Agenda

Audit, Standards and Governance Committee - Tuesday 17th February 2026 6.00 p.m.

Venue: Parkside Suite - Parkside

Contact: Sarah Woodfield

Note: Please note Item 7 - External Audit Backstop Report has been WITHDRAWN and will not be considered at this meeting.

Items
No.	Item
1.	Apologies for Absence and Named Substitutes
2.	Declarations of Interest and Whipping Arrangements To invite Councillors to declare any Disclosable Pecuniary interests or Other Disclosable Interests they may have in items on the agenda, and to confirm the nature of those interests.
3.	Appointment of the Vice-Chairman
4.	To confirm the accuracy of the minutes of the Audit, Standards and Governance Committee meeting held on 24th November 2025 PDF 260 KB
5.	Terms of Reference PDF 174 KB
6.	Standards Regime - Monitoring Officers' Report PDF 246 KB
7.	External Audit Backstop Report - Withdrawn This report will follow in a supplementary paper
8.	Risk Management Report PDF 586 KB Additional documents: Standard Risk Register-Simplified 05022026 BDC v2 final , item 8. PDF 444 KB Risk Matrix , item 8. PDF 140 KB
9.	Risk Champion - Verbal Update (Councillor S.R. Colella)
10.	Internal Audit - Progress Report PDF 304 KB Additional documents: Appx 1 Internal Audit Progress Report BDC Feb 2026 , item 10. PDF 487 KB
11.	Financial Compliance Report including statement of accounts PDF 667 KB
12.	Capital Strategy 2026-27 including Treasury Management Strategy PDF 1 MB
13.	Review of Accounting Policies PDF 498 KB
14.	Audit, Standards and Governance Committee Work Programme PDF 193 KB