Agenda

 

 

Contact Officer: Darius Zarazel, Democratic Services Officer

Tel: 07917 088376

 

E-mail: Darius.Zarazel@southandvale.gov.uk

Date: 4 November 2022

Website: www.southoxon.gov.uk  www.whitehorsedc.gov.uk

 

 

 

A MEETING OF THE

 

Joint Audit and Governance Committee

 

WILL BE HELD ON Tuesday 15 November 2022  at 6.30 pm

 

Meeting Room 1, Abbey House, Abbey Close, Abingdon, OX14 3JE

 

To watch this virtual meeting, follow this link to the council’s YouTube channel

 

Members of the Committee:

South Oxfordshire District Council

Mocky Khan (Co-Chair)

Peter Dragonetti

Jane Murphy

George Levy

Vale of White Horse District Council

Andy Foulsham (Co-Chair)

Amos Duveen

Simon Howell

Mike Pighills

 

Preferred Substitutes:

South Oxfordshire District Council

David Bartholomew

Sam Casey-Rerhaye

Victoria Haval

Alexandrine Kantor

Axel Macdonald

Jo Robb

Alan Thompson

Ian White

Celia Wilson

Vale of White Horse District Council

Nathan Boyd

Andy Cooke

Eric de la Harpe

Alison Jenner

Janet Shelley

Elaine Ware

 

Alternative formats of this publication are available on request.  These include large print, Braille, audio, email and easy read. For this or any other special requirements (such as access facilities) please contact the officer named on this agenda.  Please give as much notice as possible before the meeting.

 

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1

Apologies for absence 

 

To record apologies for absence and the attendance of substitute members. 

 

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2

Minutes  (Pages 4 - 6)

 

To adopt and sign as a correct record the Joint Audit and Governance Committee minutes of the meeting held on 27 September 2022. 

 

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3

Declarations of interest 

 

To receive any declarations of disclosable pecuniary interests and any conflicts of interest in respect of items on the agenda for this meeting.  

 

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4

Urgent business and chair's announcements 

 

To receive notification of any matters which the chair determines should be considered as urgent business and the special circumstances which have made the matters urgent, and to receive any announcements from the chair. 

 

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5

Public participation 

 

To receive any questions or statements from members of the public that have registered to speak. 

 

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ITEMS FOR FORMAL DECISION

 

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6

Internal Audit Plan - mid year review  (Pages 7 - 26)

 

To receive a report from the internal audit manager.

 

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7

Appointment of Independent person to Audit Committee and allowances for Independent Remuneration Panel and Independent Persons  (Pages 27 - 32)

 

To receive a report from the head of legal and democratic.

 

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MONITORING REPORTS

 

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8

Code of conduct annual report - 2021/22  (Pages 33 - 39)

 

To receive a report from the head of legal and democratic.

 

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9

Statement of accounts 2021/22 

 

To receive a verbal update from the head of finance.

 

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10

Treasury Management 

 

To receive a verbal update from the head of finance.

 

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11

Work Programme  (Pages 40 - 44)

 

To review the committees work programme.

 

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12

Exclusion of the public 

 

To consider whether to exclude members of the press and public from the meeting for the following item of business under Part 1 of Schedule 12A Section 100A(4) of the Local Government Act 1972 and as amended by the Local Government (Access to Information) (Variation) Order 2006 on the grounds that:

(i)        it involves the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in paragraphs 1-7 Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Act, and

(ii)       the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information. 

 

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13

Corporate landlord project  (Pages 45 - 51)

 

To receive a report from head of development and corporate landlord.

 

 

 

 

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Patrick Arran

Head of Legal and Democratic

 

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