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  • Agenda and decisions

    Audit and Governance Committee
    Thursday, 11th February, 2021 10.00 am

    • Attendance details
    • Agenda frontsheet pdf icon PDF 293 KB
    • Agenda reports pack pdf icon PDF 8 MB
    • Printed decisions pdf icon PDF 229 KB

    Venue: Cyfarfod Rhithiol / Virtual Meeting. View directions

    Contact: Lowri Haf Evans  01286 679878

    Items
    No. Item

    1.

    APOLOGIES

    To receive apologies for absence.

    2.

    DECLARATION OF PERSONAL INTEREST

    To receive any declaration of personal interest.

    3.

    URGENT ITEMS

    To note any items which are urgent business in the opinion of the Chairman so they may be considered.

    4.

    MINUTES pdf icon PDF 242 KB

    The Chairman shall propose that the minutes of the meeting of this committee, held on 30th November 2020, be signed as a true record.

    5.

    WELSH AUDIT ANNUAL REPORT pdf icon PDF 212 KB

    To consider the report

    Additional documents:

    • Gwynedd Council Annual Audit Summary , item 5. pdf icon PDF 194 KB

    Decision:

    To accept the report

     

    6.

    REVENUE BUDGET 2020/21 - END OF NOVEMBER 2020 REVIEW pdf icon PDF 277 KB

    To receive the information, consider the risks arising from the forecast expenditure against the budget, and scrutinise the Cabinet’s decisions regarding budget management by the Council and its departments

    Additional documents:

    • Revenue Budget 2020.21 Cabinet Report , item 6. pdf icon PDF 80 KB
    • Appendix 1 , item 6. pdf icon PDF 5 KB
    • Appendix 2 , item 6. pdf icon PDF 61 KB
    • Appendix 3 , item 6. pdf icon PDF 5 KB

    Decision:

    To accept the information

    To accept the Cabinet’s decision (26/01/21) regarding budget management by the Council and its departments

     

    7.

    CAPITAL PROGRAMME 2020/21 – END OF NOVEMBER 2020 REVIEW pdf icon PDF 250 KB

     

    To receive the information, consider the risks regarding the Capital Programme, and scrutinise the Cabinet’s decisions

    Additional documents:

    • Capital Programme 2020-21 November Review - Cabinet Report , item 7. pdf icon PDF 329 KB

    Decision:

    To accept the information

    To accept the Cabinet's decision (26/01/21) regarding the management of the Council’s budgets

     

    8.

    THE SAVINGS POSITION pdf icon PDF 267 KB

    To receive the information, consider the general risks arising from slippages, and scrutinise the Cabinet’s decisions regarding the savings position

    Additional documents:

    • Savings Position - Cabinet Report , item 8. pdf icon PDF 251 KB
    • Appendix 1 , item 8. pdf icon PDF 462 KB
    • Appendix 2 , item 8. pdf icon PDF 446 KB

    Decision:

    To accept the information

    To accept the Cabinet's decision (26/01/21) regarding the savings position

     

    9.

    2021/22 BUDGET pdf icon PDF 141 KB

    To scrutinise the information before the Cabinet recommends the 2021/22 budget to the full Council

    Additional documents:

    • 2021-22 Budget - Cabinet Report , item 9. pdf icon PDF 227 KB
    • Appendix 1 - Proposed Budgets , item 9. pdf icon PDF 586 KB
    • Appendix 2 , item 9. pdf icon PDF 73 KB
    • Appendix 2a , item 9. pdf icon PDF 37 KB
    • Appendix 2b , item 9. pdf icon PDF 5 KB
    • There are a further 10 documents.View the full list of documents for item 9.

    Decision:

    To accept the information and approve the budget which the Cabinet intends to recommend (16/02/21) to the Full Council

     

    10.

    CAPITAL STRATEGY 2021/22 (INCLUDES INVESTMENT AND BORROWING STRATEGIES) pdf icon PDF 253 KB

    Due to relevant national regulations, a decision by the full Council on the annual Capital Strategy is required. Further to the presentation by officers from Arlingclose, the Council's Treasury Management Consultants, members of the Audit and Governance Committee are asked to receive the report, note the relevant information and risks, and support the Cabinet Member for Finance's intention to submit the strategy to full Council for approval.

    Additional documents:

    • Appendix A - Capital Programme 2021-22 FINAL , item 10. pdf icon PDF 158 KB
    • Appendix B MRP Statement 2021-22 , item 10. pdf icon PDF 256 KB
    • Appendix C- Treasury Management Strategy Statement 2021-22 , item 10. pdf icon PDF 501 KB

    Decision:

    To accept the information

    To support the Cabinet Member for Finance's intention to submit the strategy to the Full Council for approval

     

    11.

    OUTPUT OF THE INTERNAL AUDIT SECTION pdf icon PDF 386 KB

     

    To receive the report, comment on the contents and support the actions that have already been agreed with the relevant services

     

     

    Decision:

    To accept this report on the work of the Internal Audit Section for the period up to 31 January 2021, and support the actions agreed with the relevant service managers.

    12.

    INTERNAL AUDIT PLAN 2020-2021 pdf icon PDF 543 KB

    To give the committee an update on progress against the 2020/21 audit plan

    Decision:

    To accept the report

    To receive an update on progress against the 2020 - 2021 audit plan, and the proposed arrangement for the 2021 /2022 work programme