Meeting papers

Corporate Plan Theme – Excellence as a Council                                                                                                                Operational Plan 22/23
Corporate Plan Key    Operational Initiatives      Outcomes                        Responsible        Update                                                   Q4 Status
Focus Areas                                                                        Areas
                      Review internal audit model Improved management of           CEO               Independent review of internal audit commenced, to        Behind Schedule
                                                  risks and the most optimal,                        be completed August 23.                                   The review of the
                                                  cost-effective function                                                                                      internal audit model is
                                                                                                                                                               incorporated in the
                                                                                                                                                               23/24 Oper. Plan
5.11 Ensure that      Undertake annual scenario    Increase awareness of           All Directors     BCPs are now regularly discussed in Council’s             Completed
Business Continuity   testing of BCPs              responsibilities and test and                     Emergency Operations Team (EOT) meetings as part
Plans are developed                                improve procedures in                             of Council’s crisis management function.
and tested                                         BCPs to manage business                           Council’s operational teams are completing BCPs on
                                                   disruptions in the event of a                     time in accordance with Council’s Master BCP
                                                   disaster or unexpected                            Testing Schedule, which is endorsed annually by the
                                                   catastrophe                                       Executive Team. The following BCP Tests have been
                                                                                                     completed and reported to Council’s EOT and Audit
                                                                                                     and Risk Committee:
                                                                                                 o   Payroll – September 2022
                                                                                                 o   Waste – November 2022
                                                                                                 o   ICT / Cyber – March 2023
5.12 Strengthen       Finalise review of           Compliance with legislative     CEO /             On 21 July 2022, Council adopted a new Governance         Completed
Council’s             governance arrangements      and ethical obligations to      Governance        Framework which has been published on Council’s
governance            and implement                optimise council’s                                website. Implementation via training and awareness
framework and         recommendations for          performance                                       of the Framework has been completed via online
develop leadership    improved service delivery                                                      training and face-to-face training provided by an
potential                                                                                            external party.
                                                                                                     Recommendations from 2021 Governance review
                                                                                                     progressively being implemented including further
                                                                                                     considerations for Governance Branch resourcing
                                                                                                     (administration and legal support) and technology
                                                                                                     solutions. In particular, ICT are working closely with
                                                                                                     the Governance Branch to automate operational
                                                                                                     processes, where possible.
5.13 Embed risk       Continue to implement the    Improved organisational        Governance         On 15 September 2022, Council adopted the new             Completed
management            ERM Framework                ability to identify and manage                    Enterprise Risk and Opportunity Management Policy




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