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Report of the Assistant Director – Environmental Services and Community Safety, the Head of Culture, and the Assistant Director – Highways and Capital Projects.

The Head of Culture, the Assistant Director for Environmental Services and Public Safety, the Assistant Director for Highways and Capital Projects, and the Standards and Animal Health Manager collaborated to produce and submit a report (previously circulated) regarding the Performance Indicators Year End – Quarter 4 – 2024/25 for their service area. This report provided Members with performance data against key performance indicators for 2024/25 up to year end March 2025 (Quarter 4).

The Assistant Director for Highways and Capital Projects spoke to this report, and outlined the performance for Cultural institutions such as the Hippodrome, Hopetown, and the library. The Performance of Community Services, Community Safety, Trading Standards and Animal Health, and Highways ad Capital Projects were also discussed.

The Assistant Director for Highways and Capital Projects summarised the report and the overall performance of the service area, detailing how: a) 17 of the 34 indicators figures increased. b) 16 of the 34 indicators figures decreased. c) 1 of the 34 indicators remained the same. d) 1 indicator had no comparative information.

Members then posed questions to the Assistant Director for Highways and Capital Projects, specifically on the performance of Hopetown against the targeted figures prior to launch. Additionally, Members questioned the figures regarding road safety, notably the increasing numbers of serious incidents per week.

RESOLVED – That the contents of the report be noted.