(a)      Future Agendas

Councillor Williams stated that to manage the Committee’s business more effectively and allow more time for discussion of items, future agendas would be rationalised to rotate regular reports to come to every other meeting.  He also said that an additional provisional meeting would be included in the  ...  view the full minutes text for item 22.

The Minutes of the meeting held on 25 September 2024 were confirmed as a correct record and signed by the Chair.

A representative from the Council’s External Auditor will provide an update on the audit process and External Audit Plan.

The Committee received a covering report on behalf of the Council’s External Auditor, KPMG, which had attached their Annual Report, providing a summary of the findings and key issues arising from the 2023-24 audit, along with the Auditor’s Year End Report to the Committee.  The report had been prepared in  ...  view the full minutes text for item 24.

To consider a report on the Government’s wide-ranging consultation on the way public sector audit is governed.  The consultation is due to run until 29 January 2025.

The Committee received a report on the Government’s consultation ‘Local Audit Reform - A strategy for overhauling the local audit system in England’.  The consultation sought to respond to the well-publicised and significant challenges with getting external audit opinions finalised and enable a series of ‘backstop’ dates by which audit  ...  view the full minutes text for item 25.

This report provides an update on key findings emanating from Internal Audit reports issued since the last quarterly progress report.

The Committee considered a report providing an update on the key findings emanating from the Internal Audit reports issued for the period 1 October to 31 December 2024 (Quarter 3).

The report summarised the findings, recommendations and management actions that had been put forward for each audit review and stated  ...  view the full minutes text for item 26.

To receive an update on the management action that is being undertaken to improve the Housing Repairs service.

The Committee considered a report providing an update on the delivery against the recommendations in the Audit Report on the Housing Repairs service, including clarity around actions still outstanding and the current position.  Initial governance arrangements to tackle the areas highlighted in the audit report included setting up a Repairs  ...  view the full minutes text for item 27.

To receive a report about the implementation of the Action Plan to rectify irregularities in relation to certain historic Traffic Regulation Orders and to monitor its effectiveness.

The Committee received a report that provided an update on progress and decision making in respect of the Traffic Regulation Orders (TRO) rectification process.  The report explained that at Council on 15 October 2024 a summary of issues that related to certain TROs had been reported which meant that there  ...  view the full minutes text for item 28.

This report provides the latest update on the Strategic Risk Register 2024/25.

The Committee considered a report outlining the updates to the Strategic Risk Register (SRR), in line with the requirements of the Council’s Risk Management Strategy. A copy of the SRR was attached to the report at Appendix 1.  The Risk Register covered the actions completed by the Council for September  ...  view the full minutes text for item 29.

This report updates Members on the activity of the Treasury Management function.

The Committee considered a report on the activity of the Treasury Management function during the second quarter of the year for the period 1^st July 2024 to 30^th September 2024.  The report stated that the CIPFA Code of Practice for Treasury Management 2021 recommended that the Committee should  ...  view the full minutes text for item 30.

This report provides an update on the actions in progress to improve the Council’s policies, systems and processes around Information Governance.

The Committee considered a report outlining the action underway to improve the Council’s policies, systems and processes for Information Governance following several limited assurance reports in this area.

The report provided an update on: the action being taken to address the backlog of Subject Access Requests; the on-time responses to  ...  view the full minutes text for item 31.