Audit Committee

Friday, 24 November 2023

11.30 am Council Chamber, County Hall, Lewes

MEMBERSHIP -

Councillor Colin Swansborough (Chair) Councillors Gerard Fox (Vice Chair), Matthew Beaver, Nuala Geary, Stephen Holt, Matthew Milligan and Georgia Taylor

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1.	Minutes of the previous meeting (Pages 3 - 6)

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2.	Apologies for absence

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3.	Disclosures of interests Disclosures by all members present of personal interests in matters on the agenda, the nature of any interest and whether the member regards the interest as prejudicial under the terms of the Code of Conduct.

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Urgent items Notification of items which the Chair considers to be urgent and proposes to take at the appropriate part of the agenda. Any members who wish to raise urgent items are asked, wherever possible, to notify the Chair before the start of the meeting. In so doing, they must state the special circumstances which they consider justify the matter being considered urgent.

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5.	Internal Audit Progress Report Quarter 2, 2023/24 (Pages 7 - 22) Report by the Chief Operating Officer

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6.	External Audit - Audit Progress Report and Sector Update (Pages 23 - 38) Report by the Chief Finance Officer

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7.	Review of Annual Governance Report & 2022/23 Statement of Accounts (Pages 39 - 244) Report by the Chief Finance Officer

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8.	Review of Annual Pension Fund Governance Report & 2022/23 Statement of Accounts (Pages 245 - 272) Report by the Chief Finance Officer

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9.	Auditor's Annual (VFM) Report on East Sussex County Council 2022/23 (To Follow) Report by the Chief Finance Officer

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10.	Treasury Management Annual Report & Mid-Year Report 2023 (Pages 273 - 294) Report by the Chief Finance Officer

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11.	MBOS Update (To Follow) Report by the Chief Operating Officer

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12.	Annual Update on Property Investment Strategy and Key Sites 6 monthly Update (Pages 295 - 304) Report by the Chief Operating Officer

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13.	Work programme (Pages 305 - 308)

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14.	Any other non-exempt items previously notified under agenda item 4

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15.

Exclusion of the Public and Press To consider excluding the public and press from the meeting for the remaining agenda item on the grounds that if the public and press were present there would be disclosure to them of exempt information as specified in paragraph 3 of Part 1 of the Local Government Act 1972 (as amended), namely information relating to the financial or business affairs of any particular person (including the authority holding that information).

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16.	Annual Update on Property Investment Strategy and Key Sites 6 monthly Update - Exempt Information (Pages 309 - 312) Report by the Chief Operating Officer

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17.	Any other exempt items previously notified under agenda item 4

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PHILIP BAKER

Assistant Chief Executive 

County Hall, St Anne’s Crescent

LEWES BN7 1UE                                                                                                    16 November 2023

Contact Sophie Webb, Governance and Democracy Officer,

01273 337495

Email: sophie.webb@eastsussex.gov.uk

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