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 2^nd of June 2026.

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

To review the register.

To consider the draft financial statements for 2025/2026.

To consider early draft of Annual Governance Statement. No decision or approval needed at this stage.

To approve the Local Code of Corporate Governance

To review the Monitoring Officer’s Annual report.

To receive the procurement exemptions register.

To recommend to Full Council the Committee’s Annual report summarising its key achievements and highlighting any issues over the previous three years.

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

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.”