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Business continuity and risk management update

Meeting: 20/03/2013 - Audit and Governance Committee (Item 59)

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To consider the report of the head of HR, IT and customer services. 

Minutes:

The committee considered the report from the head of HR, IT, and customer services.  This updated councillors on the council’s business continuity and risk management arrangements. 

 

The committee noted that the council regularly reviewed its arrangements and had introduced a testing programme.  In answer to questions from councillors, the officers reported that for all of the major contracts the council required the contractor to manage risks and have business continuity arrangements in place.  Examples were given of arrangements in place for the waste and recycling contract, the leisure management contracts, and the financial services contract.  Internal audit also looked for such arrangements as part of their audits.  The officers agreed to check that these arrangements were in place for new or extended contracts. 

 

The committee noted that draft strategies for risk management and business continuity would be considered at the next meeting. 

 

RESOLVED: to

 

(a)               note the existing business continuity and risk management arrangements and the additional work undertaken since the last update in January 2012; and

 

(b)               ensure that business continuity and risk management arrangements are in place for all of the council’s major contracts when they are re-let or extended. 


 

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