Issue - meetings

REPORT OF THE SERVICE DIRECTOR – RESOURCES

To receive a quarterly update on Risk and Opportunities Management.

RESOLVED:

(1)       That the review/changes to the Corporate risk for the quarter, namely impact of Anti Social Behaviour on Council Facilities to retain its current risk score of 7 be noted and;

(2)       That the Waste Management Risk be reviewed by the meeting of Finance, Audit and Risk in March 2020.

REASON FOR RECOMMENDATION

(1)       The responsibility for ensuring the management of risks is that of Cabinet.

(2)       This Committee has responsibility to monitor the effective development and operation of risk and opportunities management.

Audio Recording – 1 Hour 1 Minute 49 Seconds

The Service Director – Resources presented the report entitled Risk and Opportunities Management Update and advised the following:

·                The main focus of the report was on page 180 at Paragraph 8.1.2 which detailed that the Risk Management Group Meeting took place on 6 November where the impact of Anti Social Behaviour on Council Facilities had been discussed;

·                The situation in Letchworth was improving; the police had charged 8 youths with 28 offences;

·                The situation at the Lairage car park in Hitchin had got worse and;

·                The impact of Anti Social Behaviour on Council remained at risk score 7.

The following Members asked questions:

·                Councillor Sam North;

·                Councillor Michael Weeks and;

·                Councillor Steve Jarvis.

The Service Director – Resources provided the following responses to questions raised:

·                An invite to the next Risk Management Group would be sent out to Members;

·                The Waste Management, Recycling and Street Cleansing risk was currently scored at 9. However, this was in need of being reviewed; and

·                The Income Generation risk had been reviewed but as it was a minor review, it was not considered necessary to take the risk back to the Risk Management Group as the score had not changed.

RESOLVED:

(1)     That the review/changes to the Corporate risk for the quarter, namely impact of Anti Social Behaviour on Council Facilities to retain its current risk score of 7 be noted and;

(2)     That the Waste Management Risk be reviewed by the meeting of Finance, Audit and Risk in March 2020.

REASON FOR RECOMMENDATION:

(1)       The responsibility for ensuring the management of risks is that of Cabinet;

(2)     This Committee has responsibility to monitor the effective development and operation of risk and opportunities management.