February 2010

AGENDA

MEETING:  AUDIT AND REVIEW COMMITTEE

VENUE:  The National Park Office, Yoredale, Bainbridge

DATE/TIME:  Thursday, 25 February 2010 at 10.00am

Membership:  C Armitage, RK Bingham, WH Brown, SHK Butcher, P Charlesworth, W Fenten, Mrs S Marshall, Mrs Y Peacock, Dr KM Petyt, JK Roberts and R Welch

Business

1. Minutes of the meeting held on 6 November 2009.

2. Public Questions / Statements.

3. Exclusion of the public from the meeting during the consideration of Item No 16 on the agenda on the grounds that it involves the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in paragraph 1 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act 1972.

4. Apologies for absence.

5. Declarations of lobbying.

6. Annual Governance Statement – 2009/10.

7. Review of the Corporate Governance Policy.

8. Lessons learnt from major projects:

• Limestone Country;

• Colvend – Installation of wood-fuelled boiler and construction of Rangers’ workshop.

9. Performance Review of Major Applications.

10. Corporate Plan 2009/10: Progress on actions at the end of Quarter 3.

11. Performance Indicators 2010/11.

12. National Park Authority Performance Assessment.

13. Programme of Major Project and Performance Improvement Reviews.

14. Proposed changes in relation to the Authority’s annual meeting.

15. Compliments, Complaints and Comments – Half-yearly returns.

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Private report circulated to members only

16. Complaints – half-yearly return.

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17. Such other business as, in the opinion of the Chairman, should, by reason of special circumstances, be considered as a matter of urgency.

DAVID BUTTERWORTH
CHIEF EXECUTIVE

National Park Offices
Yoredale, Bainbridge

19 February 2010