Members considered a report reviewing the list of performance indicators collected by the Council.  The process helped to ensure that services maintained the right focus and that progress against key Council and service objectives was measured.

The Portfolio Holder for Planning and Improvement introduced the report, noting that the number of performance indicators had been reduced.  Each Portfolio Holder had been provided with the targets for their individual portfolio and had confirmed that they were happy with the proposed changes.

Members noted that there would be a duty in the future for the Council to make available information which was clear to the public.  The Policy and Performance Manager highlighted that there had been a presence of performance indicators on the Sevenoaks District Council website for sometime.  In the future there would be a requirement to make the information available in editable formats and there was some work to be undertaken to achieve this.

In reviewing the indicators in the report, a Member suggested that it may be helpful to develop a method for indicating where a low value was a positive indicator. 

In response to a question, the Deputy Chief Executive and Director of Corporate Resources confirmed that all “red” performance indicators were reviewed by the Performance and Governance Committee who then referred individual indicators to Select Committee for more in-depth scrutiny, a system that appeared to be working well.

Resolved: that the Council’s performance indicators and targets for 2012/13 be approved.