Agenda

Audit, Governance & Standards - Tuesday, 20th January, 2026 6.30 pm

Venue: Oakenshaw Community Centre. View directions

Contact: Democratic Services  Tel: 01527 64252 Ext 3095

Items
No. Item

1.

Apologies and Named Substitutes

2.

Declarations of Interest

To invite Councillors to declare any Disclosable Pecuniary Interests and/or Other Disclosable Interests they may have in items on the agenda, and to confirm the nature of those interests.

 

3.

Minutes pdf icon PDF 437 KB

The minutes of the meeting of Audit, Governance and Standards Committee held on 23 October 2025 will be considered at this meeting.

4.

Public Speaking

Members of the public have an opportunity to speak at meetings of the Audit, Governance and Standards Committee. In order to do so members of the public must register by 12 noon on the day of the meeting by contacting the committee officer. A maximum of 15 minutes will be allocated to public speaking.

 

5.

Feckenham Parish Council Representative's Report - Standards Regime

To receive a verbal report from the Feckenham Parish Council Representative on standards matters relating to the Parish Council.

 

 

6.

Monitoring Officer's Report - Standards Regime pdf icon PDF 227 KB

7.

Ernst & Young - External Audit Progress Report and Sector Update

Verbal Update.

8.

Internal Audit Progress Report pdf icon PDF 304 KB

Additional documents:

9.

Capital Strategy 2026/27 including Treasury Management Strategy pdf icon PDF 1 MB

10.

Review of Accounting Policies pdf icon PDF 497 KB

11.

Financial Compliance Report pdf icon PDF 831 KB

12.

Risk Champion Update

13.

Committee Work Programme pdf icon PDF 205 KB

14.

Exclusion of the Public and Press

In the opinion of the Chief Executive, the meeting will not be, or is unlikely to be open to the Public at the time the following items of business are considered for the reasons stated. The Committee will be asked to pass the following resolution:

“that under S.100 I of the Local Government Act 1972, as amended by the Local Government (Access to Information) (Variation) Order 2006, the public be excluded from the meeting for the following item(s) of business on the grounds that it/they involve(s) the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in the following paragraphs of Part 1 of Schedule 12 (A) of the said Act, as amended:

· Paragraph 3 – Financial or Business Affairs”

15.

Cyber Security Report pdf icon PDF 123 KB

Additional documents: