forecast outturn position, together withthe performance indicator results, set out in the report and appendices, and identified the following actions:

·        Risk Register to be updated

·        The underspend in the Planning Service to be addressed so as to prevent staffing levels becoming a risk to the Council

·        Explore the possibility of ‘upskilling’ Technical Support Officers to deal with straightforward planning applications

·        Focus on training and retaining staff