Powering Our Priorities (POP) meeting - overview - 3 September

Published

Dashboard - update

  • Gateways
    • 27 in Gateway 3
    • 2 in Gateway 2: ASN Campus; Supported Accommodation
    • 1 in Gateway 1
  • RAG
    • Green: 21 on track
    • Red: Alternative Family placement; Communities Shaping Falkirk's Future; Closer to Communities with Community Choices
    • Amber: Business Intelligence; Automation; Young Person Residential
    • 3 not started
    • Directors to have discussions re ASN Campus project
  • Workstream boards need to ensure risks and issues, as well as milestones and actions are clearly defined in each workbook

Roadmap

  • Reds and ambers to be resolved over the coming two weeks

12-month outlook

  • Document to be shared with Chief Executive and Leader to ensure conversations are had in advance of decisions needing to being made

Priority project reports

  • Closer to Home – 14 Sept
  • Connected Falkirk paper makes reference to the wider overview of Succeed Today, Excel Tomorrow – 14 Sept
  • Closer to Communities with Community Choices and Communities Shaping Falkirk’s Future – underway
  • Transformation of Roads & Grounds – being drafted
  • Office Transformation, Corporate Landlord, and Community Assets & Learning Estate (all part of the former SPR) – committee TBC

Zero-based budgeting project (ZBB)

  • Three avenues to be harvested
  • Closer to Home and IJB benchmarking underway
  • Focused review of discretionary areas - meeting taking place 15 Sept
  • Any areas of big spend/have intelligence on where there may be potential for ZBB

AOB

  • N/A

Next meeting – 17 September