Plante Moran presents entitywide risk assessment; council asked to prioritize recommendations

Plante Moran presented its final entitywide risk assessment to the Palm Coast City Council at a Sept. 23 workshop, outlining top risks and a menu of recommended actions and monitoring steps to help the city allocate resources and reduce operational vulnerabilities. The assessment, commissioned under a master services agreement approved by the council, covers strategic, operational, financial and compliance risks and recommends assigning owners, creating dashboards and embedding risk reporting into quarterly department reports.

The assessment matters because its recommendations affect staffing, capital priorities and how the city tracks and funds maintenance and technology improvements across a growing municipal system. Plante Moran’s report highlights risks that, left unmanaged, could cause service interruptions, reputational damage or extra costs and recommends steps to make risk management a continuing operational function rather than a one‑time exercise.

Plante Moran described the project methodology, having interviewed department directors, conducted risk workshops and developed standardized scoring criteria for inherent and residual risk. “This helps understand how to allocate…