2021-08-10 Services & Organisation Committee Meeting Agenda

SERVICES & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                                                                                           10 AUGUST 2021


EXECUTIVE SERVICES DEPARTMENT

BRANCH ACTIVITIES                         RECENT ACHIEVEMENTS                              CURRENT PRIORITIES                            THE NEXT QUARTER
Governance
Support the organisation with integrity      Participated in statewide Public Interest       Review Council’s Fraud and                   Roll out to middle management
related matters                               Disclosure (PID) Quarterly June                  Corruption Policy.                            targeted external training ½ day
                                              meeting hosted by the QLD                       Targeted consultation and piloting            session on having difficult
                                              Ombudsman’s Office.                              with teams for draft COI Policy and           conversations and resolving conflicts
                                             Participated in CCC Corruption Forum.            Guidelines prior to seeking                   to assist integrity and ethics across
                                             Participated in 2 day training for               endorsement at ET.                            Council.
                                              investigating workplace misconduct.             Continue to coordinate and manage            Creation of new Organisational
                                             Participated in LGMA training on                 integrity and ethics investigations for       Investigation Policy to strengthen
                                              Detecting Deception in Investigations.           Council.                                      processes, governance and integrity.
                                             Participated in QLD Ombudsman’s
                                              Office training on ‘dealing with difficult
                                              conduct’.
                                             In partnership with QLD Ombudsman’s
                                              Office PID team, facilitated PID
                                              refresher training for Executive Team
                                              and Managers.
                                             Coordination & management of
                                              integrity & ethics investigations for
                                              Council.
                                             Completion and publication of
                                              Council’s 2021 PID Management
                                              Program.
                                             Completion of draft Organisational
                                              Policy on Conflict of Interest (COI) and
                                              COI Guidelines.
                                             Participated in COI in Local
                                              Government sector seminar run by
                                              O’Connor Marsden with other Councils
                                              nation-wide.
Support Council’s Audit and Risk             Director and Governance -                       Continue implementation of A&R               Commence preparation for Council’s
Committee                                     Procurement and co-ordination of                 Committee action items, including             October Audit & Risk Committee
                                              internal audit on Asset Management.              policy reviews and development.               meeting.
                                                                                                                                            Preparation of Council’s 20/21
                                                                                                                                             Annual Report.


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