Issue - meetings

That the systems for the corporate management of risk and business continuity be noted.

The Chief Executive introduced the report to provide Members with assurance on the systems for the corporate management of risk and business continuity.

On risk management, he advised of ongoing work to improve the Strategic Assessment of Risks and Challenges (SARC) document and highlighted the example risks shown in the report alongside mitigating actions to give assurance to Members.  Examples of management of business continuity were also shown on the delivery of services and lessons learned during incidents of disruption to services such as extreme weather conditions.

Councillor R.B. Jones said that SARC was a useful method of identifying issues of risk but that the criteria used to add or remove items were unclear.  The Chief Executive explained that a simpler more frequent update was needed on a quarterly basis.  The Risk Manager commented that SARC was being mapped to the Improvement Priorities via a summary document which she hoped would be a useful tool for Members.

RESOLVED:

That the systems for the corporate management of risk and business continuity be noted.