Issue - meetings

Report by Chief Executive

The Audit Committee, at its meeting on 18 September 2009, considered a recently published Audit Commission report entitled “Improving Civil Contingencies in Planning” and requested that the Emergency Planning Officer prepare a report for the next meeting advising on what the key issues for the Council were in terms of meeting its duties under the Civil Contingencies Act 2004, including completion of the self assessment checklist detailed at Appendix 2 of the Audit Commission report.

This report was now before the Committee for consideration.

Decision

Noted the contents of the report and approved the response for submission to the Accounts Commission subject to the following amendments:-

a)      Action 7 of the self assessment form should also include a “X” under the heading “In place but needs improvement” with reference made that this applies to Business Continuity Planning and that the “X” under the heading “In place and working well” should make reference to this applying to Emergency  Planning; and

b)      The words “expected to” should be removed from the comments detailed at Action 13.

(Reference: Report by Chief Executive dated 18 November 2009, submitted)