Meeting Details Committee: Audit & Risk Management Panel Date/Time: 24 Feb 2021 - 19:00 to 19:52 Status: Occurred Venue: To Be Held Remotely Add to my Calendar This meeting can be viewed on the Royal Borough of Greenwich's YouTube Channel DocumentsAttendanceOthers PresentDeclarations of Interests Documents Agenda Contents (99Kb) Agenda Document Pack - Audit & Risk Management Panel - 2/24/2021 7:00:00 PM (2642Kb) Agenda Councillors Audit and Risk Management Chris Lloyd (Chair) Labour Ian Hawking Labour Mick Hayes Labour Mehboob Khan Labour Jackie Smith Labour Matt Hartley Conservative External Appointee Dr Susan Blackall (vice-chair) Independent Standard Items 1 Apologies for Absence To receive apologies from Members of the Committee 2 Urgent business The Chair to announce any items of urgent business circulated separately from the main agenda. 3 Declarations of Interest (69Kb) Members to declare any personal and financial interests in items on the agenda. Attention is drawn to the Council’s Constitution; the Council’s Code of Conduct and associated advice. Outside Body Memberships (24Kb) 4 Minutes (68Kb) Members are requested to confirm as an accurate record the Minutes of the meeting held on 24 November 2020. No motion or discussion may take place upon the Minutes except as to their accuracy, and any question on this point will be determined by a majority of the Members of the body attending who were present when the matter in question was decided. Once confirmed, with or without amendment, the person presiding will sign the Minutes. 5 Auditor Progress Report / Update – February 2021 (109Kb) To receive a report from Grant Thornton on the progress in delivering their responsibilities as the council’s external auditors, and to note and comment on the consultation on amendments to the Accounts and Audit Regulations 2015 following the Redmond review Appendix A (307Kb) Appendix B (382Kb) 6 Annual Audit Letter (117Kb) To note and comment upon the 2019/20 Annual Audit Letter Appendix - RBG Annual Audit Letter (240Kb) 7 Treasury Management and Capital Strategy 2021/22 (198Kb) To consider the report and the appendices and to refer any comments to Council Appendix A -Treasury Management Strategy Statement (293Kb) Appendix B - Capital Bids (71Kb) Appendix C - Flexi use (148Kb) Appendix D - Capital Strategy (382Kb) Appendix E - PI & CFR - 202021 (88Kb) Appendix F - MRP Policy - 202021 (35Kb) Appendix G - Investment Strategy (206Kb) Additional Meeting Documents Minutes (81Kb) Attendance Name Dr Susan Blackall Councillor Matt Hartley Councillor Mick Hayes Councillor Chris Lloyd Councillor Jackie Smith Name Councillor Chris Kirby NameReason for Sending Apology Councillor Ian Hawking Councillor Mehboob Khan NameReason for Absence No absentee information has been recorded for the meeting. Declarations of Interests Member NameItem Ref.DetailsNature of DeclarationAction No declarations of interest have been entered for this meeting. Others Present Director of Finance; Assistant Director Corporate Finance; Committee Services Officer Paul Dossett, Key Audit Partner (Grant Thornton); Paul Jacklin, Senior Manager (Grant Thornton); Iain Murray, Key Audit Partner (Grant Thornton)