Notice of a public meeting of

 

Audit and Governance Committee

 

To:

Councillors Lomas (Chair), Fisher (Vice-Chair), Baker, Cuthbertson, Musson, Wann, Webb and Leigh (Independent Member)

 

Date:

Wednesday, 15 March 2023

 

Time:

5.30 pm

 

Venue:

The Thornton Room - Ground Floor, West Offices (G039)

 

 

 

AGENDA

 

 

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1.         Declarations of Interest 

 

At this point in the meeting, Members are asked to declare any disclosable pecuniary interest or other registerable interest they might have in respect of business on this agenda, if they have not already done so in advance on the Register of Interests.

 

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2.         Exclusion of Press and Public 

 

To consider the exclusion of the press and public from the meeting during consideration of the following:

 

Annex 3 and 4 to Agenda Item 9 on the grounds that it contains information relating to information relating to the financial or business affairs of any particular person (including the authority holding that information).  This information is classed as exempt under paragraph 3 of Schedule 12A to Section 100A of the Local Government Act 1972 (as revised by The Local Government (Access to Information) (Variation) Order 2006).

 

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3.         Minutes  (Pages 1 - 6)

 

To approve and sign the minutes of the meeting held on 7 February 2023.

 

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4.         Public Participation 

 

 

 At this point in the meeting members of the public who have registered to speak can do so. Members of the public may speak on agenda items or on matters within the remit of the Committee.

Please note that our registration deadlines are set at 2 working days before the meeting, in order to facilitate the management

of public participation at our meetings. The deadline for registering at this meeting is 5:00pm on Monday 13 March 2023.

 

To register to speak please visit www.york.gov.uk/AttendCouncilMeetings to fill in an online registration form. If you have any questions about the registration form or the meeting, please contact Democratic Services. Contact details can be found at the foot of this agenda.

 

Webcasting of Public Meetings

Please note that, subject to available resources, this meeting will be webcast including any registered public speakers who have given their permission. The meeting can be viewed live and on demand at www.york.gov.uk/webcasts.

 

During coronavirus, we made some changes to how we ran council meetings, including facilitating remote participation by public speakers. See our updates (www.york.gov.uk/COVIDDemocracy) for more information on meetings and decisions.

 

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5.         Corporate Governance Report  (Pages 7 - 24)

 

This report provides Members with updates in respect of:

 

·        Corporate Governance performance indicators update;

·        Information Commissioners Office (ICO) published decision notices from the previous report in November 2022 to date of preparing this report on 27th February 2023;

·        Ombudsmen update including Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman (LGSCO) and Housing Ombudsman Service (HOS) cases from the previous report in November 2022 to date of preparing this report on 27th February 2023.

 

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6.         External Audit Progress Report  (Pages 25 - 46)

 

The Audit and Governance Committee are to receive a presentation from Mezars.

 

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7.         Key Corporate Risks monitor 4  (Pages 47 - 82)

 

The purpose of this report is to present Audit & Governance Committee (A&G) with an update on the key corporate risks (KCRs) for City of York Council (CYC), which is included at Annex A. 

 

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8.         Internal audit & counter fraud work programmes 2023/24  (Pages 83 - 100)

 

This report seeks the committee’s approval for the indicative programme of internal audit work to be undertaken in 2023/24. It also includes the proposed programme of counter fraud work, for information.

 

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9.         Audit & Counter Fraud Progress Report  (Pages 101 - 158)

 

This report provides an update on the delivery of the internal audit work programme for 2022/23 and on counter fraud activity undertaken so far in the year.

 

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10.      Urgent Business 

 

Any other business which the Chair considers urgent under the  Local Government Act 1972.

 

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Democracy Officer:

 

Name: Robert Flintoft

Telephone: (01904) 555704

Email: Robert.flintoft@york.gov.uk

 

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For more information about any of the following please contact the Democracy Officer responsible for servicing this meeting:

 

·        Registering to speak

·        Business of the meeting

·        Any special arrangements

·        Copies of reports

 

Contact details are set out above.

 

 

 

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