Winchester City Borough Council Audit and Governance Committee Meeting

Name: Audit and Governance Committee
Start: 2025-01-09T18:30:00Z
End: 2025-01-09T22:30:00Z
Location: Walton Suite, Guildhall, Winchester

Jan. 9, 2025, 6:30 p.m.

This is a meeting of the Audit and Governance Committee of Winchester City Borough Council held on the 9th Jan 2025.

The last meeting was on 25th Feb 2025. The next meeting is scheduled for 17th Jul 2025.

Meeting Status

Confirmed; Additional meeting

Agenda Published

Yes

Decisions Published

Minutes Published

Yes

Meeting Location

Walton Suite, Guildhall, Winchester

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Agenda

Item	Title	Minutes
1	Apologies	There were no apologies given.
2	Disclosure of Interests	There were no declarations made.
3	Chairperson's announcements	There were no announcements made.
4	To note the Audit & Governance work programme 2024/25	A&Gworkprog RESOLVED: That the work programme for the remainder of the 2024/25 municipal year be noted.
5	Minutes of the previous meeting held on 28 November 2024	Minutes , 28/11/2024 Audit and Governance Committee n response to a member’s query, the Director (Finance) confirmed that an update of the IT server issues that occurred in November would be included within the next governance quarterly monitoring report, scheduled for 25 February 2025. RESOLVED: That the minutes of the previous meeting held 22 November 2024 be agreed as a correct record.
6	Public Participation	There no members of the public present.
7	Certification of claims & returns annual report 2024/25 (AG150)	AG150 Certification of claims & returns annual report 2023-24 AG150 - Apx 1 - Winchester City Council 2023-24 HBAP Accountants Report (2) for A&G The Service Lead – Revenues and Benefits introduced the report and responded to members’ questions thereon. Members requested that the Benefits Team be congratulated on their success in achieving a positive annual report year on year. RESOLVED: That the Annual Report as set out as Appendix 1 to the report be noted.
8	Implementation of the Global Internal Audit Standards (AG151)	AG151 Implementation of the Global Internal Audit Standards AG151 Appendix 1 - GIAS AG151 Appendix 2 - SIAP Roadmap (GIAS) Antony Harvey (SIAP) introduced the report and responded to members’ questions thereon. Members were also reminded that the role and responsibilities of the Internal Audit service was contained within the Internal Audit Charter which was submitted to the committee on an annual basis. RESOLVED: That the pending implementation of the Global Internal Audit Standards be noted.
9	Local Code of Corporate Governance (AG152)	AG152 Local Code of Corporate Governance The Senior Policy and Programme Manager introduced the report and drew members’ attention to paragraph 11.12 which outlined the main changes since the previous year. RESOLVED: That the Local Code of Corporate Governance 2025 be approved as set out in Appendix 1 of the report.
10	Dispensation request - County Council & City Council "Dual Hatters" (AG153)	AG153 Dispensation report The Director (Legal) introduced the report and responded to members’ questions thereon. He advised that a report would be submitted to a future meeting outlining a proposal for the granting of future dispensation requests without the need for them to be considered by the full committee. RESOLVED: That a dispensation be granted for a period of up to four years, or for the time each Councillor remains a County Councillor, whichever is longest to Councillors Porter, Tod, Wallace, Warwick, and Williams