Issue - meetings

Strategic Risk Register and Partnership Arrangements

Meeting: 16/09/2019 - Executive (Item 288)

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Recommendation on page 37

Decision:

RESOLVED  That Executive approves:

 

(i)     the Strategic Risk Register as at 31st March 2019; and

 

(ii)   that the Joint Strategic Director – People undertake a comprehensive review of the Council’s Risk Management Framework.

 

Minutes:

Executive considered the report of the Portfolio Holder – Finance and Resourcesin relation to the Council’s Strategic Risk Register as at 31st March 2019. 

 

The report ensured that Executive were kept informed concerning the Council’s latest position on Risk Management and Partnership working and were able to exercise effective control of on the Council’s Risk Management arrangements. 

 

There were no new risks added to the Strategic Risk Register since the last review in December 2018, however the risks and mitigation continued to be monitored by the Senior Management Team and Portfolio Holders at quarterly performance meetings.

 

It was proposed that a comprehensive review of the Council’s Risk Management Framework be undertaken to ensure the continued effective and systematic management of risk. The Strategic Director – People informed Members that he intended to produce a new Risk Management Strategy as part of this review and that a Member-lead Risk Management Group would be proposed to oversee the Strategy and policies/documents sitting below it.

 

Moved by Councillor Clive Moesbyand seconded by Councillor Sandra Peake

RESOLVED – That Executive approves:

 

(i)         the Strategic Risk Register as at 31st March 2019; and

 

(ii)        that the Joint Strategic Director – People undertake a comprehensive review of the Council’s Risk Management Framework.

 

REASON FOR DECISION:

To enable the Executive to consider the risks identified within the Strategic Risk Register/Partnership Arrangements in order to assist in maintaining effective governance arrangements, service and financial performance.

 

OTHER OPTIONS CONSIDERED:

This report enabled Members to consider whether the Council had adopted an appropriate approach to its management of risk and partnerships. As this report was part of the approach to help ensure the effective management of risk / partnerships there was no alternative to the presentation of this report. 

(Strategic Director – People)