Performance Scrutiny
A review of the
relevant Dorset Council performance dashboard to inform the scrutiny
committee’s work programme and identify items for deep dives.
The following link is
the dashboard for the committee:
Place
and Resources Scrutiny Committee dashboard
Committee members
to flag up if any areas for potential review.
Operational – Corporate: Councillors Piers Brown, Barry
Goringe and David Shortell
Operational – Place: Councillors David Tooke and Jon
Andrews
HR: Councillors Rod Adkins, Andy
Canning, Brian Heatley and Bill Trite
The Chairman, Councillor Shane Bartlett, maintains an overview of
all the above areas.
Minutes:
The committee considered the performance dashboard and highlighted some areas of interest. These included:
· Short- and long-term sickness levels and turnover across the council – a discussion would take place during the exempt part of the agenda
· Number of staff non-reportable accidents and number of near misses reported in the Place directorate – The Executive Director of Place noted that work had been undertaken to encourage staff to report near misses and issues before they became a problem, which was reflected in higher numbers being reported in the performance dashboard
· % of Council Tax and Business Rates collected – an update had been provided by the Corporate Director Financial and Commercial which noted that during the financial years 2020-21, 2021-22 and 2022-23, a significant amount of grants and reliefs had been awarded due to the Covid-19 Pandemic and as a result the net collectable business rates were significantly reduced. This years figures would be better compared with pre-pandemic figures from 2019-20 and which showed that the position this year was slightly ahead in comparison.