Issue - meetings

The Committee resolved:-

(a)            to note the update provided by officers in respect of the recent fire drill at the Town House, and to request that officers run another fire drill once all necessary checks had been undertaken to ensure that any issues had been rectified;

(b)            in respect of section 3.4 in the report (incidents across all Functions), to note that officers would provide information outwith the meeting to clarify the figures in this section;

(c)             in respect of section 3.9 in the report (HSE reportable incidents), to request that a report be submitted upon conclusion of the Health and Safety Executive investigation, to identify any areas of good practice raised and to include reference to any lessons learned from previous incidents;

(d)            in respect of section 3.37 in the report (Mental Health), to note that officers would provide clarification outwith the meeting in respect of the percentage of employees by headcount who were absent for mental health issues and any variance in headcount; and

(e)            to otherwise note the report.

The Committee had before it a report by the Chief Officer – Governance which summarised statistical health and safety performance information for the three-month reporting period July-September 2018 to provide the Committee with the opportunity to monitor compliance with health and safety legislation.

The report recommended:-

that Committee –

(a)      review, discuss and comment on the issues raised within the report; and

(b)      scrutinise and review health, safety and wellbeing policy, performance, trends and improvements.

The Committee resolved:-

(i)       to note the update provided by officers in respect of the recent fire drill at the Town House, and to request that officers run another fire drill once all necessary checks had been undertaken to ensure that any issues had been rectified;

(ii)      in respect of section 3.4 in the report (incidents across all Functions), to note that officers would provide information outwith the meeting to clarify the figures in this section;

(iii)      in respect of section 3.9 in the report (HSE reportable incidents), to request that a report be submitted upon conclusion of the Health and Safety Executive investigation, to identify any areas of good practice raised and to include reference to any lessons learned from previous incidents;

(iv)     in respect of section 3.37 in the report (Mental Health), to note that officers would provide clarification outwith the meeting in respect of the percentage of employees by headcount who were absent for mental health issues and any variance in headcount; and

(v)      to otherwise note the report.