Agenda and decisions

Governance and Audit Committee - Friday, 12th July, 2024 10.00 am

Venue: MULTI-LOCATION MEETING - COUNCIL CHAMBER, PORT TALBOT & MICROSOFT TEAMS

Contact: Alison Thomas

Items
No.	Item
1.	Appointment of Chair and Deputy Chair for the Civic Year 2024/25 Decision: The Committee elected Joanna Jenkins as Chair and Mark Owen as Vice Chair for the upcoming civic year, 2024-2025.
2.	Chairperson's Announcement/s Decision: The Chairperson welcomed all to the meeting.
4.	Minutes of Previous Meeting PDF 151 KB Decision: The minutes of the previous meeting held on the 21^st of March, 2024, were approved as a true and accurate account.
5.	Audit Wales - Use of performance information: Service user perspective and outcomes - Neath Port Talbot Council PDF 448 KB Additional documents: Appendix 1 - Use of Performance Information Report - Service User Perspective , item 5. PDF 323 KB Appendix 2 - Organisational Response Form - Use of Performance Info - Service User Perspective and Outcomes v3 , item 5. PDF 149 KB Decision: That the report be noted.
6.	Audit Wales - Annual Audit Summary 2023 PDF 383 KB Additional documents: Appendix 1 - Annual Audit Summary 2023 - Neath Port Talbot Council , item 6. PDF 195 KB Decision: That the report be noted.
7.	Audit Wales - Programme & Timetable - Quarter 4 Update to 31st March 2024 PDF 295 KB Additional documents: Appendix 1 - Audit Wales Work Programme and Timetable - Qtr 4 March 2023 , item 7. PDF 277 KB Decision: That the report be noted.
8.	Audit Wales - 2024 Audit Plan Neath Port Talbot Council PDF 392 KB Additional documents: 4268A2024_Audit Plan 2024 - Neath Port Talbot Council_final , item 8. PDF 566 KB Decision: That the report be noted.
9.	Annual Governance Statement 2023-2024 PDF 393 KB Additional documents: Draft Annual Governance Statement 2023-2024 , item 9. PDF 1 MB Decision: That the report be noted.
10.	Register of Regulators Reports & Recommendations. PDF 296 KB Additional documents: Appendix 1 - Regulators Report Table - July 2024 , item 10. PDF 521 KB Decision: That the report be noted.
11.	Governance & Audit Committee Annual Report 2023/24 PDF 653 KB Decision: That the report be noted.
12.	2023/24 Annual Internal Audit Report PDF 647 KB Decision: That the report be noted.
13.	Closure of Accounts 2023/24 PDF 140 KB Additional documents: SOA 2324 Draft - signed , item 13. PDF 1 MB Decision: That the report be noted.
14.	Forward Work Programme PDF 414 KB Decision: Decision: That the forward work programme 2024/ 2025 be noted.