(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 Council calendar in November each year.  This would enable discussion of in-depth topics that had been identified for more detailed scrutiny or any other pressing matters for the Committee to consider. 

(b)      Charlie Stewart, Executive Director of Resources

Councillor Williams announced that Charlie Stewart would be retiring in early April 2025 and this would therefore be his final meeting of Audit & Governance Committee.  He thanked Charlie for the support he had given him personally as Chair of the Committee and to other members of the Committee generally.  The Chair and Committee members recorded their appreciation of Charlie’s assistance to the work of the Committee and wished him every happiness in his forthcoming retirement.