Part A
1
Welcome and Announcements
The Chairman will welcome members of the public and Councillors and remind everyone to use microphones at all times when they are speaking. The Chairman will also explain action in the event of an emergency, mobile phones switched to silent, audio-recording of the meeting. Councillors who are members of the committee will introduce themselves.
2
Substitutions
Councillors will be asked to say if they are attending on behalf of a Committee member who is absent.
3
Urgent Items
The Chairman will announce if there is any item not on the published agenda which will be considered because it is urgent and will explain the reason for the urgency.
4
Declarations of Interest
Councillors will be asked to say if there are any items on the agenda about which they have a disclosable pecuniary interest which would prevent them from participating in any discussion of the item or participating in any vote upon the item, or any other registerable interest or non-registerable interest.
5
Minutes of Previous Meeting
The Committee will be invited to confirm that the minutes of the meetings held on 5 March 2024, 9 April 2024 and 22 May 2024 are a correct record.
6
Have Your Say! (Hybrid Council meetings)
Members of the public may make representations to the meeting. This can be made either in person at the meeting or by joining the meeting remotely and addressing the Committee via Zoom. Each representation may be no longer than three minutes. Members of the public wishing to address the Committee must register their wish to address the meeting by e-mailing democratic.services@colchester.gov.uk by 12.00 noon on the working day before the meeting date. In addition, a written copy of the representation will need to be supplied.
The Committee will consider a report which seeks to provide it with assurance on adherence to the new Regulator of Social Housing regulatory regime.
The Committee will receive a verbal update from the Council's S151 Officer on the progress of the external audit process.
The Committee will consider a report requesting that it consider and recommend for approval by Full Council, the Council's draft Treasury Management Strategy for 2024/25, and that it note the current position regarding the draft Investment Strategy 2024/25.
The Committee will consider a report which summarises the findings of the Internal Audit function for the financial year 2023/24.
The Committee will consider a report relating to the Council’s duty to produce an Annual Governance Statement,
that reviews the effectiveness of the Council’s internal control systems for
the 2023/2024 financial year, and which is required for the 2023/2024 Statement of
Accounts.
The Committee will consider a report setting out its work programme for the forthcoming municipal year.
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Exclusion of the Public (not Scrutiny or Executive)
In accordance with Section 100A(4) of the Local Government Act 1972 to exclude the public, including the press, from the meeting so that any items containing exempt information (for example confidential personal, financial or legal advice), in Part B of this agenda (printed on yellow paper) can be decided. (Exempt information is defined in Section 100I and Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972).