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Agenda and minutes

Venue: Committee Room 1 - Marmion House

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Items
No. Item

32.

Apologies for Absence

Minutes:

Apologies for absence were received from Councillor P Seekings.

33.

Minutes of the Previous Meeting pdf icon PDF 47 KB

Minutes:

The minutes of the meeting held on 26 September 2013 were approved and signed as a correct record.

 

(Moved by Councillor S Peaple and seconded by Councillor M Couchman)

 

34.

Declarations of Interest

To receive any declarations of Members’ interests (pecuniary and non-pecuniary) in any matters which are to be considered at this meeting.

 

When Members are declaring a pecuniary or non-pecuniary interest in respect of which they have dispensation, they should specify the nature of such interest.  Members should leave the room if they have a pecuniary or non-pecuniary interest in respect of which they do not have a dispensation. 

Minutes:

There were no declarations of Interest.

35.

Annual Audit Letter 2012-2013 pdf icon PDF 359 KB

(Report of Grant Thornton (External Auditor))

Minutes:

The Report of Grant Thornton (External Auditor) was considered.

 

RESOLVED:

That the Annual Audit Letter for Tamworth Borough Council be endorsed.

 

 

(Moved by Councillor M Gant and seconded by Councillor M Couchman)

 

36.

Review of the Council's Arrangements for Securing Financial Resilience 2012/13 - Management Response & Risk Assessment pdf icon PDF 65 KB

(Report of the Executive Director Corporate Services)

Minutes:

The Report of the Executive Director Corporate Services informing Members of Management’s responses and timeframes to address the recommendations contained within the Review of the Council’s Arrangements for Securing Financial Resilience report presented by Grant Thornton to the meeting on 26 September 2013 was considered.

 

 

RESOLVED:

That the management responses and timeframes to address the recommendations contained within the Review of the Council’s Arrangements for Securing Financial Resilience report be endorsed.

 

 

(Moved by Councillor S Peaple and seconded by Councillor M Couchman)

 

 

37.

Fraud and Corruption Update Report pdf icon PDF 23 KB

(Report of the Head of Internal Audit Services)

Additional documents:

Minutes:

The Report of the Head of Internal Audit Services providing Members with an update of Counter Fraud work completed to date during the financial year 2013/14 was considered.

 

RESOLVED:

 

That:

 

1

The updated counter Fraud Work Plan be endorsed;

 

2

The Fraud Risk Register  be endorsed;

 

3

The Counter Fraud and Corruption Policy Statement, Strategy Guidance Notes, be endorsed, and;

 

4

The Whistleblowing Policy, subject to the policy being incorporated into all contracts with external suppliers, be endorsed.

 

 

 

(Moved by Councillor M Gant and seconded by Councillor S Peaple)

 

38.

Internal Audit Quarterly Report 2013/14 Quarter 2 pdf icon PDF 44 KB

(Report of the Head of Internal Audit Services)

Additional documents:

Minutes:

The Report of the Head of Internal Audit Services reporting on the outcome of Internal Audit’s review of the internal control, risk management and governance framework in the 2nd quarter of 2013/14 – to provide members with assurance of the ongoing effective operation of an internal audit function and enable any particularly significant issues to be brought to the Committee’s attention was considered.

 

 

RESOLVED:

That the quarterly report be endorsed.

 

 

(Moved by Councillor M Couchman and seconded by Councillor S Peaple)

 

 

39.

Annual Governance Statement 2012/13 - Update pdf icon PDF 22 KB

(Report of the Head of Internal Audit Services)

Additional documents:

Minutes:

The Report of the Head of Internal Audit Services seeking to advise the Committee of the current position regarding “significant and other governance issues” raised in the Authority’s Annual Governance Statement 2012/13 and providing an opportunity for members to raise any issues they consider appropriate was considered.

 

 

RESOLVED:

That the update on the “significant and other governance issues” raised from the 2012/13 Annual Governance Statement be endorsed.

 

 

(Moved by Councillor M Thurgood and seconded by Councillor K Gant)

 

40.

One Staffordshire Data Sharing Protocol pdf icon PDF 22 KB

(Report of the Director Technology and Corporate Programmes)

Additional documents:

Minutes:

The Report of the Director Technology and Corporate Programmes seeking to advise Audit and Governance Committee on the reasoning and benefits behind the One Staffordshire Data Sharing Protocol, with a subsequent recommendation of endorsement for Tamworth Borough Council to become a signed up party was considered.

 

 

RESOLVED:

That the sign up to the One Staffordshire Data Sharing Protocol by the Council be endorsed.

 

 

(Moved by Councillor S Peaple and seconded by Councillor M Gant)

 

 

41.

Review of Anti-Money Laundering Policy pdf icon PDF 22 KB

(Report of the Solicitor to the Council and Monitoring Officer)

Additional documents:

Minutes:

The Report of the Solicitor to the Council and Monitoring Officer providing the Committee with a review of the Council’s key Anti-Money Laundering Policy was considered.

 

 

RESOLVED:

That the revised Anti-Money Laundering Policy be endorsed and referred to Council for adoption in the Council’s Policy Framework.

 

 

(Moved by Councillor M Thurgood and seconded by Councillor K Gant)

 

 

42.

Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 pdf icon PDF 26 KB

(Report of the Solicitor to the Council and Monitoring Officer)

Minutes:

The Report of the Solicitor to the Council and Monitoring Officer informing Members of the surveillance carried out under the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 was considered.

 

 

RESOLVED:

That the quarterly RIPA monitoring report be endorsed.

 

 

(Moved by Councillor S Peaple and seconded by Councillor M Gant)