Agenda

Venue: Conference Room 1, Herefordshire Council Offices, Plough Lane, Hereford, HR4 0LE

Contact: Jen Preece, Democratic Services Officer 

Link: Watch this meeting on the Herefordshire Council YouTube Channel

Items
No. Item

The public's rights to information and attendance at meetings pdf icon PDF 206 KB

Additional documents:

1.

Apologies for absence

To receive apologies for absence.

2.

Named substitutes (if any)

To receive details of any councillor nominated to attend the meeting in place of a member of the committee.

3.

Declarations of interest

To receive declarations of interest in respect of items on the agenda.

4.

Minutes pdf icon PDF 265 KB

To approve and sign the minutes of the meeting held on Thursday 26 September 2024.

How to submit questions

Deadline for receipt of questions is 5pm on Wednesday 23 October 2024.

Questions must be submitted to councillorservices@herefordshire.gov.uk.  Questions sent to any other address may not be accepted.

Accepted questions and the response to them will be published as a supplement to the agenda papers prior to the meeting. Further information and guidance is available at www.herefordshire.gov.uk/getinvolved

5.

Questions from members of the public pdf icon PDF 200 KB

To receive any questions from members of the public.

6.

Questions from councillors

To receive any questions from councillors.

7.

Internal Audit Update Report Quarter 2 2024/25 pdf icon PDF 212 KB

To update members on the progress of internal audit work and to bring to their attention any key internal control issues arising from work recently completed.

 

To assure the committee that action is being taken on risk related issues identified by internal audit. This is monitored through acceptance of agreed management actions and progress updates in implementing the action plans. In addition, occasions where audit actions not accepted by management are documented if it is considered that the course of action proposed by management presents a risk in terms of the effectiveness of or compliance with the council’s control environment. 

 

Additional documents:

8.

Energy from waste loan update pdf icon PDF 232 KB

To update the committee on the current status of the energy from waste loan arrangement to enable the committee to fulfil its delegated functions.

 

 

 

Additional documents:

9.

Regulatory Investigatory Powers Act 2000 (RIPA) Update pdf icon PDF 292 KB

To provide an update to the Committee about the operation of Regulatory Investigatory Powers Act 2000 (RIPA) within the Council. 

 

Additional documents:

10.

Whistleblowing Update pdf icon PDF 216 KB

To update the Committee as to the operation of the Whistleblowing Policy.

 

11.

Work programme pdf icon PDF 207 KB

To consider the work programme for the committee.

Additional documents:

12.

Date of next meeting

Tuesday, 28 January 2025, 2pm.