Governance Committee - 26 July 2023

Time: 10:00 am

Location: Boardroom, Murley Moss, Kendal, LA9 7RL.

This meeting will be published on YouTube in the near future: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEgEcMzhMK8-toZB4-id3lw/live

Agenda

Business Part One

  1. Appointment of Chairman
  2. Appointment of Deputy Chairman
  3. Apologies - To receive and record apologies from members of the Authority who cannot attend.
  4. Minutes - To confirm the Minutes of the meeting held on 23 May 2023.
  5. Chairman's Announcements
    The Chairman to announce to all attendees -
    • the fire safety instructions; and
    • the meeting is being livestreamed and a digital sound recording of the meeting is made.
  6. Declarations of Interest - Members should declare any registrable interests or disclosable pecuniary interests and state the nature of those interests so it can be recorded in the minutes.  These interests are described in the Code of Conduct adopted by the Authority on 20 October 2021.
  7. Questions - To answer any questions raised under Standing Order 16(2) relating to the business of the Committee.
  8. Public Participation - There are no public questions, petitions or deputations relating to the business of the Committee for this meeting.
  9. Freedom of Information Requests Received and Complaints Made to the Information Commissioner for the Year 1 April 2022 to 31 March 2023
  10. Complaints Received for the Year 1 April 2022 to 31 March 2023
  11. Complaints to the Ombudsman for the Year 1 April 2022 to 31 March 2023
  12. Complaints Received Against Members for the Year 1 April 2022 to 31 March 2023
  13. Corporate and Business Plan Risks Update
  14. Risk Management Strategy

The Committee will consider the following RESOLUTION:

Under Section 100(A)(4) of the Local Government Act, 1972 the public be excluded from the meeting for the following items.  This is because exempt information, as defined in Schedule 12A of the Act, may be disclosed during discussions.

Business Part Two

15. Internal Audit Plan

Papers

Access to Information - Local Government Act 1972 (As amended)

Agenda and Reports

Anyone can have a copy of the agenda and non-confidential reports before the meeting. Reports can be e-mailed as PDFs on request.

Background Papers

Physical copies of background papers will not be available for viewing at Murley Moss due to the current movement restrictions put in place by the Government following the Covid-19 outbreak. Papers can be e-mailed as PDFs on request. We cannot make background papers available for confidential papers.