To report performance to the end of July 2007 against the Annual Operating Plan 2007-08, national performance indicators used externally to measure the performance of the council, together with performance against revenue and capital budgets and corporate risks, and remedial action to address areas of under-performance. 

THAT

a)   the final end-of-year performance for 2006-07 be noted

b)   the proposals for reporting arrangements through future Integrated Performance Reports be endorsed.

The Council’s current Corporate Plan sets out the Council’s objectives, priorities and targets for the three years 2007-10.  The Annual Operating Plan (AOP) is the detailed action plan for the first of these years, 2007-08, and includes all the indicators in the Local Public Service Agreement (LPSA), Local Area Agreement (LAA) and Herefordshire Community Strategy (HCS), as well as the Council’s own indicators.

Future Integrated Performance Reports are presented in the same format as in 2006-07.