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Item CB 20/7 referred from Cabinet minutes of 13 February 2020

Item CB 20/7 referred from Cabinet minutes of 13 February 2020 

RESOLVED:  That the recommendations at Minute CB 20/7 be approved.

The report asks Members to review the Risk Management Strategy and accompanying Risk Management Guidance and to recommend its adoption by the Council.  It also provides an update on the risk management process and the Strategic Risk Register.

The report of the Management Team invited Members to review the Risk Management Strategy and accompanying Risk Management Guidance which set out the Council’s risk management objectives and detailed the roles and responsibilities of officers, Members and partners in the identification, evaluation and cost-effective control of risks.  The report also provided an update on the risk management process and the Strategic Risk Register.  Members noted that the entry in relation to the Waste Contract had been escalated to ‘high risk’ following the performance issues since 30 September when the new recycling arrangements were rolled out.

It was noted that the Audit Committee at its meeting on 20 January 2020 had endorsed the strategy and commended it for adoption by the Council.

RECOMMENDED:  That the Risk Management Strategy and accompanying Risk Management Guidance be adopted by the Council.

*Referred to Council