Issue - items at meetings - Update on annual report to council tenants and leaseholders 2012, and proposals for 2013 report

55.1         The Sub-Committee considered the report of the Strategic Director Place, which provided an update on the annual report to council tenants and leaseholders in 2012, and proposals for the 2013 report. The report was presented by Ms Dafe, Head of Income, Involvement & Improvement (Housing).

55.2         Councillor Peltzer Dunn thought that reducing the annual report to just four pages, would make it too small and to ensure all the relevant information was provided the report needed to be eight pages long.

55.3         Councillor Farrow thought it wasn’t necessary to be too prescriptive on the number of pages; the important thing was that people read the report and understood the information provided.

55.4         Mr Kent said that the previous annual report was brilliant and he saw no reason to change it.

55.5         Mr Murtagh asked if there had been a survey after the last annual report. Ms Dafe confirmed that there had been some feedback and people seemed happy with it.

55.6         Councillor Peltzer Dunn noted that the report recommended reducing the size of the report to four pages and suggested that recommendation 2.2 be amended to read ‘That the Housing Management Consultative Sub-Committee notes the proposed plan and timetable for producing a concise report of eight pages. That was agreed by the Sub-Committee.

56.7    RESOLVED

(i)                 That the Housing Management Consultative Sub-Committee notes the progress in implementing improvement plans included in the annual report to council tenants and leaseholders for the financial year ending 2013 highlighted in Appendix 1 to the report.

(ii)        That the Housing Management Consultative Sub-Committee notes the proposed plan and timetable for producing a concise report of eight pages.