Agenda

Governance Committee - Thursday, 28th March, 2024 6.00 pm

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Media

Items
No.	Item
1.	Apologies To receive any apologies for absence.
2.	Appointment of Substitute Members To note appointments of Substitute Members.
3.	Declarations of Interest PDF 55 KB To receive any declarations of interest from Members in respect of business to be transacted on the agenda.
4.	Minutes PDF 103 KB To confirm the attached Minutes of the meeting of the Committee held on 7 December 2023, 31 January 2024 and 5 March 2024. Additional documents: Minutes Public Pack, 31/01/2024 Governance Committee , item 4. PDF 69 KB Minutes Public Pack, 05/03/2024 Governance Committee , item 4. PDF 56 KB
5.	Quarterly Internal Audit Update Report PDF 245 KB To consider the attached report of the Head of Audit Partnership (East Kent Audit Partnership).
6.	Draft Internal Audit Plan 2024-25 PDF 109 KB To consider the attached report of the Head of Audit Partnership (East Kent Audit Partnership). Additional documents: Copy of Dover - 2024-25 and 4 year strategic plan , item 6. PDF 326 KB
7.	Grant Thornton Progress Report PDF 3 MB To consider the report of the external auditors, Grant Thornton (to follow).
8.	Auditor's Annual Report 2021-22 and 2022-23 PDF 7 MB To consider the report of the external auditors, Grant Thornton (to follow).
9.	S151 Officer Response to Auditor's Annual Report PDF 113 KB To consider the report of the S151 Officer (to follow).

Broadcast and Recording of Council Meetings

(a) Where a meeting has been broadcast via the Council’s website a recording of that broadcast will generally be available for viewing on-line for a period of 30 days from the close of the meeting. In normal circumstances this would be within 2 working days of the meeting. However, there may be circumstances where it will take longer.

(b) The broadcasts and recordings are the copyright of the Council and may not be copied, displayed or published to the public, adapted or dealt with in any other way restricted by the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.

(c) The Council will not make available copies of the recordings either in whole or in part other than in compliance with a legal requirement arising under The Freedom of Information Act 2000, UK GDPR, The Data Protection Act 2018 or some other enactment, rule of law or direction of a court or tribunal which is binding on it.

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