Meeting documents

Details of all Members’ interests in District, Town and Parish Councils will be displayed in the meeting room. The Statutory Register of Member’s Interests can be inspected via the Community Governance team.

Members of the Audit Committee declared the following personal interests in their capacity as a Member of a District, City/Town or Parish Council:

Cllr S Coles, Cllr M Caswell, Cllr B Filmer, Cllr P Ham, and Cllr J Thorne.                                   

Cllr Simon Coles further declared a personal interest regarding his membership  ...  view the full decision text for item 13.

Members of the Audit Committee declared the following personal interests in their capacity as a Member of a District, City/Town or Parish Council:

Cllr S Coles, Cllr M Caswell, Cllr B Filmer, Cllr P Ham, and Cllr J Thorne.                                   

Cllr Simon Coles further declared a personal interest regarding his membership  ...  view the full minutes text for item 13.

The Committee is asked to confirm the minutes are accurate.

The Committee agreed that the minutes of the meeting held on 29 June were accurate, providing Cllr John Hunt was shown as attending as a substitute for Cllr Rigby, and the Chairman signed them.

The Committee agreed that the minutes of the meeting held on 29 June were accurate, providing Cllr John Hunt was shown as attending as a substitute for Cllr Rigby, and the Chairman signed them.

The Chairman will allow members of the public to present a petition on any matter within the Committee’s remit. Questions or statements about any matter on the agenda for this meeting will be taken at the time when each matter is considered.

There were no questions.

There were no questions.

To consider this report.

The Committee considered and discussed this report that contained information about the internal auditors opinion on the adequacy and effectiveness of the Council’s internal control framework.   

It was noted that despite a limited number of control issues previously reported to the Committee, SWAP had given an opinion of ‘reasonable assurance’.  ...  view the full decision text for item 16.

The Committee considered and discussed this report that contained information about the internal auditors opinion on the adequacy and effectiveness of the Council’s internal control framework.   

It was noted that despite a limited number of control issues previously reported to the Committee, SWAP had given an opinion of ‘reasonable assurance’.  ...  view the full minutes text for item 16.

To consider these reports.

The Committee considered and discussed this report from the External Auditors that summarised their findings from the 2016/17 audit of the Pension Fund Accounts.

Members were pleased to note that the report indicated that the accounts were free from material errors, and would receive an unqualified opinion. Mr Barber, External  ...  view the full decision text for item 17.

The Committee considered and discussed this report from the External Auditors that summarised their findings from the 2016/17 audit of the Pension Fund Accounts.

Members were pleased to note that the report indicated that the accounts were free from material errors, and would receive an unqualified opinion. Mr Barber, External  ...  view the full minutes text for item 17.

To consider these reports.

This report was introduced by the External Auditor, Mr Barber. Attention was directed to the Audit Findings report of Grant Thornton and the External Auditor provided an overview of the findings from their audit of the Council’s financial statements for the year ended 31 March 2016.

Mr Barber explained that  ...  view the full decision text for item 18.

This report was introduced by the External Auditor, Mr Barber. Attention was directed to the Audit Findings report of Grant Thornton and the External Auditor provided an overview of the findings from their audit of the Council’s financial statements for the year ended 31 March 2016.

Mr Barber explained that  ...  view the full minutes text for item 18.

To consider this report.

The Committee considered a report from the Internal Auditors about information sharing that takes place between the Council and its partners. Members also benefited from a presentation from the Council’s Information Governance Manager who provided assurance on the required current control sin place to safeguard customer information and also highlighted  ...  view the full decision text for item 19.

The Committee considered a report from the Internal Auditors about information sharing that takes place between the Council and its partners. Members also benefited from a presentation from the Council’s Information Governance Manager who provided assurance on the required current control sin place to safeguard customer information and also highlighted  ...  view the full minutes text for item 19.

The Chairman may raise any items of urgent business.

There were no other items for consideration and the Chairman thanked all those present for attending. The meeting closed at 12:02.

There were no other items for consideration and the Chairman thanked all those present for attending. The meeting closed at 12:02.