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No. Item

1.

APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE

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.

2.

MINUTES - 10 JUNE 2026 pdf icon PDF 205 KB

To take as read and approve as a true record the minutes of the meeting of the Committee held on the 10 June 2026.

3.

NOTIFICATION OF OTHER BUSINESS

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.

4.

CHAIR'S ANNOUNCEMENTS

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.

5.

PUBLIC PARTICIPATION

To receive petitions, comments and questions from the public.

6.

EXTERNAL AUDIT - 2025/26 VFM RISK ASSESSMENT pdf icon PDF 347 KB

REPORT OF KPMG

 

To receive VFM Risk Assessment for the year ending 31 March 2026.

7.

EXTERNAL AUDIT - REBUILDING ASSURANCE UPDATE pdf icon PDF 325 KB

REPORT OF KPMG

 

To receive the Rebuilding Assurance Update.

8.

SAFS ANNUAL REPORT 2025/26 pdf icon PDF 790 KB

REPORT OF THE SHARED ANTI-FRAUD SERVICE (SAFS)

 

A report providing details of the work undertaken by the Council and the Shared Anti-Fraud Service to protect the Council against the threat of fraud and the delivery of the Council’s Anti-Fraud Action Plan for 2025/26.

Additional documents:

9.

SAFS PROGRESS REPORT 2026/27 pdf icon PDF 359 KB

REPORT OF THE SHARED ANTI-FRAUD SERVICE (SAFS)

 

To review the progress and delivery of the Anti-Fraud plan 2026/27.

10.

SIAS ANNUAL REPORT 2025/26 pdf icon PDF 858 KB

REPORT OF THE SHARED INTERNAL AUDIT SERVICE

 

A report providing details of the work undertaken by the Council and the Shared Internal Audit Service for 2025/26.

11.

SIAS PROGRESS REPORT 2026/27 pdf icon PDF 511 KB

REPORT OF THE SHARED INTERNAL AUDIT SERVICE

 

To receive the Internal Audit Service progress report 206/27 of the SIAS.

12.

FRAUD PREVENTION POLICY pdf icon PDF 115 KB

REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR – RESOURCES

 

To update Cabinet on progress with the Anti-fraud policy update.

Additional documents:

13.

FIRST QUARTER REVENUE BUDGET MONITORING 2026/27 pdf icon PDF 261 KB

REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR - RESOURCES

 

To inform Cabinet of the summary position on revenue income and expenditure forecasts for the financial year 2026/27, as at the end of the first quarter.

14.

FIRST QUARTER CAPITAL BUDGET MONITORING REVIEW 2026/27 pdf icon PDF 150 KB

REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR – RESOURCES

 

To update Cabinet on progress with delivering the Capital Budget Monitoring for 2026/27, as at the end of June 2026.

Additional documents:

15.

FIRST QUARTER TREASURY MANAGEMENT REVIEW 2026/27 pdf icon PDF 146 KB

REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR – RESOURCES

 

To update Cabinet on progress with delivering the Treasury Strategy for 2026/27, as at the end of June 2026.

Additional documents:

16.

CHANGES TO THE CONTRACT PROCUREMENT RULES pdf icon PDF 212 KB

REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR – RESOURCES

 

To update Cabinet on changes to the Contract Procurement Rules.

17.

EXCLUSION OF PRESS AND PUBLIC

To consider passing the following: That under Section 100A of the Local Government Act 1972, the Press and Public be excluded from the meeting on the grounds that the following report will involve the likely disclosure of  exempt information as defined in Paragraph 3 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the said Act (as amended).

18.

PART 2 MINUTES - 19 JUNE 2024

To take as read and approve as a true record the Part 2 minutes of the meeting of the Committee held on the 19 June 2024.

19.

POSSIBLE AGENDA ITEMS FOR FUTURE MEETINGS

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