The Corporate Director of Finance and Commercial Services presented the four-monthly report on performance against the range of national indicators (NIs) contained within the Local Area Agreement and the outcome of the Comprehensive Area Assessment for 2008/09, from which the Council received an Organisational Assessment of three out of four.
Noted the key areas of good performance and the areas for improvement and discussed issues in relation to:
(i) Corporate Assessment 2009/10 – An inspection and assessment is to begin in February with the outcome published in June 2010.
(ii) NI 15 (serious violent crimes) and NI 16 (serious acquisitive crimes) – A significant improvement in the end of year position is anticipated.