Issue - meetings

To set out the Work Programme of the Governance and Audit Committee (report of the Democratic Services Manager enclosed).

Consideration was given to the report of the Democratic Services Manager which set out the Work Programme of the Governance and Audit Committee.

The Democratic Services Team Leader introduced the report and stated that:

·       Appendix A had now been populated with items for consideration at all meetings of the Committee throughout 2023/24, and that this had also been pre-fixed with the Committee’s Terms of Reference.

·       Appendix B outlined the Committee’s training log.

The Chairman commented that the September meeting had a very full agenda and requested that the Committee be provided with the information at the earliest opportunity.

The Chairman had also requested that, if possible, the two reports from EY be considered at an additional meeting of the Committee, rather than waiting until September to consider.  If this could not be accommodated via an evening meeting, the viability of a daytime meeting would be considered however if this was not an option, the items would remain on the September agenda with a training session on these issues being provided prior to the meeting.

The Assistant Director – Governance suggested that the ‘Update in respect of RIPA 2000’ report be moved to the November meeting and it was agreed that officers, in liaison with the Chairman would consider the items currently for consideration at the September meeting and distribute them among other meetings where possible

The Assistant Director – Governance commented that some of the Future Topics for training, listed at Appendix B to the report (Governance, Ethics and Standards) had recently been covered within the Governance induction training for members and could therefore be marked as completed.

AGREED:

That the report and content of the Work Programme be noted by the Governance and Audit Committee.