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 Chair 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
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 providing it, in its capacity
as shareholder committee for Colchester Commercial (Holdings) Limited (CCHL), with
an update on progress made on the implementation of the CCHL Action Plan which
had previously been reported to the Committee at its meeting on 28 March 2023.
The Committee will consider a report which discharges Colchester Commercial
Holdings Ltd (CCHL)’s requirement to present its final audited accounts for the
group for 2023-24, together with its final Annual Report 2023-2024.
The Committee will consider a report providing it with an overview of
the of the Council’s business continuity activity for the period from 01
January 2024 to 31 December 2024.
The Committee will consider a report providing it with an overview of
the Council’s Health and Safety activity during the period 01 October 2023 to 31
December 2024 and requesting that it approve the Health and Safety Policy for 2025.
The Committee will consider a report requesting that it note that the work which has been undertaken in respect of adopting The Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy (CIPFA)'s published revised
guidance for the operation of local authority audit committees in 2022, and to approve an updated Action Plan in respect of this work.
The Committee will consider a report setting out its work programme for the current 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).