Decisions

It was resolved that the press and public be excluded from the meeting on the grounds that the next report contains exempt information under Part 1 of Schedule 12A the Local Government Act 1972, as amended, and that it would not be in the public interest for this information to be disclosed. The public interest in maintaining the exemption must be deemed to outweigh the public interest in its publication.

The Committee RESOLVED to:

a)    Approve the work programme

b)    Amend the work programme so that the December meeting be rescheduled to 28^th November.

The Committee RESOLVED to:

a)    Recommend to the CPCA Board that a new independent person is appointed to sit on Audit Committee for a period of four years which may be renewed up to a maximum of one further term (i.e. total maximum 8 years).

b)    Recommend that the CPCA Board agrees to delegate to the Executive Director of Resources and the Monitoring Officer, in consultation with the Chair of the Audit and Governance Committee, authority to finalise the draft role description, skills, competencies and person specification attached as Appendix 1 and to approve the advert.

c)     Recommend to the CPCA Board that the recruitment of the new Independent Member be led by a panel consisting of the Chairman of the Audit and Governance Committee and three members of the three main political parties of the committee supported by the Executive Director of Resources and the Monitoring Officer. Nominations for members of the committee be provided.

d) Following the recruitment process, a report to formally appoint the Independent   Person will be presented to a future CPCA Board meeting

The Committee RESOLVED to note the report.

The Committee RESOLVED to recommend to the Combined Authority Board to approve the changes to the Contract procedure Rules (CPR’s) within the constitution which is to be discussed and approved at Board on 16th of October 2024 and will become effective when the new legislation is implemented.

The Committee RESOLVED to:

To note and endorse progress on the implementation of internal audit actions

The Committee RESOLVED to:

a)    To endorse the Corporate Risk Register and Heatmap

b)    To undertake a deep dive into Cyber Security risk

c)     To note that the annual risk appetite statement exercise has taken place

The Committee RESOLVED to:

a)    Note the contents of the letter from Max Soule, Deputy Director, Local Government Intervention and Stewardship, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

b)    Recognise the progress that has been made and the work undertaken by staff, Elected Members, partners and agencies to address the areas of identified improvement

c)     Note the close down arrangements for the current improvement programme (phase 3)

d)    Note the proposed revised future role for the Independent Improvement Board

The minutes of the meeting on 18^th July 2024 were approved as an accurate record.

The Action Log was noted by the Committee.

To enter into a Funding Agreement with Innovate Cambridge Limited for the support of the Innovate Cambridge Initiative.