Issue - meetings

This report presents the Annual Report of the Head of Health & Safety together with an overview of the performance of Health & Safety (H&S) shared service formed by North Yorkshire County Council (NYCC) and City of York Council (CYC) which operates under a partnership agreement.  The Annual Report also provides an update on the action being taken to address the risks raised in the report. The report will assist the Executive Member in proactively monitoring the overall systems and management of health & safety across the council.

Resolved: That;

a)   The Annual Report including the council’s response to managing and responding to significant H&S risks including those around Construction (Design & Management) Regulations (CDM) be noted.

b)   The performance of the Shared H&S Service be noted.

c)   Consideration be given to any areas of H&S risk management for further reporting at future decision sessions.

Reason:     To ensure the Executive Member and residents are assured that H&S services are appropriately managed and resilient and the council has proper arrangements in place for managing and responding to H&S risks.

The Executive Member considered a report that presented the Annual Report of the Head of Health & Safety together with an overview of the performance of Health & Safety (H&S) shared service formed by North Yorkshire County Council (NYCC) and City of York Council (CYC) which operates under a partnership agreement.  The Annual Report also provides an update on the action being taken to address the risks raised in the report. The report will assist the Executive Member in proactively monitoring the overall systems and management of health & safety across the council.

Assistant Director for Customer and Digital Services introduced the Health and Safety Risk Manager, in attendance to present the report. The Health and Safety Risk Manager outlined the Annual Report highlighting the how the joint Health and Safety Committee addressed joint concerns that had been raised. She noted that the membership of that group would be expanded to include members of the communications team. She noted that the health and safety team had looked at looked at high profile areas and she noted a number of areas that had been examined.

In response to a question from the Executive Member regarding Member involvement in health and safety, the Health and Safety Risk Manager suggested that the training delivered to senior leaders may be useful for Members. The Executive Member raised comments on the presentation of the report and the Assistant Director for Customer and Digital Services suggested that there could be a presentation at future meetings.

Resolved: That;

a)   The Annual Report including the council’s response to managing and responding to significant H&S risks including those around Construction (Design & Management) Regulations (CDM) be noted.

b)   The performance of the Shared H&S Service be noted.

c)   There were no further matters that the Executive Member had identified for further reporting at future decision sessions at this stage.

Reason:     To ensure the Executive Member and residents are assured that H&S services are appropriately managed and resilient and the council has proper arrangements in place for managing and responding to H&S risks.