Issue - meetings

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Report by County Solicitor & Monitoring Officer (AU9).  

The Committee currently meets six times a year on a Wednesday morning.  The County Council’s senior management team meets every week at this time. Both the County Council Management Team and the Audit Committee require the continued focus and support of the Council’s Chief Officers. Consequently, it is suggested that the Council’s strategic management and its control arrangements would be enhanced by avoiding any clash between these meetings. This report therefore seeks the Committee’s approval for an alteration in the timing of the Committee from Wednesdays at 11.00 a.m. to a new time of Wednesdays at 2.00 p.m.  

The Committee is RECOMMENDED to agree, and to RECOMMEND to Council, that future meetings of Audit Committee should take place in the afternoon from 2.00 p.m.

The Committee considered a report (AU9) which sought the Committee’s approval for an alteration in the timing of the Committee from Wednesdays at 11.00 a.m. to a new time of Wednesdays at 2.00 p.m.  

The County Solicitor & Monitoring Officer outlined the reasons for the request.  The Committee currently met six times a year on a Wednesday morning.  The County Council’s senior management team also met every week at this time. Both the County Council Management Team and the Audit Committee required the continued focus and support of the Council’s Chief Officers. Consequently, it was suggested that the Council’s strategic management and its control arrangements would be enhanced by avoiding any clash between the two meetings.

If the Committee supported the proposal, any informal briefings/training by officers immediately before the start of Audit Committee meetings would in future commence at 1pm. 

RESOLVED: to RECOMMEND Council that future meetings of Audit Committee should take place in the afternoon from 2.00 p.m..