To confirm as a correct record the Minutes of the meeting of the Audit Committee held on 31 January 2022.

The Minutes of the meeting of the Audit Committee held on 31 January 2022 were confirmed as a correct record and signed by the Chairman.

To consider a report that provides a high level view of the council’s progress and success in meeting the priorities of the Community and Corporate Plan as well as the council’s overall performance on key internal indicators.

Members received and noted the Corporate Performance & Risk Report for quarter four.  The Chief Executive drew Members attention to a number of areas including agency staff costs and risks to the Capital Programme from build cost inflation.

Resolved that:

1)         An additional red status would be introduced to the Performance Report to identify projects where ‘Action is Required’.

2)         The Director of Place to provide the dates of the Land Release Fund funding.

3)         The Director of Finance to include in the financial year end report all grant funding including grant funding that is returned.

4)         Section 106 monies be added to the work programme of the Audit Committee, including how these funds are used by different departments..

5)         The Senior Performance and Risk Officer work with the Director of Finance to include more performance indicators regarding financial matters.

6)         The Senior Performance and Risk Officer work with the Director of Children’s Services to improve the tracking of the performance indicators for Children’s Services.