Agenda

Members are required to notify any substitutions by midday on the day of the meeting.

Late substitutions will not be accepted and Members attending as a substitute without having given the due notice will not be able to take part in the meeting.

To take as read and approve as a true record the minutes of the meeting of the Committee held on the 12 March 2025.

Members should notify the Chair of other business which they wish to be discussed at the end of either Part I or Part II business set out in the agenda. They must state the circumstances which they consider justify the business being considered as a matter of urgency.

The Chair will decide whether any item(s) raised will be considered.

Members are reminded that any declarations of interest in respect of any business set out in the agenda, should be declared as either a Disclosable Pecuniary Interest or Declarable Interest and are required to notify the Chair of the nature of any interest declared at the commencement of the relevant item on the agenda.  Members declaring a Disclosable Pecuniary Interest must withdraw from the meeting for the duration of the item. Members declaring a Declarable Interest, wishing to exercise a ‘Councillor Speaking Right’, must declare this at the same time as the interest, move to the public area before speaking to the item and then must leave the room before the debate and vote.

To receive petitions, comments and questions from the public.

REPORT OF THE SHARED INTERNAL AUDIT SERVICE

To receive the SIAS Annual Assurance Statement and Annual Report 2024 – 25.

REPORT OF DIRECTOR – KPMG

To receive the Audit Plan for 2024/25.

REPORT OF THE POLICY AND COMMUNITIES MANAGER

This draft Annual Governance Statement reviews the Council’s governance arrangements for the 2024/25 period. It also includes a proposed Action Plan to update and improve these arrangements for the next financial year (2025/26).

REPORT OF THE SERVICE DIRECTOR – RESOURCES

To consider the Investment Strategy (Capital and Treasury) End of Year Outturn Review.

REPORT OF THE SERVICE DIRECTOR – RESOURCES

To consider the Annual Report of the Finance, Audit and Risk Committee for the 2024/25 Civic Year.

REPORT OF THE SERVICE DIRECTOR – RESOURCES

A year end report on the Councils' Risk Management Governance for 2024/25.

The Chair to lead a discussion regarding possible agenda items for future meetings.