Issue - meetings

Report of the Director for Finance and Corporate Services

The Director – Finance and Corporate Services presented the work programme report which detailed the proposed Governance Scrutiny items for 2022/23.

The group were advised that the External Audit and Statement of Accounts may be delayed and therefore are unlikely to be presented at the meeting on 24 November 2022.

The Group were advised that in respect of an Independent Member this would be considered after the elections in May 2023.

Members of the Group commented on the amount of training Councillors are expected to complete for Governance Scrutiny and what is the procedure for briefing Councillors if they are not able to attend a training session. The Director – Finance and Corporate Services explained that Governance members are required to be adequately trained in order to deliver appropriate scrutiny. It was suggested that officers look in to recording training sessions or consider Hybrid sessions to make the training more accessible.

It was RESOLVED that the Group note the work programme:

24 November 2022

·       Internal Audit Progress Report

·       Statement of Accounts (this may be deferred to February’s meeting)

·       Capital and Investment Monitoring Q2

·       Asset Management Plan

·       Work Programme

23 February 2023

·       Internal Audit Progress Report

·       Annual Audit Report 2021/22

·       Annual Audit Strategy Plan

·       Risk Management – Update

·       Capital and Investment Monitoring Q3

·       Capital and Investment Strategy 2023/24

·       Work Programme