Decision details

The Committee considered the proposed amendments to the Strategic Risk Register following a meeting of the Strategic Risk Management Group in June 2026. Members noted the proposal to remove the risk relating to the Government's welfare reform agenda, on the basis that this could now be managed operationally as part of business-as-usual activity, and the addition of two new strategic risks relating to failure to deliver weekly food waste collections and failure to deliver the Kimberley Depot office replacement and redevelopment programme.

Members held an extensive discussion on the highest-rated risks in the register, including: the risk relating to the Housing Revenue Account Business Plan, noting that the minimum reserve balance had fallen below £1 million and that officers were working on a Business Strategy to address income, efficiencies and cost reduction; the risk relating to strategic leisure initiatives, including an update on progress with the replacement Bramcote Leisure Centre, where the construction contract and the licence agreement with the school in respect of temporary car parking arrangements were both close to being finalised; the risk relating to crime and disorder, in respect of which Members raised concerns about levels of antisocial behaviour; the risk relating to recruitment and retention of staff with the required skills and expertise, including in relation to environmental health posts; and the risk relating to failure to respond to the outcomes of Local Government Reorganisation, including the potential implications for joint use leisure facilities where sites are linked to schools that may become academies.

RESOLVED that the amendments to the Strategic Risk Register and the actions to mitigate risks as set out be approved.