MUNICIPALITY-ADMINISTRATION5 MIN READ
Name the Risk Before You Accept It
Frame a municipal operational risk with likelihood, impact, owner, and response.
Festival attendance may hit 8,000 during a heat advisory while police staffing is short. Risk owner and response Name likelihood, impact, owner, and response before approval. Explicit risk beats informal confidence. Frame How should staff write the heat concern? Respond Which response is strongest? Accept What must happen if residual risk remains high? A risk table turns anxiety into governance. Once likelihood, impact, owner, and response are visible, leaders can make a real call. No owner, no accepted risk. Draft one event risk statement.
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