Agenda item

The Corporate Director Communities, Marianne Hesketh, has submitted a report, the 3rd Quarter Performance Statement 2023/24, October - December 2023.

The Corporate Director Communities, Marianne Hesketh, had submitted a report which informed members of the quarterly progress on the council’s business plan projects and measures for 2023/24.

The Democratic Services Officer introduced the report. She explained to members that she would take questions and comments and circulate responses to members.

Members asked for the following questions to be circulated to officers:

·         Paragraph 3.2.2 of the report, “Proactive actions to reduce violence against the person and Anti-Social Behaviour (target 5% reduction each quarter” –did the 13% increase in reporting of domestic abuse conflict with the figures submitted in agenda item 4?

·         Page 31 of the agenda pack, PGR4 “Explore external funding and investment opportunities for our key council assets including theatres, markets and leisure facilities” – Concerns relating to the works at Fleetwood Market, whose overall responsibility it was to deal with the issues being experienced and the delays to the works. For the future, it would be helpful to ensure a designated officer was in post to lead on this.

·         Follow up on concerns relating to Fleetwood Market, did the council have a retention against the current contractor, and was there a process in place in case the council had to employ a different contractor to undertake the works?

·         Further concerns on Fleetwood Market, was there a designated officer from the council taking the lead on overseeing the contracted works?

·         Retention in terms of occupancy rates on Lord Street, Fleetwood; this was consistently identified as not meeting targets, what steps were being taken by the council to address this?

·         Queries around the rating system and related colour coding on the reports

Following the meeting, questions were circulated to officers and responses received on the above questions and presented to the committee via email.