Audit and Risk Committee (December 2021)
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Agenda
1. Apologies for Absence and Substitutions
2. Minutes
To consider the minutes of the meeting held on 16 June 2021
3. Declaration of Interests
All Members are reminded that they must disclose any interests they know they have in items of business on the meeting’s agenda and that they must do so at this point on the agenda or as soon as they become aware of the interest. If the interest is a Disclosable Pecuniary Interest they are also obliged to notify the Monitoring Officer within 28 days of the meeting.
4. Public Question Time
Any member of the public may ask a question or make a statement at this point in the meeting. Each person has two minutes and a maximum of 20 minutes is allotted to public questions/statements, which must be about matters for which the Committee is responsible.
The Chair may disallow a question if it is offensive, substantially the same as another question or requires disclosure of exempt or confidential information. If the question cannot be answered at the meeting a written response will be provided after the meeting.
Any member of the public who wishes to submit a question or statement to this meeting should email it to committees@chelmsford.gov.uk 24 hours before the start time of the meeting. All valid questions and statements will be published with the agenda on the website at least six hours before the start time and will be responded to at the meeting. Those who have submitted a valid question or statement will be entitled to put it in person at the meeting.
5. Announcements
6. External Audit Verbal Update
7. Audit Planning Report (BDO)
8. Appointment of External Auditors
9. Annual Report - Corporate Health and Safety
10. Internal Audit Interim Report 2021/22
11. Risk Management Report – Autumn/Winter 2021
12. Counter Fraud and Investigations Report 2021
13. Annual Report of Procurement and Sourcing Activities
14. Modern Slavery Report
15. Audit and Risk Committee Work Programme
16. Urgent Business
To consider any other matter which, in the opinion of the Chair, should be considered by reason of special circumstances (to be specified) as a matter of urgency.