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

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

The Committee is asked to confirm the minutes are accurate.

The Committee agreed that the minutes of the meeting held on 25 January 2018 were accurate, 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 members of the public present, and hence no questions asked, statements/comments made or petitions presented.

There were no members of the public present, and hence no questions asked, statements/comments made or petitions presented.

To consider this report and receive a presentation.

Members considered and discussed the report about the review carried out by the relevant officers in to effectiveness of the internal audit function from the South West Audit Partnership in 2017/18.  

The Committee sought and received assurances that SWAPs ability to complete the Council’s audit work would not be affected  ...  view the full decision text for item 38.

A short presentation was received from Gerry Cox the Chief Executive of SWAP about its progress.

Members considered and discussed the report about the review carried out by the relevant officers into the effectiveness of the internal audit function from the South West Audit Partnership in 2017/18 and for the  ...  view the full minutes text for item 38.

To consider this report.

The Committee considered a report from the Internal Auditors that provided an update following the recommendations received with the Better Care Fund Audit issued last September.

Members were reminded that the Audit had been commissioned to assess the adequacy of the control and procedures in place for the governance and  ...  view the full decision text for item 39.

The Committee considered a report from the Internal Auditors that provided an update following the recommendations received with the Better Care Fund Audit issued last September.

Members were reminded that the Audit had been commissioned to assess the adequacy of the control and procedures in place for the governance and  ...  view the full minutes text for item 39.

To consider this report.

The Committee considered this report, introduced by the Internal Auditors, that provided an overview and general update of the progress made against the 2017/18 Audit Plan. It was noted that of the audits completed since the last update no significant corporate risks had been identified.

Attention turned to Appendix B  ...  view the full decision text for item 40.

The Committee considered this report, introduced by the Internal Auditors, that provided an overview and general update of the progress made against the 2017/18 Audit Plan. It was noted that of the audits completed since the last update no significant corporate risks had been identified.

Attention turned to Appendix B  ...  view the full minutes text for item 40.

To consider this report.

The Committee considered and discussed this report from the South West Audit Partnership (SWAP) the Council’s Internal Auditors that summarised the proposed 2018/19 Audit Plan (attached as Appendix A to the report). The Committee was also asked to re-approve the Audit Charter (attached to the report as Appendix B).

The  ...  view the full decision text for item 41.

The Committee considered and discussed this report from the Strategic Manager - Finance that summarised the proposed 2018/19 Audit Plan (attached as Appendix A to the report). The Committee was also asked to re-approve the Audit Charter (attached to the report as Appendix B).

The Strategic Manager introduced the report  ...  view the full minutes text for item 41.

To consider this report.

The Committee considered this report, introduced by the Council’s External Auditors that provided an overview of the planned scope and timing of the statutory audit of the Somerset Pension Fund. The report provided a detailed summary of the work already undertaken in this regard which included the work under ISA  ...  view the full decision text for item 42.

The Committee considered this report, introduced by the Council’s External Auditors that provided an overview of the planned scope and timing of the statutory audit of the Somerset Pension Fund. The report provided a detailed summary of the work already undertaken in this regard which included the work under ISA  ...  view the full minutes text for item 42.

To consider this report.

The Committee considered a report and received a presentation on the recovery of outstanding debts as at the end of February, including a comparison with the previous report and equivalent values over the last 12 months. It was noted that the % of debt over 90 days was much reduced  ...  view the full decision text for item 43.

The Committee considered a report and received a presentation on the recovery of outstanding debts as at the end of February, including a comparison with the previous report and equivalent values over the last 12 months. It was noted that the % of debt over 90 days was much reduced  ...  view the full minutes text for item 43.

To consider this draft report.

The Strategic Manager – Financial Governance introduced the report, which was to come before the May County Council meeting, noting that the Committee had met 6 times during the year.

The report gave general information about the committee and its governance role, with details about the work programme and training.  ...  view the full decision text for item 44.

The Strategic Manager – Financial Governance introduced the report, which was to come before the May County Council meeting, noting that the Committee had met 6 times during the year.

The report gave general information about the committee and its governance role, with details about the work programme and training.  ...  view the full minutes text for item 44.

To consider this report

The Committee considered and discussed its Forward Work Plan of future agenda items and reports for the remaining scheduled Committee meetings in 2018.

Members were informed that Peter Barber from Grant Thornton would bring the annual fees letter to the June meeting. There would also be a training session for  ...  view the full decision text for item 45.

The Committee considered and discussed its Forward Work Plan of future agenda items and reports for the remaining scheduled Committee meetings in 2018.

Members were informed that Peter Barber from Grant Thornton would bring the annual fees letter to the June meeting. There would also be a training session for  ...  view the full minutes text for item 45.

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 11.28.

There were no other items for consideration and the Chairman thanked all those present for attending. The meeting closed at 11.28.