Meeting documents

Audit Committee
Thursday, 19th March, 2015 3.00 pm

Business Items
1Apologies for Absence and Notification of Substitutes
 Apologies for Absence and Notification of Substitutes
2Public Participation
 The Committee will hear any person who wishes to address it in accordance with Standing Orders. The Chairman will select the order of the matters to be heard. Each person will be limited to a period of five minutes for public participation This section of the meeting must not exceed 30 minutes and discussion must not refer to a current planning application.
3Declaration of Disclosable Pecuniary Interest (Standing Order 37)
 A Member must declare any disclosable pecuniary interest where it relates to any matter being considered at the meeting. A declaration of a disclosable pecuniary interest should indicate the interest and the agenda item to which it relates. A Member is not permitted to participate in this agenda item by law and should immediately leave the meeting before the start of any debate.

If the Member leaves the Chamber in respect of a declaration, he or she should ensure that the Chairman is aware of this before he or she leaves to enable their exit from the meeting to be recorded in the minutes in accordance with Standing Order 37.
4Minutes 10 September 2014
 To approve as a correct record
 Minutes - 4 Minutes 100914 
5Treasury Management Mid Year Report 2014/15 (EXE 56)
 Reference from the Executive Meeting 09 December 2014
 Other - 5.1 EXE 56 091214 
6External Audit Reports
 6.1 Audit Committee update
6.2 Grant Certification work
 Report - 6.1 EAUpdateMar15 
 Report - 6.2 EAGrantCertificationReportMar15 
7Annual Governance Review
 Annual Governance Review
 Report - 7 Annual Governance Review Mar15 
8Audit & Assurance Annual Report 2014-15
 Audit & Assurance Annual Report 2014-15
 Report - 8 IA Annual Report Mar15 
9Audit & Assurance Plan 2015-16
 Audit & Assurance Plan 2015-16
 Report - 9 IA Audit Plan Mar15 (2) 
10Counter Fraud Report and Counter Fraud Action Plan 2015-16
 Counter Fraud Report and Counter Fraud Action Plan 2015-16
 Report - 10 Counter Fraud Plan 
11Business Continuity Report 2014-15 & 2015/16 Plan
 Business Continuity Report 2014-15 & 2015/16 Plan
 Report - 11 Business Continuity Plan 
12Audit Committee Work Programme 2015-16
 Audit Committee Work Programme 2015-16
 Report - 12 Audit Committee Work Plan Mar15 
13Urgent Business permitted by the Local Government Act 1972
 Any item of business which the Chairman is of the opinion should be considered at the meeting as a matter of urgency by reason of special circumstances (to be specified in the Minutes). For a matter to be considered as an urgent item, the following question must be addressed: 'What harm to the public interest would flow from leaving it until the next meeting?' If harm can be demonstrated, then it is open to the Chairman to rule that it be considered as urgent. Otherwise the matter cannot be considered urgent within the statutory provisions.