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  • Agenda and draft minutes

    Joint Audit and Standards Committee - Monday, 27th November, 2023 10.30 am

    • Attendance details
    • Agenda frontsheet PDF 136 KB
    • Agenda reports pack
    • JOINT AUDIT AND STANDARDS COMMITTEE 27 NOVEMBER 2023 TABLED PAPERS PDF 236 KB
    • Printed draft minutes PDF 69 KB

    Venue: King Edmund Chamber, Endeavour House, 8 Russell Road, Ipswich. View directions

    Contact: Committee Services 

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    Items
    No. Item

    24.

    SUBSTITUTES AND APOLOGIES

    Any Member attending as an approved substitute to report giving his/her name and the name of the Member being substituted.

     

    25.

    DECLARATION OF INTERESTS

    Members to declare any interests as appropriate in respect of items to be considered at this meeting.

     

    26.

    JAC/23/11 TO CONFIRM THE MINUTES OF THE MEETING HELD ON 25 SEPTEMBER 2023 pdf icon PDF 100 KB

    Recorded Vote
    TitleTypeRecorded Vote textResult
    To confirm the minutes of the meeting held on 25 September 2023 as set out in the tabled papers. Resolution

    It was RESOLVED: -

     

    That the minutes of the meeting held on the 25th September 2023, as set out in the tabled papers, be approved.

    Carried
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  • 27.

    TO RECEIVE NOTIFICATION OF PETITIONS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE COUNCIL'S PETITION SCHEME

    28.

    QUESTIONS BY THE PUBLIC

    To consider questions from, and provide answers to, the public in relation to matters which are relevant to the business of the meeting and of which due notice has been given in accordance with the Committee and Sub-Committee Procedure Rules.

     

    29.

    QUESTIONS BY COUNCILLORS

    To consider questions from, and provide answer to, Councillors on any matter in relation to which the Committee has powers or duties and of which due notice has been given in accordance with the Committee and Sub-Committee Procedure Rules.

     

    30.

    JAC/23/12 TREASURY MANAGEMENT HALF YEAR REPORT 2023/24 pdf icon PDF 567 KB

    Recorded Vote
    TitleTypeRecorded Vote textResult
    To agree recommendation 3.1 as set out in the report. Resolution

    It was RESOLVED: -

     

    That the Treasury Management activity for the first six months of 2023/24 as set out in this report and Appendices be noted.

    Carried
    That recommendation 3.2 be noted by Babergh District Council Resolution

    It was RESOLVED: -

     

    That it be noted that Babergh District Council’s treasury management activity for the first six months of 2023/24 was in accordance with the approved Treasury Management Strategy, and that the Council has complied with all the Treasury Management Indicators for this period.

    Carried
    That recommendation 3.3 be noted by Mid Suffolk District Council Resolution

    It was RESOLVED: -

     

    That it be noted that Mid Suffolk District Council’s treasury management activity for the first six months of 2023/24 was in accordance with the approved Treasury Management Strategy, and that, except for one occasion when the Council exceeded its daily bank account limit with Lloyds, as mentioned in Appendix C, paragraph 4.1, the Council has complied with all the Treasury Management Indicators for this period.

    Carried
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  • 31.

    JAC/23/13 MID TERM INTERNAL AUDIT REPORT pdf icon PDF 272 KB

    Recorded Vote
    TitleTypeRecorded Vote textResult
    That the contents of this Internal Audit report, supported by Appendix A, be noted Resolution

    It was RESOLVED: -

     

    That the contents of this Internal Audit report, supported by Appendix A, be noted.

    Carried
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  • 32.

    JAC/23/14 ANNUAL RISK MANAGEMENT STRATEGY UPDATE pdf icon PDF 92 KB

    Additional documents:

    • Risk Management Policy and Strategy Final V1.0 (3) (2) , item 32. pdf icon PDF 752 KB
    • HMT_Orange_Book_May_2023 , item 32. pdf icon PDF 465 KB
    Recorded Vote
    TitleTypeRecorded Vote textResult
    To agree recommendation 3.1 as set out in the report. With the additional recommendation to provide training on Risk Management to all Members Resolution

    It was RESOLVED: -

     

    1.1That given changes in the administrations, newly elected members of the Joint Audit and Standards Committee note the progress to improve strategic risk management in alignment with the HM Government Orange Book since January 2022, and support the ongoing schedule of continuous improvement for the Councils’ joint risk management arrangements.

     

    1.2That training be provided to all Members on Risk Management.

    Carried
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  • 33.

    JAC/23/15 BRIEFING NOTE: UPDATE ON PREVIOUS YEARS' FINANCIAL STATEMENTS pdf icon PDF 135 KB

    34.

    JAC/23/16 FORWARD PLAN pdf icon PDF 55 KB

    35.

    EXCLUSION OF THE PUBLIC (WHICH TERM INCLUDES THE PRESS)

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    To consider whether, pursuant to Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972, the public should be excluded from the meeting for the business specified below on the grounds that if the public were present during this/these item(s), it is likely that there would be the disclosure to them of exempt information as indicated against the/each item.

     

    The author(s) of the report(s) proposed to be considered in Part 2 of the Agenda is/are satisfied that the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information.

     

    36.

    JAC/23/17 CONFIRMATION OF THE CONFIDENTIAL MINUTES OF THE MEETING HELD ON 25 SEPTEMBER 2023

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    Recorded Vote
    TitleTypeRecorded Vote textResult
    To confirm the confidential minutes of the meeting held on 25 September 2023 Resolution

    It was RESOLVED: -

     

    That confidential minutes of the meeting held on 25 September 2023 be confirmed and signed as a true record.

    Carried
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