Meeting documents

General Purposes & Audit Committee
Wednesday, 24th June, 2015

View General Purposes and Audit Committee Agenda

Date:
Wednesday 24th June 2015
Time:
6:30 p.m.
Place:
Room F10, Town Hall, Katharine Street, Croydon CR0 1NX
 
Invitees:

Councillor Pat Ryan (Chair);
Councillor Hamida Ali (Vice Chair);
Councillors: Emily Benn, Jan Buttinger, Jason Cummings, Mike Fisher, Yvette Hopley, Humayun Kabir, Mike Selva, and John Wentworth.

 

Independent non-voting Members: Mrs. Sabia Noor & Mr. Nero Ughwujabo.

 

Reserve Members: Councillors: Simon Brew, Luke Clancy, Sherwan Chowdhury, Maddie Henson, Karen Jewitt, Bernadette Khan,

Joy Prince, Badsha Quadir, Wayne Trakas-Lawlor, Sue Winborn.

Contact:
June Haynes
Position:
Members Services Manager
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020 8760 6000 ext. 62317
 
Members of the public are welcome to attend this meeting. If you require any assistance, please contact June Haynes, as detailed above.

ItemDescription
AGENDA - PART A
1. Minutes of the meeting held on Wednesday 25 March 2015

2. Apologies for absence

3. Disclosure of Interest
In accordance with the Council's Code of Conduct and the statutory provisions of the Localism Act, Members and co-opted Members of the Council are reminded that it is a requirement to register disclosable pecuniary interests (DPIs) and gifts and hospitality in excess of £50. In addition, Members and co-opted Members are reminded that unless their disclosable pecuniary interest is registered on the register of interests or is the subject of a pending notification to the Monitoring Officer, they are required to disclose those disclosable pecuniary interests at the meeting. This should be done by completing the Disclosure of Interest form and handing it to the Business Manager at the start of the meeting. The Chairman will then invite Members to make their disclosure orally at the commencement of Agenda item 3. Completed disclosure forms will be provided to the Monitoring Officer for inclusion on the Register of Members' Interests.

4. Urgent Business (if any)
To receive notice from the Chair of any business not on the Agenda which should, in the opinion of the Chair, by reason of special circumstances, be considered as a matter of urgency.

5. Exempt Items
To confirm the allocation of business between Part A and Part B of the Agenda.

6. Care Act - Presentation

7. Revenue & Capital Outturn Expenditure: Draft Final Accounts for the period 1 April 2014 to 31 March 2015
The report of Richard Simpson, Assistant Chief Executive (Corporate Resources & s151 Officer) is attached.

8. Annual Governance Statement 2014-15
The report of the Chief Executive is attached

9. Head of Internal Audit Annual Report 2014/15
The report of Simon Maddocks, Head of Governance is attached

10. Internal Audit Review 2014/15
The report of Richard Simpson, Assistant Chief Executive (Corporate Resources & s151 Officer) is attached

11. Anti-Fraud Report: 1 April 2014 to 31 March 2015
The report of Simon Maddocks, Head of Governance is attached

12. Grant Thornton reports
• Update report
• Planned audit Fee for 2015-16


13. Annual Appointments -Amendments
The Committee is asked to agree on behalf of Council the following amendments to Appointments made at Annual Council 21st May 2015.
1. Corporate Parenting Panel - Councillor Bernadette Khan to replace Councillor Maddie Henson,
2. Church Tenements Committee - Councillor Maddie Henson to replace Councillor Alisa Flemming,
3. Health and Wellbeing Board - Councillor Maddie Henson to replace Councillor Pat Clouder as a Reserve member,
4. Mobility Forum -Councillor Pat Clouder to replace Councillor Bernadette Khan.

14. Camera Resolution
To resolve that, under Section 100A(4) of the Local Government Act, 1972, the press and public be excluded from the meeting for the following item of business on the grounds that it involves the likely disclosure of exempt information falling within those paragraphs indicated in Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972, as amended.

AGENDA - PART B
  None

The next meeting is scheduled for 6:30pm on Wednesday, 23rd September 2015 in Committee Room F10, Town Hall, Katharine Street, Croydon

Issue Date:- 16 June 2015 at 13:19