The Governance, Audit, Risk Management and Standards Committee (GARMS) met on Monday 07 October 2024 to discuss the council's risk register, treasury management performance, corporate complaints, and audit progress. Key decisions included noting the council...
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Governance, Audit, Risk Management and Standards Committee (GARMS) - Tuesday 23rd July, 2024 7.00 pm
POSTPONED
This meeting has been postponed.
Governance, Audit, Risk Management and Standards Committee (GARMS) - Monday 15th April, 2024 7.00 pm
The Governance, Audit, Risk Management and Standards Committee (GARMS) of Barnet Council met on 15 April 2024 to review the council's counter-fraud framework, risk management, annual governance statement, audit progress, and member development programme. Ke...
The Governance, Audit, Risk Management and Standards Committee (GARMS) of Barnet Council met on Thursday 18 January 2024 to review internal audit progress, grant certification work, the status of the 2020/21 audit, and information governance. The committee ...
9 attendees · 13 documents · 0 media files
9 attendees · 19 documents · 0 media files
Governance, Audit, Risk Management and Standards Committee (GARMS) - Monday 24th July, 2023 7.00 pm
9 attendees · 26 documents · 0 media files
About
The Governance, Audit, Risk Management and Standards Committee is a key component of Barnet Council’s corporate governance arrangements. It provides an independent and high-level focus on the audit, assurance and reporting arrangements that underpin good governance and financial standards. The purpose of the committee is to provide independent assurance to the members of the adequacy of Barnet Council’s governance, risk management and control frameworks and oversees the financial reporting and annual governance processes. It oversees internal audit and external audit, helping to ensure efficient and effective assurance arrangements are in place. It also acts as the Standards Committee. Responsibilities include:
· Reviewing corporate governance arrangements
· Risk Management
· Audit Functions
· Annual Governance Statement
· Counter Fraud
· Statement of Accounts
· Review Treasury Management Strategy
· Whistleblowing
· Corporate Complaints
· Member Conduct
· Member Development Detailed roles and responsibilities of the Governance, Audit, Risk Management and Standards Committee, including a complete list of the Committee’s powers and duties) can be found in the Constitution under Part 2B Terms of Reference of Committees and the Part 3C - Committee Procedure Rules
Members
Arjun Mittra
· Chair
Paul Lemon
· Vice-Chair
Richard Harbord
· Co-Optee
Alex Prager
· Member
Edith David
· Member
Kath McGuirk
· Member
Rohit Grover
· Member
Matthew Perlberg
· Substitute
Nagus Narenthira
· Substitute
Nick Mearing-Smith
· Substitute
Shuey Gordon
· Substitute
Zakia Zubairi
· Substitute