| 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
A Councillor who declares a personal interest in a matter, including the nature of the interest, may stay, speak and vote on the matter.
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| | (b) | Prejudicial interests under the Medway Code of Conduct
A Councillor who declares a personal and prejudicial interest in a matter, including the nature of the interest, must withdraw from the room and take no part in the debate or vote on the matter.
Councillors who have declared a personal and prejudicial interest may make representations, answer questions and give evidence before leaving the room but only if members of the public are allowed to attend for the same purpose.
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) | 2008/2009 External Audit Report (to follow) |
| | | This report sets out the issues raised by the Council's external auditors following the 2008/2009 audit. |
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| | > External Audit Report and Appendix 2 (pdf file 154.1kb) |
| | > External Audit Report - Appendix 1 (pdf file 437.8kb) |
| | > Medway UoR feedback (pdf file 8.3Mb) |
| | (B) | Whistleblowing Policy and Report on instances since 1 April 2008 (to follow) |
| | | This report sets out details of the Whistleblowing Policy and reports on instances since 1 April 2008. |
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| | (C) | Outcomes of Audit Activity |
| | | This report sets out the outcomes of Internal Audit activity completed since the last meeting of the Committee. |
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| | > Outcomes of Audit Activity (pdf file 127.7kb) |
| | (D) | Internal Audit work programme |
| | | This report sets out the progress made in delivering the approved 2009/2010 work programme. |
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| | > Internal Audit work programme (pdf file 112.0kb) |
| | (E) | Outcomes of Housing Benefit Counter Fraud investigations |
| | | This report sets out the progress made in investigating allegations of Housing and Council Tax Benefit fraud for the period to 30 June 2009. |
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| | > Outcomes of Housing Benefit Counter Fraud investigations (pdf file 96.0kb) |
| | (F) | Irregularity Report |
| | | This report sets out the outcome of a recent investigation. |
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| | > Irregularity Report (pdf file 62.5kb) |
| | (G) | Exclusion of the press and public |
| | | Exempt and confidential items are not available to the press and public but a brief summary of the contents may be found under each heading.
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| Any press or public that are present at the meeting may be asked to leave at this point, as the items to be discussed have sensitive information in them and the Local Government Act 1972 allows for this to happen because it is considered the need to keep information exempt outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information. |
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| | > Exclusion of the press and public (pdf file 56.1kb) |