Agenda

Governance and Audit Committee - Monday, 23 June 2025 5:30 pm

Venue: Meeting Room G.01, Ground Floor, City Hall, 115 Charles Street, Leicester, LE1 1FZ

Contact: Sharif Chowdhury, Senior Governance Services Officer, email:  sharif.chowdhury@leicester.gov.uk  Jessica Skidmore, Governance Services Officer, email:  jessica.skidmore@leicester.gov.uk

Items
No. Item

1.

Welcome and Apologies for Absence

2.

Declarations of Interest

3.

Minutes of the Previous Meeting pdf icon PDF 105 KB

The minutes of the meeting held on 24 March 2025 are attached and Members will be asked to confirm them as a correct record.  

4.

Membership of the Commission 2025/26

Members will be asked to note the membership of the committee for 2025/26

as follows:

Councillor Kaur Saini - Chair

Councillor Russell – Vice-Chair

Councillor Bajaj

Councillor Joel

Councillor Moore

Councillor Rae Bhatia

Councillor Kitterick

Councillor Singh Patel

Independent member – Bipon Bhakri  

 

5.

Dates of Meetings for the Commission 2025/26

Members will be asked to note the meeting dates of the committee for 2025/26

as follows:

 

Monday 23 June 2025

Monday 7 July 2025

Wednesday 17 September 2025

Wednesday 26 November 2025

Monday 26 January 2026

Monday 16 March 2026

6.

Terms of Reference pdf icon PDF 108 KB

The Committee will be asked to note the Terms of Reference.

7.

Contract Procedure Rules pdf icon PDF 103 KB

The Head of Procurement submits a report to the Governance and Audit Committee which presents the Contract Procedure Rules.

 

The Committee is recommended to note the report.

Additional documents:

8.

External Audit Plan and Risk Assessment pdf icon PDF 2 MB

The Director of Finance submits a report to the Governance and Audit Committee which presents the External Audit Plan Report 2024-25.

 

The Committee is recommended to note the report.

 

9.

Action Tracker pdf icon PDF 88 KB

The Committee is recommended to note progress on actions agreed at the previous meeting and not reported elsewhere on the agenda (if any).

10.

Any Other Urgent Business