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Audit and Governance Committee Annual Council Report

 

 

Meeting: 19/03/2026 - Audit and Governance Committee (Item 121)

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Purpose:

To provide a draft report of the activities of the Audit and Governance Committee to Council for the municipal year 2025/26.

 

Recommendations:

That the Audit and Governance Committee resolves to:

1.    Approve the draft version of the report for presentation by the Chair of the Audit and Governance Committee to Full Council on 20 May 2026.

2.    Delegate authority to the Director of Governance, in consultation with the Chair of the Audit and Governance Committee, to make final changes and additions to the report following the meeting of the Audit and Governance Committee on 19 March 2026. Changes may include incorporation of suggestions from Committee Members on items for inclusion in the report from past meetings of the Committee, the addition of detail of the meeting of 19 March 2026 and other minor amendments.

 

Additional documents:

Minutes:

Andrea McCaskie, Director of Governance and Regulatory Services, presented the item the purpose of which was to provide a draft report of the activities of the Audit and Governance Committee to Council for the municipal year 2025/26.

 

In the presentation the Director if Governance and Regulatory Services made the following points:

 

  • It was considered good practice for a report on the work of the Audit and Governance Committee to be produced and presented to Full Council each year.
  • Such a reporting process enabled the Audit and Governance Committee to demonstrate and promote the work undertaken in the year in discharging its responsibilities as laid out in the Council’s Constitution.
  • This was the first year such a report had been prepared.
  • The report contained a summary of the wide-ranging work of the Audit and Governance Committee in the key areas of responsibility to date. These areas included: Finance; Internal Audit; External Audit; Risk Management; Corporate Governance and Counter Fraud.
  • The report would serve to raise awareness amongst members of the work of the committee, including the Executive members.
  • Officers intended to add detail of the work undertaken at the final meeting of the Committee, held on 19 March 2026, to the report prior to the presentation at Council.
  • The final updated report that would contain full details of all meetings was to be approved by the Director of Governance and Regulatory Services, in consultation with the Chair of the Audit and Governance Committee, prior to publication of the Council agenda for the meeting on 20 May 2026.

 

In the discussion the following points were raised:

 

  • The report made it very clear on the work of the Audit and Governance Committee and its presentation at Annual Council may encourage members to sit on the committee.

 

Councillor Carl Rylett, Chair of the Audit and Governance Committee, proposed the recommendations of the report. This proposal was seconded by Councillor Sandra Simpson.

 

The Audit and Governance Committee resolved to:

  1. Approve the draft version of the report for presentation by the Chair of the Audit and Governance Committee to Full Council on 20 May 2026.
  2. Delegate authority to the Director of Governance, in consultation with the Chair of the Audit and Governance Committee, to make final changes and additions to the report following the meeting of the Audit and Governance Committee on 19 March 2026. Changes may include incorporation of suggestions from Committee Members on items for inclusion in the report from past meetings of the Committee, the addition of detail of the meeting of 19 March 2026 and other minor amendments.

 

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