Agenda

To receive public questions, if any.

To determine any items of business which the Chairman decides should be considered as a matter of urgency pursuant to section 100B(4)(b) of the Local Government Act 1972.

Members are asked at this stage to declare any interests that they may have in any of the following items on the agenda. The code of conduct for Members requires that declarations include the nature of the interest and whether it is a disclosable pecuniary interest.

To approve as a correct record, the minutes of the meeting of the Governance, Risk & Audit Committee held on 12 September 2023.

To review and note the External Auditor’s Annual Report for 2020/2021 and the accompanying Auditor’s certificate.

The Overview & Scrutiny Committee made the following recommendation to Governance, Risk & Audit Committee at the meeting on 15 November:

‘To request that Governance, Risk & Audit Committee reviews the risks presented by the Coastwise Project in respect of the likelihood and impact elements of the risk scores (pre and post the mitigation actions) so that there is clarity about how those actions will work and thus provide greater reassurance that they are being managed effectively and who owns them.’

To consider the Procurement Exemptions register.

To review and note the corporate risk register and consider any necessary recommendations.

To review the Governance, Risk & Audit Committee Work Programme.

To monitor progress on items requiring action from the previous meeting, including progress on implementation of audit recommendations.

To pass the following resolution, if necessary:

“That under Section 100A(4) of the Local Government Act 1972 the press and public be excluded from the meeting for the following items of business on the grounds that they involve the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in paragraph _ of Part I of Schedule 12A (as amended) to the Act.”