The report updated Members of the Committee on the status of the Council’s 2016/17 Strategic Risk Register and the progress being made across Services in delivering Operational Risk Registers. 

A motion was MOVED by Cllr Reed and SECONDED by Cllr Mrs Murphy.

An AMENDMENT was MOVED by Cllr Tumbridge and SECONDED by Cllr Bridge that the monitoring of Council Services and Democratic Services in particular those that are outsourced are added to the Strategic Risk Register. 

A vote was taken on the amended MOTION by a show of hands and this was UNANIMOUSLY AGREED.

A vote was taken by a show of hands on the substantive MOTION and it was RESOLVED:

1.    That Members agreed the amendments to the Strategic Risk Register and that the risk scored recorded for each risk accurately represented the current status of each risk.

2.    That Members agreed the risk exposure changes to the Operational Risks. 

3.    To add to the Strategic Risk Register monitoring of Council operations and Democratic Services, with the particular noting of outsourcing arrangements. 

Reason for Recommendations

Risk Management continued to be embedded quarterly within the Senior Management Team reports, where Service Heads discussed the top level risks for their service areas to ensure that the risks were updated to reflect the ongoing changes. 

In addition, the Risk & Insurance Officer would continue to work with risk managers to maintain the good progress to date and further development of a consistent application of risk management considerations across all operations of the Council.