Agenda and minutes

Venue: The Orchard Room at Bailey’s Court Activity Centre, Baileys Court Rd, Bradley Stoke, Bristol BS32 8BH

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Evacuation Procedure

In the event of a fire, please await direction from venue staff who will help assist with the evacuation.   Please do not return to the building until instructed to do so by the fire warden(s).

Minutes:

The evacuation procedure was noted.

2.

Apologies for Absence

To receive apologies for absence from Members.

Minutes:

Apologies for absence had been received from Cllr Kevin Guy (Bath & North East Somerset Council).  Councillor Richard Samuel attended as substitute.

3.

Declarations of interest under the Localism Action 2011

Members who consider that they have an interest to declare are asked to: a) State the item number in which they have an interest, b) The nature of the interest, c) Whether the interest is a disclosable pecuniary interest, non-disclosable pecuniary interest or non-pecuniary interest. Any Member who is unsure about the above should seek advice from the Monitoring Officer prior to the meeting in order to expedite matters at the meeting itself.

Minutes:

There were no declarations of interest declared under the Localism Act 2011.

4.

Chair's Announcements

To receive any announcements from the Chair of the West of England Combined Authority Committee.

Minutes:

There were no announcements from the Chair.

5.

Consideration of the Committee's response to the Audit Findings pdf icon PDF 195 KB

To consider the written recommendations of the Auditors VfM report on Governance issued by the Combined Authority’s External Auditor.

 

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Minutes:

This Special Meeting of the West of England Combined Authority had been called to consider the written recommendations made by the Combined Authority’s auditors under the Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014.  Those present were Metro Mayor Dan Norris (Chair), Mayor Marvin Rees (Bristol City Council), Councillor Toby Savage (South Gloucestershire Council) and Councillor Richard Samuel (Bath & North East Somerset Council, as substitute for Councillor Kevin Guy).

 

The Committee was requested to consider the written recommendations of the Auditors VfM report on Governance issued by the Combined Authority’s External Auditor. There were eight recommendations set out in the report.

 

The Metro Mayor Dan Norris stated that there was currently no seconder for the recommendations and therefore the meeting would be adjourned to a later date.

 

Meeting Closed 1315.

 

[Subsequent to this meeting it was arranged that the meeting would reconvene on 9 December 2022]