Issue - meetings

To consider the attached report.

The Executive Board NOTED the position in regard to the Strategic Risk Register.

The Executive Board considered a report which provided the Members with an update on the City Deal Strategic Risk Register.

Tanya Sheridan, City Deal Programme Director, presented the report and highlighted that it contained the latest information regarding the City Deal’s Strategic Risk Register, including mitigating actions and control measures in place.  She reported that the facilitation of a meeting with Government by Heidi Allen MP, as per item 8 at this meeting, would assist with addressing risk 1 in the Strategy which related to the failure of the City Deal to achieve triggers for future funding tranches.

It was noted that the inherent and residual likelihood and impact scores for risks 4 and 7 in the Strategy, regarding stakeholder engagement and delivery of the strategic vision for the City Deal, respectively, would be reconsidered by officers.  Tanya Sheridan also highlighted that the following risks should also not be underestimated at this time:

·         risk 11 – inability to recruit and retain sufficiently skilled and experienced staff throughout the City Deal programme and that negatively impacting on delivery;

·         risk 12 – inability to recruit and retain sufficiently skilled and experienced staff in the transport infrastructure programme workstream and that negatively impacting on delivery or distracting from strategic focus on sustainable economic growth for the area;

·         risk 13 – insufficient capacity among consultants, meaning that the demands of the infrastructure programme cannot be met in full therefore reducing the likelihood of delivering on time and on budget.

The Executive Board NOTED the position in regard to the Strategic Risk Register.

To consider the attached report.

The Joint Assembly NOTED the position in regard to the Strategic Risk Register.

The Joint Assembly considered a report which provided the Joint Assembly with an update on the City Deal Strategic Risk Register.

Aaron Blowers, City Deal Project Manager, presented the report and highlighted that it contained the latest information regarding the City Deal’s Strategic Risk Register, including mitigating actions and control measures in place.

Helen Valentine referred to the Risk Register as appended to the report and asked a generic question as to whether the scores felt right.  Focusing on risk number four, regarding stakeholder engagement, she questioned whether the likelihood and impact scores under the inherent risk and residual risk were at the correct level.  She saw this particular issue, primarily the significant opposition to some schemes, being one of the largest reputational risks to the City Deal programme and made the point that this should be reflected in the Risk Register. 

Tanya Sheridan acknowledged that this was a good challenge in terms of assessing what the City Deal was doing to more effectively promote the City Deal’s strategic vision. 

Councillor Kevin Price agreed with Helen Valentine’s point but said that the appointment of the Strategic Communications Manager had significantly addressed an initial problem with public perception and a lack of understanding, accepting however that further work was necessary to improve communication of the City Deal’s wider strategy.

Officers agreed to give further consideration to the impact and likelihood of the inherent and residual risks associated with risk number four.

The Joint Assembly NOTED the position in regard to the Strategic Risk Register.