Agenda

Any apologies for absence that have been received will be noted at this point.

The Committee is requested to approve the minutes of its meeting on 22 January 2024.

The Chairman will announce any urgent items that due to special circumstances are to be dealt with under the Late Items agenda item.

These are to be made by Members of the Corporate Governance and Audit Committee or other Chichester District Council Members present in respect of matters on the agenda for this meeting.

The procedure for submitting public questions in writing by no later than noon 2 working days before the meetingis available from the Democratic Services Department (contact details are available on the front page of this agenda).

Recommendation:

The Committee is requested to consider and agree the Work Programme for 2024-25.

Recommendation:

The Committee is requested to note the Outline audit planning report for year ended 31 March 2024.

Recommendation:

The Committee is requested to consider this report and note the information provided.

Recommendation:

That the Committee notes the updated Strategic Risk Register and the internal controls in place, plus any associated action plans to manage those risks, and raises any issues or concerns.

Recommendation:

That the Committee notes performance against the Audit Plan for 2023/24.

Recommendation:

That the Committee:

1.    Agree a fluid annual audit plan compiled using risk-based measures from the Strategic and Organisational Risk Registers, as required by The Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA) Global Standards and with the capacity to respond to newly emerging risks and investigations.

2.    Agree an agile audit approach is introduced to support the delivery of a risk-based audit plan which will fully utilise resources within the Audit and Investigations team.

The Committee will consider any late items as follows:

a)         Items added to the agenda papers and made available for public inspection

b)         Items that the Chairman has agreed should be taken as a matter of urgency by reason of special circumstances to be reported at the meeting

The Committee is asked to consider in respect of the following item(s) Item 10 – Appendix, Item 11 – Appendix and Item 15 whether the public, including the press, should be excluded from the meeting on the grounds of exemption under Parts I to 7 of Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972, as indicated against the item and because, in all the circumstances of the case, the public interest in maintaining the exemption of that information outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information. The reports dealt with under this part of the agenda are attached for members of the Corporate Governance & Audit Committee and senior officers only (salmon paper).

Recommendation:

That the Committee notes the potential liabilities of the Council by way of known, or threatened, litigation.