AGENDA - SCRUTINY
Thursday 21 September 2006 at 10:00 am in the Cary Room 


1.         Minutes - to approve as a correct record and authorise the Chairman to sign the minutes of the meeting of the Group held on 10 August 2006 (as previously circulated);  

2.         Urgent Business - brought forward at the discretion of the Chairman;  

3.         Division of Agenda - to consider whether the discussion of any item of business is likely to lead to the disclosure of exempt information;

4.         Declarations of Interest - Members are invited to declare any personal or prejudicial interests, including the nature and extent of such interests, they may have in any items to be considered at this meeting;

5.                  Matters (if any) referred to the Group under Part 4 (18) Rules of Procedure Call-in of decisions where Members of Scrutiny have evidence which suggests that the Executive did not take the decision in accordance with the principles set out in Article 13 (Decision Making);

6.         Year End Management Report (Report to those Charged with Governance ISA 260) – to receive a presentation by Simon Cookson and Craig Sullivan from PricewaterhouseCoopers, the Council’s external auditor.

7.         Update on the Implementation of the Civil Contingencies Act 2004  to consider a report which updates Members on the Council’s progress in implementing the requirements of the Civil Contingencies Act 2004;

8.         Statement of Internal Control for South Hams District Council to consider a report which provides Members with sufficient information to allow them to independently examine the draft Statement of Internal Control and the supporting evidence and recommend approval of the Statement of Internal Control to Council;

            Scrutiny Report

            Scrutiny Background Papers Final Document

9.         Performance Indicators to consider a report on the Council’s performance against selected performance indicators for the period April 2006 to June 2006;  

            Appendix A

10.       Agenda Items for Future Meetings of Scrutiny.

 

 

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MEMBERS ARE REQUESTED TO SIGN THE ATTENDANCE REGISTER

 

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