Issue - meetings

The Executive Member for Finance and Support Services submitted a report on the action taken to mitigate and control strategic risks during the period July – September 2017.  The report sought Members’ recommendations on any further actions that could be taken to mitigate risk which could be recommended to the Executive for consideration.

The Head of Strategic Finance and Property sought Members’ views on a proposal to receive exception reports on a quarterly basis and a detailed annual report on Risk Management Monitoring.  This was supported. 

Councillor D Oldridge referred to the matrices in respect of Production of a District Plan meeting community and regulatory needs – No 7 and Devolution – fail to engage and influence partners to engage leading to missed opportunities – No 14in that there had been no discernible improvement within the matrices as detailed.  He questioned what could be done to improve this.  The Head of Strategic Finance and Property undertook to review this.

The Committee Chairman referred to cyber risk (5b Information management) and whether this was high enough.  The Head of Strategic Finance and Property explained that she had taken this query (raised at the last meeting) to Leadership Team when it had been discussed and no changes had been proposed.  She undertook raise the issue with IT.

The Committee noted the controls implemented and those planned and received the report, as now detailed.

RESOLVED – that (A) the report be received; and

(B)   Risk Management Monitoring reports be presented to Members as exception reports on a quarterly basis, supplemented by a detailed Annual Report.

That the risk management controls implemented be approved.