{"id":889,"date":"2007-11-04T08:05:12","date_gmt":"2007-11-04T08:05:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onlinefocus.org\/?p=889"},"modified":"2007-11-04T08:19:58","modified_gmt":"2007-11-04T08:19:58","slug":"the-results-of-the-peer-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onlinefocus.org\/the-results-of-the-peer-review\/","title":{"rendered":"The Results Of The “Peer Review”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Back in July a small group of councillors and council specialists from other parts of the country came to Rochford to carry out a “Peer Review” of how the council is doing. Their report is over 30 pages long, and is up for discussion at the Cabinet meeting next Thursday. <\/p>\n

Here are some snippets [with a few comments from us!]<\/em><\/p>\n

  • \nRochford District Council has made good progress since the last inspection in 2004…<\/li>\n
  • \nThe new political structure has the potential to improve the decision-making process [Hmmm….the cabient certainly gives the opportunity to make bad decisions more quickly]<\/em><\/li>\n
  • The political and adminstrative leadership are committed to delivering projects that support the corporate objectives of the council [ they probably mean the transfer of the housing stock and the expansion of Cherry Orchard Country Park]<\/em> <\/li>\n
  • Staff are ambitious and well motivated. <\/li>\n
  • Performance Management is improving and sickness levels have reduced.\n<\/li>\n
  • The Leader [Terry Cutmore] <\/em>and Chief Executive [Paul Warren] <\/em>are approachable and well regarded by staff [That’s true]<\/em><\/li>\n
  • There is scope to improve member engagement [ many ordinary councillors are unhappy with the cabinet system and don’t even bother to come to full council now<\/em>]\n<\/li>\n
  • \nThe council should ‘articulate more clearly and confidentally a clearer vision for the area’ [The council may have trouble with this . When Jackie mentioned the phrase ‘vision statement’ at last week’s council, it was almost implied that this was just socialism ]<\/em><\/li>\n
  • Members need to lead policy development<\/li>\n
  • The current aims of council are only partially addressed in the budget priortisation process, for example, encouraging a thriving local economy. There is limited evidence of what this means in terms of working with the business community. [The council should talk to the chambers of trade before deciding on changes in car park charges!]<\/em><\/li>\n
  • There are good working relationships between the Leader, Deputy Leader and the Chief Executive. They are good ambassadors for the council, have a shared understanding about what needs to be done and the energy and committment to achieve their aspirations<\/li>\n
  • A recurring theme during the review was that some staff would like more contact with members in order to gain a wider understanfing of their contribution to the organisation<\/li>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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