Agenda
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Apologies for absence and substitutions |
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Declarations of Interest |
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Internal Audit Tender Update The Head of Financial Services will provide a verbal update. |
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Setting of the Council Tax Base 2025-26 Report of: The Head of Financial Services
Purpose of report: To set the “Council Tax Base” for 2025-26 as required by section 33 of The Local Government Finance Act 1992 and the Local Authorities (Calculation of Council Tax Base) (England) Regulations 2012.
Recommendation(s): That the Committee agree: 1. That the 2025/26 Council Tax Base for the City Council’s area as a whole is set at 47,637.8 (as shown in Appendix 1) 2. That the projected level of collection is set at 98%
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That the tax bases for the Parishes, and for
the Unparished Area of the City (as shown in Appendix 2) be set as
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Anti-Money Laundering Policy Update Report of: The Head of Financial Services
Purpose of report: To present the updated Anti-Money Laundering (AML) Policy for approval and to outline the key changes compared to the previous version, last reviewed in 2019.
Recommendation(s): · That the policy be approved and adopted into Oxford City Council’s policy framework.
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Report of: The Head of Financial Services
Purpose of report: To update the Committee on corporate and service risks as at 31 December 2024.
Recommendation(s): · That the Committee reviews the risk management report and notes its contents. Additional documents: |
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Internal Audit - Follow up of recommendations Report of: The Internal Auditor, BDO
Purpose of report:To inform the Audit and Governance Committee of the Internal Audit follow up of recommendations.
Recommendation(s): · That the Committee notes and discusses the report.
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Internal Audit Progress Report Report of: The Internal Auditor, BDO
Purpose of report: To inform the Audit and Governance Committee of progress made against the 2024/2025 internal audit plan.
Recommendation(s): · That the Committee notes and discusses the report.
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External Auditors Progress Report Report of: The External Auditors, Ernst & Young
Purpose of report: To inform and update the Committee.
Recommendation(s): · That the Committee notes and discusses the report.
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Statement of Accounts for the Year Ending 31st March 2024 Report of: The Head of Financial Services
Purpose of report: To submit the Council’s Statement of Accounts and Letter of Representations for approval and authorisation.
Recommendation(s): That the Committee: 1. Note the report and the potential audit trajectory. 2. Approve the 2023/24 Statement of Accounts as agreed by the Head of Financial Services and authorise the Chair of the Committee to sign the Accounts incorporating any further changes arising from ongoing audit. 3. Agree to the signing of a Letter of Representations for 2023/24 incorporating any statements required by the external auditor arising from the ongoing audit to enable it to be signed and dated on date of signing and to enable the opinion to be issued (paragraph 10).
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Minutes of the previous meeting To approve as a true and accurate record the minutes of the meeting held on 29 October 2024. |
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Dates and times of meetings The Committee is scheduled to meet at 6.00pm in the Town Hall on the following dates:
· 2 April 2025 · 23 July 2025 |