Issue - meetings

Members were presented with an analysis of progress against the Committee’s key performance indicators and risks for the fourth quarter of 2020/21. This included a table regarding the issue of parking permits throughout the District, as previously requested by Members.

The Committee was asked to consider whether the parking permit data should be included as a regular feature of future performance reports. Following a proposal from Councillor Swann, it was agreed that such data should be presented to the Committee at six monthly intervals (i.e. within the performance reports for Quarter 2 and Quarter 4 each year).  It was also suggested that the parking permit data should be shared with the development management (planning) team.  

In response to questions and comments about the Committee’s KPIs and risks, officers advised that:

·                the possibility of enabling Parish Councils to procure additional litter clearance services from the District Council’s street sweeping team would be explored;

·                the number of available parking permits needed to be balanced against the need to make parking spaces available for shoppers etc (it was considered that the two were effectively balanced at present);

·                future references to Civil Enforcement Officers not seeing any parking contraventions would be qualified by the words, “during their visits” - officers would welcome information from Members about where and when to target such visits in rural areas with a view to witnessing contraventions and imposing fines to deter repeat offences;

·                targets for the parking enforcement indicators would be set in due course (it had been premature to do so to date in light of the abnormal circumstances created by the pandemic);

·                the parking enforcement service is intended to be cost-neutral, whereby the fines pay for the costs of administering the service;

·                an explanation would be sought about the process for measuring performance against KPI CS4 (percentage of roads, footpaths and public open spaces … which meet the environmental cleanliness standard); and

·                a report would be presented to a future meeting regarding Freedom Leisure, including financial implications for the Council, the Village Health Club and oversight of leisure services.

            R E S O L V E D – that:

A.      the Quarter 4 (2020/21) performance and risks for the Community Services Committee be noted; and

B.      a table on the number of parking permits issued throughout the District be included as a new indicator and presented to the Committee at 6 monthly intervals.