Issue - meetings

To consider the report of the Director Finance

Agreed:

RESOLVED that a report on the Corporate Risk Register be received once a quarter to propose any necessary actions to help mitigate the risks for which it is responsible.

Reason for Decision: As set out in the report.

The Executive received the revised Corporate Risk Register, which reported on the Council’s risk management progress, which was linked to the Council’s Strategic Priorities.

Members were advised that the Risk Register had been reviewed and updated by Directors in consultation with their Portfolio Holders. The request made by the Audit and Governance Committee for including a risk around Civil Emergencies had been considered by the Strategic Management Board (SMB) and they requested a paper be written to consider the Council’s approach and whether there was a need for the risk to be included.

Councillor M. Mitchell, as an opposition group leader, spoke on this item and enquired on the mechanism of the report, as to whether necessary actions were proposed at the meeting or included in the report?

Councillor Moore, as an opposition group leader, spoke on this item and made the following points:-

·         Was the Executive responsible for the risks in the corporate plan for presenting at Council for Members to vote on?

·         How was the score determined for maintaining the Council property and assets?

·         On the delivery of Net Zero, and given the Scrutiny Committee didn’t hear much about the proposals to tackle Net Zero, how confident was the Executive that they were acting on the climate emergency for the city?

·         Under, the Delivering Housing and Building Great Neighbourhoods, the Exeter Development Fund was listed as a mitigation. How was this a mitigation?

The Leader in responding to the question raised advised:-

·         the mitigations were listed in the report, and showed the work that was required to be undertaken;

·         there was a process in place for dealing with risks and the Portfolio Holders were reviewing their portfolios regularly;

·         the remainder questions were requested to be, submitted outside of the meeting.

RESOLVED that a report on the Corporate Risk Register be received once a quarter to propose any necessary actions to help mitigate the risks for which it is responsible.