Issue - meetings

To consider the Chief Executive’s Corporate Performance Overview Report for quarter four (January to March) of the 2011/12 financial year.

The Chairman has asked that any detailed questions arising from the report should be referred to the Assistant Chief Executive in advance and only raised in the meeting if you consider the issue requires wider discussion.

The commission received the Chief Executive’s Corporate Performance Overview Report for quarter four (January to March) 2011-12.

The rationale behind the imposition of car parking charges at Waitrose was questioned.  It was thought that in an effort to encourage the use of town centre car parks planners had requested that parking charges be levied either on the basis of the time spent parked or on the basis of a minimum in-store spend however this rationale would be confirmed.

The Commission congratulated officers on the maintaining of high levels of collection of Council Tax and Business Rates.