Issue - items at meetings - Organisational Health Annual Report

17.1 Members noted the Organisational Health Report 2011/2012.

Report of the Strategic Director; Resources (copy attached).

(1)               That the areas of good progress as outlined in the report be noted; and

(2)               That officers be requested to take corrective actions for those where performance is off target and to develop improvement plans where appropriate.

9.1             The Strategic Director; Resources introduced the report which detailed a set of key measures that were used to monitor and measure the organisation’s performance.  He noted that the vast majority of indicators were positive and only 3 out of 44 were off target.

9.2             The Chair welcomed the report and thanked the officers involved for producing it.

9.3             Councillor g. Theobald welcomed the report and queried whether a recruitment freeze was in operation given that a number of new posts were listed.

9.4             The Strategic Director; Resources stated that a recruitment freeze was not in operation but that a number of checks, including a check against the internal recruitment pool were made in the first instance before a post could be advertised.  He stated that it would be difficult to have a complete recruitment freeze given that a number of posts were front-line services and required statutorily.  He also sated that he would provide Councillor Theobald with a written response.

9.5             RESOLVED:

(1)         That the areas of good progress as outlined in the report be noted; and

(2)         That officers be requested to take corrective actions for those where performance is off target and to develop improvement plans where appropriate.