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RESOLVED that: 5.4.1 the Audit Wales Report: Recruitment and Retention Challenges – The Right People at the Right Time? (July 2026) be received; 5.4.2 the findings and recommendations of the Audit Wales local report be noted. 5.4.3 the Carmarthenshire County Council response to the recommendations of the local report relevant to the council be approved.
RESOLVED that 6.1 the draft of the Council’s Annual Report be received; 6.2 the contents prior its appearance at scrutiny committee meetings in September, October, and November be accepted.
RESOLVED that the 2026/27 Internal Audit Plan update report be received.
RESOLVED that the Annual Anti-Fraud and Anti-Corruption Report 2025/26 be received.
RESOLVED that the Governance and Audit Committee Action Log be received.
RESOLVED: That the current position and work being undertaken to manage the Council’s financial position be noted.
RESOLVED: That the Internal Audit Performance report for 1 April 2026 to 30 June 2026 and the revised suite of Internal Audit Performance Indicators be noted.
RESOLVED: That the Treasury Management Outturn and Actual Prudential Indicators for 2025/2026 be noted.
RESOLVED: That the Treasury Management update for Quarter 1, 2026/2027 be noted.
RESOLVED: a) That the Governance and Audit Committee note the Audit Wales Audit of Accounts Report. b) That that the Annual Finance and Governance Report 2025/2026, including the audited final Statement of Accounts 2025/2026 and Annual Governance Statement, be approved. c) That the Governance and Audit Committee approves the Conwy Harbour Accounts (Annual Return) for 2025/2026. d) That the contents of the Final Letter of Representation be approved and that the Chair of the Governance and Audit Committee be authorised to sign the letter.
RESOLVED: That the minutes of the Governance and Audit Committee held on 29 June 2026 be approved and signed as a correct record.
RESOLVED: That the Governance and Audit Committee Forward Work Programme be approved.
RESOLVED: That the revised Counter Fraud Strategy 2026/2027 and the proposed counter fraud activity for 2026/27 be approved.
RESOLVED: That the nomination of a substitute member of the Governance and Audit Sub-Committee of the North Wales Corporate Joint Committee be deferred to the next meeting.
RESOLVED – That the verbal update be received and noted.
RESOLVED – That the Press and Public be invited back into the meeting.
RESOLVED – (i) That the responses received following publication of the proposed fee increases be considered and noted; and (ii) That the fee increases agreed in principle by the Committee on 18 May 2026 be confirmed in accordance with the Council's Cost Recovery Policy, with the revised fees to come into effect on 1 November 2026.
RESOLVED – That that Item 4 and 5 be brought forward and taken at this time.