Agenda

Audit and Governance Committee - Wednesday 19th March, 2025 3.00 pm

Venue: Birkdale Room - Southport Town Hall, Lord Street, Southport, PR8 1DA. View directions

Contact: Amy Dyson  Democratic Services Officer

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No. Item

1.

Apologies for absence

2.

Declarations of Interest

Members are requested at a meeting where a disclosable pecuniary interest or personal interest arises, which is not already included in their Register of Members' Interests, todeclare any interests that relate to an item on the agenda.

 

Where a Member discloses a Disclosable Pecuniary Interest, he/she must withdraw from the meeting room, including from the public gallery, during the whole consideration of any item of business in which he/she has an interest, except where he/she is permitted to remain as a result of a grant of a dispensation.

 

Where a Member discloses a personal interest he/she must seek advice from the Monitoring Officer or staff member representing the Monitoring Officer to determine whether the Member should withdraw from the meeting room, including from the public gallery, during the whole consideration of any item of business in which he/she has an interest or whether the Member can remain in the meeting or remain in the meeting and vote on the relevant decision.

 

 

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Minutes pdf icon PDF 238 KB

Minutes of the meetings held on 11 December 2024 and 12 February 2025

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4.

ICT Acceptable Usage Policy - Yearly review pdf icon PDF 387 KB

Report of the Executive Director of Corporate Services and Commercial

5.

External Audit Progress Report March 2025 pdf icon PDF 598 KB

Report of Sefton Council’s External Auditors – Grant Thornton.

6.

Contract Procedure Rules pdf icon PDF 390 KB

Report of the Executive Director of Corporate Services and Commercial

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7.

Annual Audit Plan, Charter and Strategy pdf icon PDF 296 KB

Report of the Executive Director of Corporate Services and Commercial

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8.

Annual Fraud Report 2023/24 pdf icon PDF 380 KB

Report of the Executive Director of Corporate Services and Commercial

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9.

Assurance Mapping pdf icon PDF 408 KB

Report of the Executive Director of Corporate Services and Commercial

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10.

Audit and Risk Performance pdf icon PDF 281 KB

Report of the Executive Director of Corporate Services and Commercial

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11.

Corporate Risk Management pdf icon PDF 348 KB

Report of the Executive Director of Corporate Services and Commercial

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12.

Sefton Council Anti-Money Laundering Policy Update pdf icon PDF 277 KB

Report of the Executive Director of Corporate Services and Commercial

13.

Treasury Management Position to January 2025 pdf icon PDF 648 KB

Report of the Executive Director of Corporate Services and Commercial

14.

Audit and Governance Committee Member Training and Development pdf icon PDF 377 KB

Report of the Executive Director of Corporate Services and Commercial

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Audit and Governance Committee Work Programme 2025-2026 pdf icon PDF 383 KB

Report of the Executive Director of Corporate Services and Commercial

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Work Programme Update Report pdf icon PDF 369 KB

Report of the Executive Director of Corporate Services and Commercial

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