Issue - meetings

This report updates councillors on the position of the council’s Corporate Risk Register. The main updates are as follows:

·       All Corporate Risks were reviewed during the quarter.

·       CR24 – We may fail to adequately address concerns around community safety and environmental impacts. The risk owner has been updated for this risk.  This risk is also to be split to separately identify a risk around environmental impact.

·       Key Assurance Risk Registers and Director Level Risk Registers were reviewed during the quarter.

·       A service update is provided.

Material updates for this quarter are outlined in sections 11.

The Risk and Insurance Manager presented a report, a copy of which had been circulated to each Member and a copy of which appears as Appendix 'C' to these Minutes in the Minute Book.

The report provided an update on the position of the Council’s Corporate Risk Register. All corporate risks were reviewed during Quarter 3. In respect of CR24, it was noted that the risk owner had been updated and that this risk was also to be split to separately identify a risk around environmental impact. Key Assurance Risk Registers and Director Level Risk Registers were reviewed during the quarter. The report also provided a service update. The Risk and Insurance Manager provided a summary of the changes in risk as set out in paragraphs 11 to 14 of the report with full details contained in appendix 4.

A number of points were raised and responded to including:

• CR15 – A concern was raised about the process of dismissal and re-engagement. While this was acknowledged in the report the Member felt it was understated.
• CR24 – There was support for splitting this risk into two but a need to ensure they had clear targets. Members were assured that both risks would be reviewed in detail and steps taken to ensure that there was no overlap with the separate risk on climate change.
• CR18 – Cllr Beesley and Cllr Phipps reported on a positive meeting with the Director of Customer and the Director of IT and Programmes to discuss concerns raised at the last meeting around customer interfaces. The Risk and Insurance Manager agreed to include an update in her next quarterly report to clarify what had been done since that meeting.
• CR20 – The Risk and Insurance Manager agreed to follow up on the question of whether a Sustainability Manager had been recruited and confirm with members after the meeting.

The Chair asked that any feedback and responses to follow be included in the next report.

RESOLVED that Members of the Audit and Governance Committee note the update provided in this report relating to corporate risks.

Voting: Nem. Con.