Agenda

To receive the apologies of any Member who is unable to attend the meeting.

To receive questions relating to items of business on the agenda from members of the public or press who are present at the meeting.

To receive declarations of interest from Members in respect of items listed on the agenda.

To determine whether the following items should be considered under the categories suggested in accordance with Part 1 of Schedule 12A (as amended 2006) of the Local Government Act 1972 – Agenda Items 6 (Regeneration and Environment Risk Register) and 8 (Asset Management Assessments and Capital Programme Audit) have confidential appendices.

To consider and approve the minutes of the previous meeting held on Thursday, 26^th September, 2024, as a true and correct record of the proceedings.

To consider and note the progress and current position in relation to risk management activity in Regeneration and Environment.

To consider and note the progress in completing the actions of the Audit.

To consider and note the contents of the report and the appendix.

To consider and note the production of the Data Protection/FOI Annual Report 2023/24 and that it was a requirement that the Council continues its maintenance of its Information Governance practices and processes in compliance with legislation.

To have due regard of the external audit findings, detailed within the ISA 260 report and formally approve the 2023/24 Statement of Accounts (Appendix 1) for publication as final and the 2023/24 Narrative Report (Appendix 2) for publication as final.

To consider and approve the final 2023/24 Annual Governance Statement.

To consider and note the External Audit Findings (ISA 260).

To consider and note the contents of the report.

To consider the refreshed version of the Code of Corporate Governance and advise if any amendments or further development work deemed necessary.

To consider and review the revised Anti-Money Laundering Policy and note the actions being undertaken to review the Council’s anti money laundering arrangements.

To consider and note the Internal Audit work undertaken since the last Audit Committee, 1st August to 31st October 2024, and the key issues that have arisen from it and the performance objectives of Internal Audit and the actions being taken by Audit management in respect of meeting the performance objectives.

To consider and review the Forward Work Plan and suggest any amendments.

To consider the referral of matters for consideration by the Overview and Scrutiny Management Board.

To consider any item which the Chair is of the opinion should be considered as a matter of urgency.