Issue - meetings

Review of the Local Area Agreement

Meeting: 19/11/2009 - Sustainable Communities Scrutiny Committee (Item 30)

Review of the Local Area Agreement

To receive a presentation of the Partnership Team

Minutes:

Consideration was given to a presentation on the Local Area Agreement and the performance indicators, which fall within the remit of the Committee.

 

The presentation highlighted to Members:

 

  1. That the Local Area Agreement was a three-year negotiated agreement that set out the priorities for a local area between:

 

  • Central Government represented by the Government Office
  • A local area, represented by the lead authority
  • Other key partners through the Local Strategic Partnership

 

  1. All target had an identified owner and thematic partnership, however some issues required more cross party ownership.

 

  1. Delivery plans had been produced for all designated targets, however they needed to reflect planning

 

  1. Performance management arrangements were in place and performance date collected and reviewed. The process still needed to be refined to ensure that poor performance was addressed and reported appropriately.

 

  1. The Local Area Agreement was being refreshed to make any essential changes to the targets. The Committee agreed that any amendments would be reported to the Committee at its meeting scheduled to be held on 21 January 2010

 

With regard to the performance indicators it was agreed that a cluster of indicators by partnership and a description of the indicators would be considered by the Committee at its meeting scheduled to be held on 21 January 2010.

 

RESOLVED

  1. That any amendments to the Local Area Agreement be considered at the meeting scheduled to be held on 21 January 2010.
  2. That a description and cluster of performance indictors by partnership be considered at the meeting scheduled to be held on 21 January 2010.