2020-02-11 Services and Organisation Committee Agenda

 SERVICES & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                             11 FEBRUARY 2020


 EXECUTIVE SERVICES DEPARTMENT

BRANCH ACTIVITIES                         RECENT ACHIEVEMENTS                                 CURRENT PRIORITIES                            THE NEXT QUARTER
Governance
Support the organisation with integrity       Attended extensive training on Public             Co-ordination of complex and                Prepare Velpic training pack for
related matters                                Interest Disclosures.                               sensitive complaint investigations.           all staff on compliance with
                                              Presented briefing paper to the Executive         Improved complaint management                 Human Rights.
                                               Team on compliance with new legislative             reporting via systems.                      Targeted training with teams
                                               requirements, including Human Rights Act          Report on progress against Council’s          across Council on compliance
                                               2019.                                               fraud management plan.                        with Human Rights Act.
                                              Prepared and submitted two reports on             Prepare draft Public Interest               Prepare draft COI Policy.
                                               local government legislative reforms to             Disclosure management plan for
                                               Council for consideration.                          2020.
                                              Attended training by the Human Rights             Prepare draft Council policy on
                                               Commission on two courses i.e.                      Human Rights.
                                               Introduction to Human Rights and                  Prepare draft organizational
                                               Complaints Management.                              guidelines on managing human right
                                              Participated in statewide PID Quarterly             complaints.
                                               Meeting hosted by the QLD Ombudsman.              Arrange external training for staff on
                                                                                                   compliance with the Human Rights
                                                                                                   Act 2019.
                                                                                                 Update Council’s website content in
                                                                                                   relation to Human Rights.
Support Council’s Audit and Risk             Coordinated and prepared Governance and           Review Audit and Risk Committee             Commence implementation of
Committee                                      Risk related documents and reports for              Charter.                                      Audit recommendations for Risk
                                               Council’s Audit and Risk Committee                Prepare reports and information for           Management and Business
                                               Meeting of 25 October 2019. This included           upcoming Audit and Risk Committee             Continuity Planning.
                                               presenting risk management roadmap.                 Meeting on 21 February 2020.
                                             Finalised internal audits and actions of
                                               corresponding recommendations via the
                                               Audit and Risk Committee.
                                             Conducted procurement activity for an
                                               Internal Audit provider for FY 2019/20 Audit
                                               Plan.
                                             Review and finalisation of Internal Audit
                                               Reports (Risk Management Framework,
                                               Staff Overtime, and Business Continuity
                                               Plans).

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