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 23 March 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 26 January 2022. Reporting:

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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. Reporting:

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5.	External Audit -  Audit Results Report	7 - 58
	To receive the External Audit - Audit Results Report.

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6.	Financial Statements 2020/21	59 - 178
	To approve the Financial Statements for 2020/21. Reporting: Stuart McKellar

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7.	Interim Internal Audit Update	179 - 202
	To note the update on progress on the Internal Audit Plan for 2021/22. Reporting: Sally Hendrick

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8.	Internal Audit Plan 2022/23	203 - 218
	To approve the Internal Audit Plan for 2022/23. Reporting: Sally Hendrick

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9.	Strategic Risk Update	219 - 246
	To receive the strategic risk update. Reporting: Sally Hendrick

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Exclusion of the Press and Public

Agenda item 10 is supported by annexes containing exempt information as defined in Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972.  If the Committee wishes to discuss the content of these annexes in detail, it may choose to move the following resolution:

That pursuant to Regulation 4 of the Local Authorities (Executive Arrangements) (Access to Information) Regulations 2012 and having regard to the public interest, members of the public and press be excluded from the meeting for the consideration of item 10 which involves the likely disclosure of exempt information under the following category of Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972:

(3)        Information relating to the financial or business affairs of any particular person (including the authority holding that information).

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10.	Review of Contract Standing Orders	247 - 280
	To receive a report on the Review of Contract Standing Orders. Reporting: Sanjay Prashar

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Published: 22 March 2022