Agenda

Audit and Governance Committee - Tuesday 30th June, 2026 7.00 pm

Venue: Council Chamber, Wallfields, Hertford. View directions

Contact: Michele Aves Tel: (01279) 502177 Email: michele.aves@eastherts.gov.uk

Items
No.	Item
1.	Appointment of the Vice-Chair for 2026/27
2.	Apologies To receive any apologies for absence
3.	Minutes - 24 February 2026 PDF 92 KB To approve as a correct record the minutes of the meeting held on 24 February 2026.
4.	Minutes - Joint Meeting of Scrutiny Committees, 28 January 2026 PDF 71 KB To approve as a correct record the minutes of the Joint Meeting of Scrutiny Committees held on 28 January 2026.
5.	Chair's Announcements
6.	Declarations of Interest To receive any declarations of interest.
7.	Annual Leisure Contract Performance Report PDF 412 KB View the background to item 7.
8.	External Auditors Audit Plan 2025/26 PDF 83 KB View the background to item 8. Additional documents: Appendix A - External Auditors Audit Plan 2025/26 , item 8. PDF 940 KB
9.	Annual Assurance Statement and Internal Audit Annual Report 2025/26 PDF 387 KB
10.	BEAM Trading Update PDF 179 KB
11.	Provisional Outturn 2025/26 and Draft Statement of Accounts 2025/26 PDF 118 KB View the background to item 11. Additional documents: Appendix A - Revenue outturn 2025/26 , item 11. PDF 70 KB Appendix B - Summary of significant variances 2025/26 , item 11. PDF 65 KB Appendix C - Capital outturn 2025/26 , item 11. PDF 55 KB
12.	Annual Governance Statement 2025/26 PDF 95 KB View the background to item 12. Additional documents: Appendix A - Annual Governance Statement 2025/26 , item 12. PDF 345 KB
13.	Strategic Risk Register Quarter 4 2025/26 PDF 145 KB View the background to item 13. Additional documents: Appendix A - Corporate Risk Register Q4 2025/26 , item 13. PDF 189 KB
14.	Audit and Governance Committee - Effectiveness Review 2026 PDF 112 KB View the background to item 14. Additional documents: Appendix A - CIPFA Position Statement , item 14. PDF 140 KB Appendix B - Audit Committee Self-Assessment , item 14. PDF 116 KB
15.	Audit and Governance Committee Work Programme PDF 99 KB View the background to item 15. Additional documents: Appendix A - Work programme 2026/27 , item 15. PDF 144 KB
16.	Urgent Items To consider such other business as, in the opinion of the Chairman of the meeting, is of sufficient urgency to warrant consideration and is not likely to involve the disclosure of exempt information.
17.	Exclusion of the Press and Public (if required) No Part II business has been notified for this meeting. If Part II business is notified and the procedures set out in the Local Authorities (Executive Arrangements) (Meetings and Access to Information) (England) Regulations 2012 have been complied with, the Chairman will move: - That under Section 100(A)(4) of the Local Government Act 1972, the press and public be excluded from the meeting during the discussion of item XX on the grounds that it involves the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in paragraph XX of Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the said Act and the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information.