Issue - meetings

To consider the interim head of corporate services’ report. 

The committee considered the interim head of corporate services’ report on the bi-annual review of progress against the health and safety action plan. 

The committee noted that there had been a change of emphasis is the council’s management of health and safety with an increased staff resource and a refreshed health and safety policy, which had been approved by the councils’ senior management team.  Risk assessments had been revised in response to the Covid-19 pandemic also. 

The committee welcomed the report and clarity of the revised health and safety policy and urged all councillors to read the section setting out their specific health and safety responsibilities. 

RESOLVED: to

(a)      note the interim head of corporate services’ report on the half yearly progress review of health and safety actions and note the progress made against the corporate health and safety action plan; and

(b)      encourage all councillors to read the section of the revised health and safety policy setting out councillors’ responsibilities.