Agenda for Audit and Corporate Governance Committee on Thursday, 13th July, 2023, 6.30 p.m.

Agenda and minutes

Audit and Corporate Governance Committee - Thursday, 13th July, 2023 6.30 p.m.

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Items
No.	Item
66.	Disclosures of Interest To receive disclosures of interests from Members (i.e. the existence and the nature of those interests in respect of items on this agenda). Minutes: No disclosures were received.
67.	Minutes PDF 133 KB To approve and sign the minutes of the meeting held on 17 April 2023 (enclosed). Minutes: The minutes of the meeting held on 17 April 2023, as circulated, were approved as a correct record.
68.	Risk Management Strategy 2023-2026 PDF 217 KB View the background to item 68. View the decision for item 68. To consider the report of the Finance Group Manager (enclosed). Additional documents: Appendix A - Risk Management Strategy 2023 , item 68. PDF 587 KB Minutes: Considered – Report of the Finance Group Manager. Cllr. Mark Jackson asked whether Pentana can be accessed by Councillors and members of the public. The Finance Group Manager responded that Pentana is an internal system, accessible for Councillors but not members of the public.
69.	Unaudited Statement of Accounts 2022/23 PDF 296 KB View the background to item 69. View the decision for item 69. To consider the report of the Finance Group Manager (enclosed). Additional documents: Appendix A - General Fund Revenue Account Summary , item 69. PDF 19 KB Appendix B - Earmarked Reserves , item 69. PDF 33 KB Appendix C - Capital Expenditure and Financing , item 69. PDF 61 KB Appendix D - Unaudited Statement of Accounts 2022-23 , item 69. PDF 3 MB Minutes: Considered – Report of the Finance Group Manager.
70.	CIPFA Position Statement: Audit Committees in Local Authorities and Police 2022 - Update PDF 215 KB View the background to item 70. View the decision for item 70. To consider the report of the Shared Service Audit Manager (enclosed). Additional documents: Appendix 1 - CIPFA Position Statement , item 70. PDF 769 KB Minutes: Considered – Report of the Shared Service Audit Manager. Cllr. Lee Breckon proposed that all members of the Audit and Corporate Governance Committee should take part in the interview process for co-opted Independent Members to the committee. The Shared Service Audit Manager responded that the prospect of being interviewed by the full committee might be off-putting for potential applicants. Cllr. Mark Jackson suggested that a compromise could be reached whereby all committee members could feed into the interview process by preparing the interview questions, while the interview itself would still be conducted by a smaller panel as assigned in the Action Plan in Appendix D of the report. The Shared Service Audit Manager proposed that members of the committee could attend on the day of the interview to chat to the candidates on an informal basis. All Members agreed that the posts be advertised and that a date be set for the interviews.
71.	Internal Audit Annual Report 2022/23 PDF 211 KB View the background to item 71. View the decision for item 71. To consider the report of the Shared Service Audit Manager (enclosed). Additional documents: Appendix 1 - Internal Audit Annual Report 2022-23 , item 71. PDF 591 KB Minutes: Considered – Report of the Shared Service Audit Manager.
72.	Internal Audit Progress Report 2023/24 Q1 PDF 214 KB View the background to item 72. View the decision for item 72. To consider the report of the Shared Service Audit Manager (enclosed). Additional documents: Appendix 1 - Internal Audit Progress Report - 2023-24 Q1 , item 72. PDF 747 KB Minutes: Considered – Report of the Shared Service Audit Manager.