Issue - meetings

To receive a report from the Internal Audit Team Leader providing the Committee with an update on progress made against the Annual Governance Statement 2016/17 Action Plan.

The Committee had before it, and NOTED, a report * from the Internal Audit Team Leader providing it with an update on progress made against the Annual Governance Statement 2016/17 Action Plan.

Of the issues that had been identified as needing action the following update was provided:

·         The Leadership Team had commenced regular 6 monthly question and answer sessions for all staff and also a regular ‘Chat with the Chief’.

·         The staff charter had been discussed in the previous week by the Leadership Team.

·         The deadline for ethics training had now lapsed and a revised date needed to be shown in the Action Plan for the next meeting.

·         The Aspiring Managers programme had now commenced.

·         An Equalities training session had been run for Members, however, this had been very poorly attended therefore an additional session would be run again before full Council on 25 October 2017.

Note: * Report previously circulated; copy attached to the signed minutes.