Issue - meetings

RESOLVED:

That the content of the Surrey County Council Leadership risk register (Annex 1 to the report) was noted and the control actions put in place by the Statutory Responsibilities Network endorsed.

Reason for Decision:

To enable the Cabinet to keep Surrey County Council’s strategic risks under review and to ensure that appropriate action is being taken to mitigate risks to a tolerable level in the most effective way.

[The decisions on this item can be called in by the Overview and Budget Scrutiny Committee]

The Cabinet Member for Business and Property Services introduced the Surrey County Council Leadership risk register as at 30 June 2017.

The Cabinet Member for Environment and Highways stated that closer links with borough colleagues be included under L4 on the register.

In response to a query from the Cabinet Member for Health, regarding the retirement of the Chief Executive, the Leader explained that:

·    He had spoken with People, Performance and Development Committee and was to meet with them next week to look at the role of a new chief executive and following that meeting a job description would be drafted.

·    Potential candidates would be sought for far and wide to ensure quality of candidate and to get the right person for the job.

·    The process would be open, fair and transparent.

RESOLVED:

That the content of the Surrey County Council Leadership risk register (Annex 1 to the report) was noted and the control actions put in place by the Statutory Responsibilities Network endorsed.

Reason for Decision:

To enable the Cabinet to keep Surrey County Council’s strategic risks under review and to ensure that appropriate action is being taken to mitigate risks to a tolerable level in the most effective way.