Meeting documents

Audit Committee
Thursday, 30th January, 2020 2.00 pm

Business Items
1Public participation (Standing Order 17)
 To receive and hear any person who wishes to address the Committee. The Chairman will select the order of the matters to be heard. Each person will be limited to a period of five minutes. Public participation time must not exceed thirty minutes.

Requests to speak must be submitted in writing to the Head of Legal and Democratic Services, or the officer mentioned at the top of this agenda letter, by noon on the working day before the meeting and the request must detail the subject matter of the address.
2Apologies for absence and notification of substitutes
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
 14 January 2020, to approve as a correct record (attached)
 Other - 04 Minutes 14 January 2020 
5Matters referred by the Council, the Executive, other Committees etc
 (if any)
6External Audit
 Report of Interim Section 151 Officer (attached)
 Report - 06 External Audit Update Report 
 Report - 06.1 External Audit Plan 
 Report - 06.2 Audit Progess Report and Sector Update 
 Other - 06.3 Grant Certification Letter 
7Treasury Management
 Report of the Interim Section 151 Officer (attached)
 Report - 07 Treasury Management Report 
8Internal Audit Plan
 Report of Head of Audit West (attached)
 Report - 08 Internal Audit Plan 
9Annual Governance Statement
 Report of the Head of Audit West (attached)
 Report - 09 Annual Governance Statement Report 
 Other - 09.1 Annual Governance Statement 2018 2019 
 Other - Appendix 1 Local Code of Corporate Governance 2017 
10Urgent 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 questions must be addressed 'What harm to the public interest would flow from leaving it until the next meeting?' If 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.
 
 Minutes