Issue - meetings

This report enables the Committee to meet its responsibilities for monitoring the development of the Council’s risk management arrangements.

The Committee received a report providing an updated Risk Management Strategy 2017-2021.

The following matter was considered:

a)            Business continuity plan - recent telephone service interruption. The Committee was informed that the Council maintained business continuity plans for use in the event of significant interruptions to its services. The Committee noted that during the recent interruption to the Council’s telephone service, the continuity plan had been followed to route services via Elmbridge Borough Council. Following the incident, the Council’s response to the problem had been reviewed by the Leadership Team.

Following consideration, the Committee:

(1)          Agreed the updated Risk Management Strategy 2017-2021 attached at Annexe 1 to the report.

(2)          Confirmed that it was satisfied with the arrangements in place.

(3)          Reviewed the Leadership Risk Register and did not identify any matters which it wished to raise to the attention of the Council’s Leadership Team.