Agenda

 

 

Contact Officer: Darius Zarazel, Democratic Services Officer

Tel: 07917 088376

 

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

Date: 22 January 2024

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

 

 

 

A MEETING OF THE

 

Joint Audit and Governance Committee

 

WILL BE HELD ON Tuesday 30 January 2024  at 7.00 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

Leigh Rawlins

Tony Worgan

Vale of White Horse District Council

Emily Smith (Co-Chair)

Oliver Forder

Judy Roberts

Andrew Skinner

 

Preferred Substitutes:

South Oxfordshire District Council

James Barlow

David Bretherton

Sam Casey-Rerhaye

Katharine Keats-Rohan

Axel Macdonald

Denise Macdonald

Jo Robb

David Turner

Vale of White Horse District Council

Andy Cooke

Eric de la Harpe

Jenny Hannaby

Mike Pighills

 

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.

Vivien Williams

Head of Legal and Democratic (Interim)

 

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Apologies for absence 

 

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

 

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2

Minutes  (Pages 4 - 11)

 

To adopt and sign as a correct record the Joint Audit and Governance Committee minutes of the meeting held on 30 October 2023.  

 

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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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Public participation 

 

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

 

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6

Internal audit update report - Q3 2023/24  (Pages 12 - 58)

 

To receive the report from the Internal Audit and Risk Manager.

 

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7

Health and Safety Audit Update Briefing  (Pages 59 - 72)

 

To receive the briefing update from the Head of Development and Corporate Landlord.

 

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Treasury management mid-year monitoring report 2023/24  (Pages 73 - 86)

 

To receive the report from the Head of Finance.

 

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Treasury management strategy 2024/25 

 

To receive the report from the Head of Finance (report to follow).

 

The report will present the council’s Treasury Management Strategy for 2024/25. It sets out how the council’s treasury service will support financing of capital investment decisions, and how treasury management operates day to day. It sets out the limitations on treasury management activity informed by the prudential indicators, within which the council’s treasury function must operate.

 

The report will recommend that the committee approve the key elements of the report and recommend that the cabinet approve the treasury management strategy, the prudential indicators and limits, and the annual investment strategy.

 

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Work Programme  (Pages 87 - 93)

 

To note the committee’s work programme.

 

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