November 2008

AGENDA

MEETING:  AUDIT AND REVIEW COMMITTEE

VENUE:  The National Park Office, Yoredale, Bainbridge

DATE/TIME:  Friday 7 November 2008 at 10.30am

Membership:  C Armitage, WH Brown, SHK Butcher, P Charlesworth, W Fenten, SR Macaré, Mrs S Marshall, Mrs Y Peacock, Dr KM Petyt, JK Roberts and S Shaw-Wright.

Business

1. Membership of the Committee.

2. Election of Chairman.

3. Election of Deputy Chairman.

4. Minutes of the meeting held on 27 June 2008.

5. Public Question Time.

The National Park Authority has allocated up to 15 minutes at the start of meetings to allow members of the public the opportunity to ask questions and/or to make statements that relate to the work of the Committee.

Notice of all questions and/or the intention to make a statement must be received by the Chief Executive (National Park Officer) at Yoredale, Bainbridge, Leyburn DL8 3EL no later than 12 noon on the day before the meeting.  Each person will be allowed to address the meeting for up to three minutes.

More detailed guidance on the above procedure is available from the Authority’s Secretariat.

6. Exclusion of the public from the meeting during the consideration of Item No 22 on the agenda on the grounds that it involves the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in the paragraph 1 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act 1972.

7. Apologies for absence.

8. Declarations of lobbying.

9. Information Technology Systems:

• External Audit Report

• Appendix

• Action plan.

10. Internal Audit reports issued since June 2008.

11. Internal Audit Annual Report 2007/08.

12. Internal Audit Plan for 2008/09.

13. Annual Review of the Effectiveness of the Arrangements for Risk Management.

14. Corporate Plan 2008/09:

• Progress on actions

• Appendix.

15. Performance Indicators 2008/09 – Progress report.

16. Partnerships and appendix.

17. Review of the Confidential Reporting Policy and appendix.

18. Annual Report on Corporate Governance.

19. Review of Standing Orders.

20. Compliments and Complaints

• Half yearly return

• Appendix A

• Appendix B

• Appendix C

21. Local Government Ombudsman Annual Letter

• Report

• Letter

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Private business – Minutes/Reports circulated to members only

22. Compliments and Complaints – half yearly return.

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23. 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

Yoredale
National Park Office
Bainbridge

3 November 2008