Agenda item

The Committee considered a report of the Corporate Director, Resources which highlighted the strategic risks facing the Council and that gave an insight into the work carried out by the Corporate Risk Management Group during July to September 2013 (for copy see file of Minutes).

Members were informed of new risks, those that had been removed and key risks.

Councillor Temple asked about the risk ‘If Local Authority Schools and other LA services choose not to take Council Services, together with the loss of community buildings both Technical and Building Services could see a loss of business’.  Although Cllr Temple could see why there was a risk to Building Services and Technical Services in terms of lost revenue, etc., he was not clear why the risk as defined was a strategic risk to the Council, whose objective is to obtain VfM from work it commissions.  The Risk, Insurance and Governance Manager agreed to seek clarification from the action owner.  A response from the action owner was circulated to members of the Committee 11 December 2013.

There was also some discussion about the risk of the overall impact on the council of lost income from our schools (not academies) opting out of buying services from the council via SLA’s.  Members asked if some figures could be provided to show how income from schools was changing.

Resolved:

That the report provides assurance that strategic risks are being effectively managed within the risk management framework across the Council.