| 1 | TO APPROVE THE RECORD OF THE FOLLOWING MEETING: |
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| 2 | TO RECEIVE APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE |
| 3 | URGENT MATTERS BY REASON OF SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES |
| | | The Chairman will announce any late items which do not appear on the main agenda but which he has agreed should be considered by reason of special circumstances to be specified in the reports. |
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| 4 | DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST |
| | | | (a) | Personal interests under the Medway Code of Conduct
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| | (b) | Prejudicial interests under the Medway Code of Conduct
A Councillor who declares a prejudicial interest must withdraw from the room unless a dispensation has been obtained from the Council's Standard's Committee or the exemption under paragraph 12(2) of the Medway Code of Conduct applies.
If an interest is not declared at the outset of the meeting, it should be disclosed as soon as the interest becomes apparent. |
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| 5 | TO CONSIDER REPORTS AS FOLLOWS: |
| | (A) | Report on the audit of the statement of accounts 2005/2006 |
| | > Statement of accounts - appendix (pdf file 268.6kb) |
| | (B) | Outcomes of Housing Benefit Counter Fraud Investigations |
| | | This report informs Members of progress in investigating allegations of housing and council tax benefit fraud during the period April to August 2006. |
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| | > Housing and council tax benefit investigations (pdf file 29.6kb) |
| | (C) | Internal Audit Work Programme 2006/2007 |
| | | Members are asked to review progress against the 2006/2007 work programme. |
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| | > Internal work programme (pdf file 41.1kb) |
| | (D) | Exclusion of the press and public |
| | | Exempt and confidential items are not available to the press and public. This report provides information on items that may be considered when the press and public are excluded. |
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| | (E) | Outcomes of Audit Activity |
| | | Members are asked to review the outcome of Internal Audit's work. Annexes B - E are not published with the agenda as they are considered exempt as detailed in the exclusion of press and public report earlier in the agenda. |
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| | > Outcomes of Audit Activity (pdf file 13.5kb) |
| | (F) | Irregularity Report |
| | | Members to comment on the outcomes of the irregularity investigations. Annex A is not published with the agenda as it is considered exempt as detailed in the exclusion of press and public report earlier in the agenda. |
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| | > Irregularity Report (pdf file 10.2kb) |