Issue - meetings

Independent AGS Committee Members

Meeting: 18/09/2017 - Audit, Governance and Standards Committee (Item 38)

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Minutes:

The Committee considered the report of the Head of Audit Partnership, which set out the advantages and disadvantages of different compositions of committee models elsewhere in Local Government.

 

It was noted that:

 

·  The reason for adding co-opted members to this Committee was to enhance the model and not because the current model of this Committee was seen as insufficient.

 

·  The cost of employing a co-opted member for this Committee could range from £800 to £1000 for the year.

 

·  The co-opted members would be non-voting.

 

The Committee was not convinced that two co-opted members were required, as both internal and external auditors already attended the meetings of this Committee, as well as non-voting Parish Council representatives.

 

The Committee voted on the following recommendations set out in the report:

 

  1. That this Committee RECOMMENDED to COUNCIL the changes in the constitution to allow the Audit, Governance and Standards Committee to include co-opted independent members.

 

  1. That the Director of Finance and Business Improvement be given delegated powers to, in consultation with the Chair of the Audit, Governance and Standards Committee and following the above constitutional changes, fill the role of the co-opted independent members. This will include composing a job description, setting pay and managing recruitment.

 

The voting was as follows:   For – 1   Against – 6