Issue - meetings

Cllr Whitehead presented the report to Cabinet. She explained that an enormous amount of good work had occurred and the report showed that the service was centred around the community and that it focused on homes rather than houses and expressed her pride and gratitude to the team.

Cllr Bayford spoke under council procedure rule 20.1

It was proposed by Cllr Whitehead and seconded by Cllr Yates that Cabinet agree to publish the Annual Report on the council’s website.

Members AGREED

Sally O’Suvillian introduced the report making the following key points: 

• The report gave detail on the performance for the year. 

• The report would be published on the council’s website. Additionally, there would  be a plain text version that could be read by a web reader. 

• Hard copies of the report would be taken to community events. 

• The report had been reviewed by the tenant and leaseholder group. 

Members commented and asked the following questions: 

• Thanks to the team for the report. 

• The report was considered to have good practice. 

• Was there a reason why 1/3 of the garages noted in the report were  unoccupied? 

Sally O’Suvillian responded with the following points: 

• The garages were not in a state to be occupied at the moment there is a programme in place to bring up the standard of garages ready to be let. There was no  shortage of interest for the garages. 

Members noted the report.