Issue - meetings

The Head of Strategic Finance and Property introduced the report. He advised that a Sub-Committee meeting had provisionally pencilled into the work programme for December 2022, should the Auditor’s accounts be available.

Councillor Fernando questioned if the Cyber Training which was arranged for the March 2023 meeting of the Committee was timely, as such training would need to be repeated for Members post the May 2023 elections. The Head of Strategic Finance and Property said that Cyber Training had been requested by the Committee for some time, in particular assurance around the cyber control framework. The Chairman and the Shared Internal Audit Service Manager agreed that Cyber Training was appropriate for the Committee as planned.

The Head of Strategic Finance and Property said that the January 2023 meeting was programmed with the Statement of Accounts training. He said that the May 2023 meeting was programmed with ‘The Role of the  Audit and Governance Committee’ training. The Chairman said this was agreeable. 

The Head of Strategic Finance and Property explained how 2023/2024 would see the Committee reduce from five meetings to four meetings per year.

Councillor Crofton said that the analysis of Millstream Property Investments Ltd, to include the profit and loss account should be added to the work programme. The Head of Strategic Finance and Property said that he and the Democratic Services Officer would discuss the scope for this request with the Monitoring Officer and communicate back to the Committee before the next meeting.

It was moved by Councillor Fernando and seconded by Councillor Crofton that the recommendations, as detailed, be approved. After being put the meeting and a vote taken, the motion was declared CARRIED.

RESOLVED – that; (A) Members approve the work programme as set out in the report; and

(B) Specify any training requirements.