Agenda

Audit and Governance Committee - Monday, 8th July, 2024 6.30 pm

Venue: Council Chamber, County Hall, Dorchester, DT1 1XJ. View directions

Contact: John Miles  Email: john.miles@dorsetcouncil.gov.uk

Media

Items
No. Item

1.

Apologies

To receive any apologies for absence.

2.

Minutes pdf icon PDF 163 KB

To confirm the minutes of the meeting held on 15th April 2024.

3.

Declarations of Interest

To disclose any pecuniary, other registrable or non-registrable interest as set out in the adopted Code of Conduct.  In making their decision councillors are asked to state the agenda item, the nature of the interest and any action they propose to take as part of their declaration.

 

If required, further advice should be sought from the Monitoring Officer in advance of the meeting.

 

4.

Public Participation

Representatives of town or parish councils and members of the public who live, work, or represent an organisation within the Dorset Council area are welcome to submit either 1 question or 1 statement for each meeting.  You are welcome to attend the meeting in person or via MS Teams to read out your question and to receive the response. If you submit a statement for the committee this will be circulated to all members of the committee in advance of the meeting as a supplement to the agenda and appended to the minutes for the formal record but will not be read out at the meeting. The first 8 questions and the first 8 statements received from members of the public or organisations for each meeting will be accepted on a first come first served basis in accordance with the deadline set out below.

 

All submissions must be emailed in full to john.miles@dorsetcouncil.gov.uk by 8.30 am on 3rd July 2024.

 

When submitting your question or statement please note that:

· You can submit 1 question or 1 statement.

· A question may include a short pre-amble to set the context.

· It must be a single question and any sub-divided questions will not be permitted.

· Each question will consist of no more than 450 words, and you will be given up to 3 minutes to present your question.

· When submitting a question please indicate who the question is for (e.g., the name of the committee or Portfolio Holder)

· Include your name, address, and contact details.  Only your name will be published but we may need your other details to contact you about your question or statement in advance of the meeting.

· Questions and statements received in line with the council’s rules for public participation will be published as a supplement to the agenda.

· All questions, statements and responses will be published in full within the minutes of the meeting. 

5.

Minutes of the Audit & Governance Sub-committee

To note the minutes of the Audit & Governance Hearing Sub-committee (if any meetings have been held).

6.

Update on the 2021/22 & 2022/23 Accounts External Audit

To receive an update by Ian Howse, Deloitte Audit and Assurance.

7.

Dorset Council Audit Plan Year Ending 31 March 2024 pdf icon PDF 5 MB

To receive a report by Jackson Murray, Director, Public Sector Audit

Grant Thornton.

 

8.

Dorset Pension Fund Audit Plan Year Ending 31 March 2024 pdf icon PDF 4 MB

To receive a report by Jackson Murray, Director, Public Sector Audit

Grant Thornton.

9.

Interim Auditor's Annual Report on Dorset Council 2023/24 pdf icon PDF 7 MB

To receive a report by Jackson Murray, Director, Public Sector Audit

Grant Thornton.

 

10.

Draft Outturn Report 2023/24 pdf icon PDF 754 KB

To receive a report from Sean Cremer, Corporate Director Finance & Commercial.

11.

Update on Effective Property Services (Corporate Landlord Model)

To receive an update by Tim Hulme, Corporate Director                                                                                        

Assets & Regeneration, Place Services.

12.

Councillor Code of Conduct and Complaint Process pdf icon PDF 156 KB

To receive a report by Grace Evans, Head of Legal Services.

Additional documents:

13.

Enhanced DBS Checks for Councilor's pdf icon PDF 162 KB

To receive a report by Jonathan Mair, Director Legal and Democratic.

14.

Planning and Licensing Committees pdf icon PDF 159 KB

To receive a report by Jonathan Mair, Director Legal and Democratic.

Additional documents:

15.

Work Programme pdf icon PDF 78 KB

To consider the work programme for the Committee.

16.

Urgent items

To consider any items of business which the Chairman has had prior notification and considers to be urgent pursuant to section 100B (4) b) of the Local Government Act 1972. The reason for the urgency shall be recorded in the minutes.

17.

Exempt Business

There is no exempt business.