To report

i                 the Council’s performance for the first eight months of 2007-08 against the Annual Operating Plan 2007-08 and national performance indicators used externally to measure the performance of the Council;

ii               partnership performance for the first six months in delivering the Local Public Service Agreement, Local Area Agreement and Herefordshire Community Strategy; and

iii              

performance against revenue and capital budgets and corporate risks, and remedial action to address areas of under-performance.

THAT performance to the end of July 2006 be noted, and remedial action to address areas of under-performance be considered.

The Council’s current Corporate Plan sets out the Council’s objectives, priorities and targets for the three years 2006-09.  The Annual Operating Plan (AOP) is the detailed action plan for the first of these years, 2006-07, and has been updated for the purpose of these reports to include the indicators in the Local Area Agreement (LAA) and Herefordshire Community Strategy (HCS).  This report summarises progress in the first four months of this operating year, including action being taken to address under-performance.

None.