Agenda and minutes

To record the names of apologies given.

There were no apologies given.

To receive any disclosure of interests from councillors or officers in matters to be discussed.

Note: Councillors are reminded of their obligations to declare disclosable pecuniary interests (DPIs), other registerable interests (ORIs) and non-registerable interests (NRIs) in accordance with the Council’s Code of Conduct.

There were no declarations made.

There were no announcements made.

RESOLVED:

          That the work programme for the remainder of the 2024/25 municipal year be noted.

n response to a member’s query, the Director (Finance) confirmed that an update of the IT server issues that occurred in November would be included within the next governance quarterly monitoring report, scheduled for 25 February 2025.

RESOLVED:

          That the minutes of the previous meeting held 22 November 2024 be agreed as a correct record.

– To receive and note questions asked and statements made from members of the public on matters which fall within the remit of the Committee.. 

NB members of the public are required to register with Democratic Services three clear working days before the meeting (see below for further details).

There no members of the public present.

The Service Lead – Revenues and Benefits introduced the report and responded to members’ questions thereon.

Members requested that the Benefits Team be congratulated on their success in achieving a positive annual report year on year.

RESOLVED:

That the Annual Report as set out as Appendix 1 to the report be noted.

Antony Harvey (SIAP) introduced the report and responded to members’ questions thereon.  Members were also reminded that the role and responsibilities of the Internal Audit service was contained within the Internal Audit Charter which was submitted to the committee on an annual basis.

RESOLVED:

That the pending implementation of the Global Internal Audit Standards be noted.

The Senior Policy and Programme Manager introduced the report and drew members’ attention to paragraph 11.12 which outlined the main changes since the previous year.

RESOLVED:

That the Local Code of Corporate Governance 2025 be approved as set out in Appendix 1 of the report.

The Director (Legal) introduced the report and responded to members’ questions thereon. He advised that a report would be submitted to a future meeting outlining a proposal for the granting of future dispensation requests without the need for them to be considered by the full committee.

RESOLVED:

That a dispensation be granted for a period of up to four years, or for the time each Councillor remains a County Councillor, whichever is longest to Councillors Porter, Tod, Wallace, Warwick, and Williams