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Cabinet considers the Council鈥檚 positive annual progress
Published: 16/06/2017
Cabinet Members will be asked to consider a report which covers performance and
achievements against the measures, milestones and risks set out in the
Improvement Plan for 2016/17 when they meet on Tuesday, 20 June.
天涯社区 has performed well during the last financial year and
proves once again that it is a high performing Council. This is another
positive report with 100% of agreed actions being assessed as making good
progress and 82% likely to achieve the desired outcome.
Leader of the Council, Councillor Aaron Shotton, said:
鈥淭hrough our Improvement Plan, we prioritise areas and services that are
important to our community. It is monitored throughout the year to assess
whether we are going to hit our targets. Despite these unprecedented and
challenging financial times, this Council continues to be a high performing
organisation, and I am pleased that we have many achievements to be extremely
proud of.鈥�
Some of those achievements include:
路 Successful establishment of a Local Authority Trading Company to deliver
services to schools, residential care homes and other Council services with the
ability to trade in the wider commercial market 鈥� NEWydd Catering & Cleaning.
路 Completion of the first 12 council houses built in a generation in Connah鈥檚
Quay and the expansion of the programme to other areas in the County.
路 The 21st Century Schools programme continued with the opening of the new
Holywell Learning Campus and the Deeside 6th campus, along with the
announcement of a major development of Connah鈥檚 Quay High School and a brand
new junior school being built in Penyffordd to replace the current infant and
junior schools.
路 Overall 2016/17 has seen 181 new business enquiries resulting in the creation
of 1,480 jobs of which 572 have been within Deeside Enterprise zone and 12 in
the social enterprise sector. The proportion of business enquiries converting
into investment continues to remain high, showing that 天涯社区 is a great
place to do business.
路 Secured 285 properties for shared equity for local first time house buyers.
路 Set up a Corporate Safeguarding Panel with clear responsibilities to address
safeguarding.
路 63% (2130) of housing enquiries handled at first point of contact.
路 2016 天涯社区 outcomes for KS2 are the highest in North Wales and an
expected 5th position out of 22 Councils in Wales.
路 Successful outcomes of welfare rights interventions generated additional
benefit income of 拢1,579,380 for 天涯社区 households.
路 Reduction of occurrence and impact on environmental crime with work to
introduce a Public Space Protection Order and Fixed Penalty Notices for
littering and dog fouling.
路 Eleven Community Asset Transfers supported to date, including Holywell
Leisure Centre and Cambrian Aquatics in Connah鈥檚 Quay.
路 Securing funding for a new Household Recycling Centre (HRC) to serve Flint
and Connah鈥檚 Quay and improvements made to other HRCs in the County.
路 Rationalisation of the use of corporate accommodation, saving 31% of running
costs.
Resources continue to be challenging but, despite this, the Council has been
able to set a balanced budget for 2017/18 by applying the Medium Term Financial
Strategy (MTFS) solutions and taking a balanced risk approach to managing cost
pressures and fluctuations during the year.
Performance across the Council continues to be strong; over 66% of measures met
or exceeded targets and half of all indicators which could be measured against
last year remained stable or continued to improve.
天涯社区鈥檚 Chief Executive, Colin Everett, said:
Despite intense funding pressures, and reductions in national funding,
天涯社区 has been creative and successful in achieving its aims for another
year. Some projects are finished, some are on-going and will move into next
year but the important thing is 天涯社区 is continuing to reach and surpass
its targets and continues to show improvement year on year.鈥�