Issue - decisions

(a)       That the observations of the Overview and Scrutiny Coordinating Committee in response to consultation on the Draft Guidance be endorsed;

(b)       That the observations made by the Audit Committee at its meeting on 26 March 2012 concerning the Draft Statutory Guidance relating to audit committees be endorsed;

(c)        That the criteria for the appointment of a suitable lay person to the membership of the Audit Committee be made clear in the final version of the Guidance;

(d)       That the proposed timetable for a survey to be conducted following ordinary elections in relation to the timing of the Authority’s council, committee, and sub committee meetings, was deemed unrealistic; and

(e)       That the Democracy and Governance Manager responds to consultation on the above basis.