Notice of Meeting

Governance & Audit Committee – Advisory Meeting Councillor Allen (Chair) , Councillor Wade (Vice-Chairman), Councillors Brossard, Gbadebo, Mrs Hayes MBE, Heydon, Leake and Parker Wednesday 26 January 2022, 7.30 pm Online Only - Via MST

Agenda

Recommendations arising from this meeting will be considered in accordance with the delegations approved by Council on 28 April 2021.

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1.	Apologies for Absence
	To receive apologies for absence and to note the attendance of any substitute members.

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2.

Declarations of Interest

Members are asked to declare any disclosable pecuniary or affected interests in respect of any matter to be considered at this meeting. Any Member with a Disclosable Pecuniary Interest in a matter should withdraw from the meeting when the matter is under consideration and should notify the Democratic Services Officer in attendance that they are withdrawing as they have such an interest. If the Disclosable Pecuniary Interest is not entered on the register of Members interests the Monitoring Officer must be notified of the interest within 28 days. Any Member with an affected Interest in a matter must disclose the interest to the meeting.  There is no requirement to withdraw from the meeting when the interest is only an affected interest, but the Monitoring Officer should be notified of the interest, if not previously notified of it, within 28 days of the meeting.

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3.	Minutes of previous meeting	3 - 6
	To approve as a correct record the minutes of the meetings of the Committee held on 22 September 2021.

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4.	Urgent Items of Business
	Any other items which, pursuant to Section 100B(4)(b) of the Local Government Act 1972, the Chairman decides are urgent.

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5.	External Audit Plan	7 - 54
	The Council’s External Auditor to present to the Committee the Audit plan covering the 2020/21 financial year Reporting: Stuart McKellar

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6.	Appointment of Local External Auditors	55 - 58
	To agreed arrangements for the appointment of local external auditors under the Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014 for the financial years 2023/24 to 2027/28. Reporting: Stuart McKellar

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7.	Internal Audit Update	59 - 82
	To receive the update on progress on the annual Internal Audit Plan. Reporting: Sally Hendrick

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8.	Treasury Management Report 2022/23 and 2021/22 Mid-Year Review	83 - 88
	To receive the Treasury Management Report 2022/23 and 2021/22 Mid-Year Review Reporting: Calvin Orr

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Sound recording, photographing, filming and use of social media is permitted.  Please contact Hannah Stevenson, 01344 352308, Hannah.stevenson@bracknell-forest.gov.uk, so that any special arrangements can be made.

Published: 17 January 2022