Issue - meetings

In line with the Council’s Constitution, Committee Standing Orders, Paragraph 2, that the Council may resolve that non-voting members, assessors and advisers shall also be appointed to any such committee or other body, and shall hold office until the annual meeting in the year following their appointment or for so long as the Council deem appropriate, whichever is the earlier; and if they resolve to make such appointments, shall specify the number of appointments to be made and the functions in relation to the body that each person so appointed may exercise, the appointment of the two independent non-voting members requires a recommendation from the Audit Committee to Full Council for approval. The Full Council received a paper on 27 March 2023 (see attached Appendix 1), setting out the need for the composition of an Audit Committee, and subsequently agreed its membership and its Terms of Reference which included two non-voting independent advisors.

Mr Minseh Jani, Head of Audit and Risk Management, introduced the report. 

Members welcomed the report.

RESOLVED:

1.   To recommend to Full Council the appointment of the two independent non – voting advisors set out at paragraph 6.2 of the report for a period of 4 years commencing on 1 October 2023 and ending on 30 September 2027.

2.   To recommend to Full Council that each independent adviser receive an allowance of £1,250.00 per annum.