Issue - meetings

Mrs Alison Blake, Audit Manager, presented the Audit, Governance and Standards Committee Annual Report 2017/18.  Mrs Blake explained that:

·  The Annual Report outlined how the Committee had fulfilled its responsibilities as set out in its terms of reference.  The report covered the work undertaken by the Committee during 2017/18, the sources of assurance the Committee had received, the complaints received under the Members’ Code of Conduct during 2017/18 and the development briefings which had been delivered during the year.

·  The report also set out a proposed programme of updates and development briefings that could be provided during 2018/19.

·  The overall conclusion was that the Committee could demonstrate that it had appropriately and effectively fulfilled its duties during 2017/18.

During the discussion it was suggested that it would be useful to receive a briefing session on recharges possibly as part of a wider session on local government finance and a briefing session on the audit process including a demonstration of the new audit management system and the benefits it brings.

RESOLVED:

1.  That the Audit, Governance and Standards Committee Annual Report for 2017/18 be agreed.

2.  To RECOMMEND to the COUNCIL:  That the Audit, Governance and Standards Committee Annual Report 2017/18, which demonstrates how the Committee discharged its duties during 2017/18, be noted.

3.  That the proposed programme of Member development briefings be approved subject to the inclusion of a briefing session on recharges possibly as part of a wider session on local government finance and a briefing session on the audit process including a demonstration of the new audit management system and the benefits it brings.