Issue - meetings

(i)       to note the content of the risk register;

(ii)      to note the information provided in relation to individual risks; and

(iii)      to note that the corporate and directorate health and safety improvement plans would be discussed at the Corporate Health and Safety Committee to ensure that controls were in place.

The Committee had before it a report by the Interim Director for Communities, Housing and Infrastructure which presented the Risk Register for the Service.

The report recommended:

that the Committee note the content of the risk register and advise any further action as appropriate.

Councillors Graham and Lumsden both requested that timescales be allocated to each of the actions to ensure that they were being progressed.

Councillor Lumsden sought clarification in relation to the Health and Safety Improvement Plan and who was responsible for it, wherein the Business Manager advised that the Senior Management Team discussed the Risk Register and the Health and Safety Improvement Plans to gain tighter control over the actions. 

The Chief Executive advised that the process involved capturing all of the potential risks, identifying those that were like to happen and ensuring actions were in place to mitigate against the risks.

Councillor Graham advised that the Corporate and Directorate Health and Safety Improvement Plans would be scrutinised at the Corporate Health and Safety Committee to ensure controls were in place.

The Committee resolved:-

(i)       to note the information provided in relation to individual risks; and

(ii)      to note that the corporate and directorate health and safety improvement plans would be discussed at the Corporate Health and Safety Committee to ensure that controls were in place; and

(iii)      to otherwise approve the recommendation in the report.