Meeting Details

Meeting Summary
Audit and Governance Committee
24 Mar 2025 - 18:30 to 20:00
Occurred
Conference Room, Riverside
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  • Documents
  • Attendance
  • Visitors
  • Declarations of Interests

Documents

Agenda

Meeting Details
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Members are invited to a Meeting of the Audit and Governance Committee

to be held in the Conference Room, Riverside, Lowestoft

on Monday, 24 March 2025 at 6.30pm

 

This meeting will be broadcast to the public via the East Suffolk YouTube Channel at https://youtube.com/live/BoJGUeRUJbM?feature=share

Open To The Public
1 Apologies for Absence and Substitutions
2 Declarations of Interest

Members and Officers are invited to make any declarations of interests, and the nature of that interest, that they may have in relation to items on the Agenda and are also reminded to make any declarations at any stage during the Meeting if it becomes apparent that this may be required when a particular item or issue is considered.

3 Minutes
To agree as a correct record the minutes of the meetings held on 9 December 2024 and 17 January 2025. 
pdf Minutes 9 December 2024 (164Kb)
pdf Minutes 17 February (143Kb)
4 Independent Members of the Internal Audit and Governance Committee
Report of the Leader of the Council
5 Treasury Management 2024/25 Quarter 3 Report
Report of the Cabinet Member with responsibility for Resources and Value for Money
6 Internal Audit Mandate, Charter, Strategy and Plan 2025/26
Report of the Cabinet Member with responsibility for Resources and Value for Money
7 Covert Investigation Policy
Report of the Cabinet Member with responsibility for Resources and Value for Money
8 Corporate Fraud Annual Plan 2025/26
Report of the Cabinet Member with responsibility for Resources and Value for Money
9 Annual Information Governance Plan 2025/2026
Report of the Deputy Leader and Cabinet Member with responsibility for Corporate Services (Digital, Customer Services, HR and Assets)
10 External Quality Assessment of Internal Audit
Report of the Cabinet Member with responsibility for Resources and Value for Money
11 Internal Audit: Status of Actions
Report of the Cabinet Member with responsibility for Resources and Value for Money
12 pdf Work Programme 2025- 26 (112Kb)
To consider the work programme for 2025/26
13 Exempt/Confidential Items

It is recommended that under Section 100A(4) of the Local Government Act 1972 (as amended) the public be excluded from the meeting for the following items of business on the grounds that they involve the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in Paragraph 3 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Act.     

Exempt/Confidential
14 Exempt Minutes
To agree as a correct record the exempt minutes of the meetings held on 9 December 2024 and 17 January 2025. 
Exempt Minutes 9 December 2024
  • Information relating to the financial or business affairs of any particular person (including the authority holding that information).
Exempt Minutes 17 February
  • Information relating to the financial or business affairs of any particular person (including the authority holding that information).
15 Standards Matters, Declarations of Gifts and Hospitality and Review of Complaints
  • Information relating to any individual.
  • Information that is likely to reveal the identity of an individual.
  1. ES-2340 Standards Matters, Declarations of Gifts and Hospitality and Review of Complaints
    • Information relating to any individual.
    • Information that is likely to reveal the identity of an individual.
    1. ES-2340 Appendix A
      • Information relating to any individual.
      • Information that is likely to reveal the identity of an individual.
    2. ES-2340 Appendix B
      • Information relating to any individual.
      • Information that is likely to reveal the identity of an individual.

Attendance

Attended - Other Members
Name
Apologies
NameReason for Sending ApologySubstituted By
Absent
NameReason for AbsenceSubstituted By

Declarations of Interests

Member NameItem Ref.DetailsNature of DeclarationAction

Visitors

Officers present:  Chris Bally (Chief Executive), Chris Bing (Head of Legal and Democratic Services), Siobhan Martin (Head of Internal Audit Services), Sheila Mills (Corporate Fraud Manager), Danielle Patterson (Finance Compliance Manager), Alli Stone (Democratic Services Officer), Julian Sturman (Specialist Accountant – Capital and Treasury Management)

 


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