Issue - meetings

To receive a report from the Corporate Performance and Improvement Manager and the Corporate Manager for People, Performance and Waste providing a quarterly update on the Corporate Risk Register.

The Committee had before it, and NOTED, a report * from the Corporate Performance and Improvement Manager and the Corporate Manager for People, Performance & Waste providing a quarterly update on the Corporate Risk Register.

The following was highlighted within the report:

·       The Committee were referred to the table listing the 18 Corporate Risks faced by the Council. Any changes were listed in section 2.3.

·       Reference was made to the recent news regarding the funding for the Cullompton Relief Road and also the recent pay award settlement for staff relieving the previous threat of industrial action.

·       Attention was also drawn to risks in relation to severe weather events due to the time of year.

Discussion took place regarding:

·       Recruitment challenges in the Building Control area.

·       Whether the risk rating in relation to the Cullompton Relief Road should now be reduced given the recent announcement regarding funding?

·       The grading of the risks contained within the table was carried out by the Corporate Performance and Improvement Manager.

·       All services had been asked to provide a Business Continuity Plan and these were currently being reviewed. A Resilience Officer had been appointed to oversee this process. It was hope that this gave the Committee some assurance that this risk was being given a high priority.

·       It was confirmed that the Council had received an independent assessment of its Cyber Security arrangements.

·       With regards to the Climate Change risk it was confirmed that a report proposing a new Climate Strategy was going to the Cabinet the following week together with an Action Plan. Both would be reviewed on a regular basis as the Council moved towards its 2030 target.

·       It was confirmed that the 3Rivers company had been officially dissolved as at 26^th November 2024.

·       It was felt that the reputational damage regarding 3Rivers would last for a long time. Dissolution of the company was but one event in a long series of events. There were still unsold properties to deal with.

It was AGREED that the Head of Finance, Property and Climate Resilience would report back the comments made by the Committee to the Leadership Team and that the risks would be reviewed, removing reference to the closedown risk and focussing on the remaining reputational risk.

Note: * Report previously circulated.