Audit and Corporate Services Review Committee

1.To receive apologies for absence

2. To receive any disclosures of interest by Members or Officers in respect of any item of business

3. To confirm the minutes of the meeting held on the 31 July 2024

4. To note the Action log from the previous meeting

5. To receive the report of the meeting of the Health and Safety Group held on 23 July 2024

6. To consider the following reports:

29/24 Action Log for External Performance Audit and Internal Audit (Ending 30 September 2024)
The report assists with monitoring of actions agreed from Audit reviews.

30/24 Well-being Objectives Performance Report
The report provides progress against Priority Indicators/ Projects/ Work Programmes for the Period Ending 30 September 2024

31/24 Assurance Monitoring Report – Compliance, Public and Statutory Duties and Corporate Improvement
This report acts as one element of the Authority’s risk management approach and supports officers and Members in monitoring, assessing and responding to compliance and corporate improvement areas of work.

32/24 Health, Safety & Wellbeing Quarterly Report
The report provides an update on Health & Safety matters together with presentation of the Dashboard.

33/24 Budget Performance Report for the 6 Months to September 2024
This report presents budgetary performance information for the period to September 2024

8. To consider whether the public should be excluded from the meeting during the consideration of the following item due to the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in Paragraph 14 of Part 4 of Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act 1972

9. To consider the following report:

34/24 Risk Management Policy – Risk Register and Risk Management Statement
The report provides Members with an opportunity to comment and discuss an updated version of the Risk Register and the Risk Appetite Statement.

10. To receive a verbal update from the Head of Decarbonisation on the Business Continuity Plan test and review