Agenda

To receive any announcements from the chair and general housekeeping matters.

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 25 February 2025. 

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.

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

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

The purpose of this report is to summarise the outcomes of recent internal audit activity at both councils for the committee to review.

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

The purpose of the report is to explain the process for setting the internal audit plan and for calculating the resources available and set out the internal audit plan for 2025/26.

To receive the report from the Head of Finance.

To note progress on completing the 2024/25 Statement of Accounts and to approve revised statements of accounting policies.

To note the committee’s work programme.

To consider whether to exclude members of the press and public from the meeting for the following items of business under Section 12A of the Local Government Act 1972 as amended on the grounds that:

(i)     It is likely that there will be disclosure of exempt information as defined in paragraph 3 of Schedule 12A, and

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

To consider the report from the Head of Finance.