Agenda

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

To adopt and sign as a correct record the Joint Audit and Governance Committee minutes of the meeting held on 3 October 2023.

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

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. 

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

To consider the report of EY, the council’s external auditor.

To receive and approve the statement of accounts 2021/22 for South Oxfordshire and Vale of White Horse District Councils.

To receive and approve the South Oxfordshire and Vale of White Horse District Council’s Annual Governance Statements 2021/22, which form part of the statement of accounts.

To receive and agree that the committee’s co-chairs from South Oxfordshire and Vale of White Horse may sign their respective letters of representation to the external auditor.

Draft letters of representation can be found in appendix B to item 6 on the agenda, the External auditor’s audit results report.

To note the committee’s work programme.