Issue - meetings

This report sets out the reports to be received by the Audit & Governance Committee for the 2020/21 municipal year.

The Head of Audit and Management Assurance presented a report, a copy of which had been circulated to each Member and a copy of which appears as Appendix 'F' to these Minutes in the Minute Book.

The report set out the reports to be received by the Audit & Governance Committee for the remainder of the 2020/21 municipal year.

The Committee noted that the report entitled ‘Information Governance Update’ was now scheduled to be presented to the meeting of the Committee on 22 April 2021.

The Chairman reminded members again of his recent email inviting suggestions for additional subjects for consideration in more depth at the more informal ‘extra’ meetings of the Committee. This was now an important and useful method of working for the Committee and members were welcome to contribute suggestions on a continuing basis.

The Chairman also referred to the work of the Committee’s Constitution Review Working Group. There was potential for an increasing workload for the Committee in the short term in delivering its role in the ongoing review of the Council’s Constitution and it was agreed that some ‘reserve’ dates for additional meetings of the Committee, before the end of the current Municipal year, should be identified in order that members could reserve the dates should they be required.

The Committee was also informed that the Monitoring Officer had completed in draft her Action Plan for wider review of the Constitution and that this would be considered by the Working Group at its next meeting.

RESOLVED that, subject to the above comments, the Audit and Governance Committee approves the forward plan set out.

Voting: Unanimous