June 2015

Finance, Risk, Audit and Standards Committee 

• Decide budgeting and financial matters, in accordance with the Authority's Financial Regulations
• Monitoring the performance against budgets and set financial targets and budgets for future years
• Monitor the Authority's performance against targets
• Consider, adopt and monitor corporate personnel policies and practices
• Steer the organisation towards the highest ethical standards and the fullest possible compliance with Nolan Principles and the organisation's Values and Codes of Conduct

Meeting: Finance, Risk, Audit and Standards Committee

Venue: The National Park Office, The Old Vicarage, Bondgate, Helmsley

Date: Monday 1 June 2015 at 10.00am

Business

1.  Apologies for absence

2.  Public Minutes of the meeting held on 2 February 2015

3.  Members are reminded that it is their responsibility to declare the nature of any personal, prejudicial and/or disclosureable interests relating to any agenda item immediately prior to its consideration and are encouraged to complete a written declaration using the form provided.

4.  Emergency Evacuation Procedure – The Chair to inform Members of the Public of the emergency evacuation procedure.

5.  Exclusion of the public from the meeting during consideration of each of the items of business shown in Column 1 of the following table on the grounds that each involves the likely disclosure of exempt information as     defined in the paragraph of Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act 1972 specified in Column 2:-

6.  Item No on the Agenda      Paragraph No

           14                                        1,2,3,4
           15                                        1,2,3,4

7.  External Audit Fee 2015/16 and External Audit Plan 2014/15

8.  Annual Treasury Management and Prudential Indicators Outturn Report 2014/15

9.  Annual Governance Statement

10. Draft Financial Outturn

11. Financial Planning Update – Verbal

12. External Funding

13. Risk Management Strategy Update

14. Monitoring of Performance Indicators

15. Callum Hymas to give verbal report on his apprenticeship

Private Business - Minutes/Reports Circulated To Members Only

16. Private Minutes of the meeting held on 2 February 2015

17. Complaints and Compliments Review

18. Such other business as, in the opinion of the Chair, should, by reason of special circumstances, be considered as a matter of urgency.

Andy Wilson
Chief Executive (National Park Officer)