Agenda

Audit and Governance Committee - Wednesday 26th November, 2025 7.00 pm

Venue: Council Chamber, Wallfields, Hertford. View directions

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

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Items
No.	Item
1.	Apologies To receive any apologies for absence.
2.	Minutes - 30 September 2024 PDF 110 KB To approve as a correct record the minutes of the meeting held on 30 September 2025.
3.	Chair's Announcements
4.	Declarations of Interest To receive any declarations of interest.
5.	External Auditors Annual Report 2024/25 PDF 62 KB View the background to item 5. Additional documents: Enc. 1 for External Auditors Annual Report 2024/25 , item 5. PDF 1 MB
6.	Shared Anti-Fraud Service - Anti-Fraud Report 2025/26 PDF 252 KB
7.	Shared Internal Audit Service - Progress Report PDF 146 KB
8.	Section 106 Update Report & 2024/25 Infrastructure Funding Statement PDF 639 KB View the background to item 8. Additional documents: APPENDIX A - 2024/25 Infrastructure Funding Statement , item 8. PDF 769 KB
9.	BEAM Trading Update PDF 124 KB View the background to item 9.
10.	Strategic Risk Register Quarter 2 Monitoring 2025/26 PDF 136 KB View the background to item 10. Additional documents: Enc. 1 for Strategic Risk Register Quarter 2 Monitoring 2025/26 , item 10. PDF 141 KB
11.	Financial Management 2025/26 - Quarter 2 Forecast to Year End PDF 136 KB View the background to item 11. Additional documents: Appendix A , item 11. PDF 59 KB Appendix B , item 11. PDF 80 KB Appendix C , item 11. PDF 41 KB Appendix D , item 11. PDF 36 KB
12.	Treasury Management 2025/26 Mid-Year Review PDF 94 KB View the background to item 12. Additional documents: Enc. 1 for Treasury Management 2025/26 Mid-Year Review , item 12. PDF 314 KB
13.	Medium Term Financial Plan 2026-2031 PDF 207 KB View the background to item 13. Additional documents: Enc. 1 for Medium Term Financial Plan 2026-2031 , item 13. PDF 84 KB
14.	Update on Statutory Recommendation from External Auditors and Finance Peer Review PDF 118 KB View the background to item 14. Additional documents: Enc. 1 for Update on Statutory Recommendation from External Auditors and Finance Peer Review , item 14. PDF 118 KB Enc. 2 for Update on Statutory Recommendation from External Auditors and Finance Peer Review , item 14. PDF 108 KB
15.	Audit and Governance Committee Work Programme PDF 98 KB View the background to item 15. Additional documents: Enc. 1 for Audit and Governance Committee Work Programme , item 15. PDF 132 KB
16.	Exclusion of the Press and Public To 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 17 on the grounds that it involves the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in paragraphs 3 and 7 Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the said Act.
17.	Cyber Security Update PDF 57 KB
18.	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.