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The Committee is asked to confirm the minutes are accurate.

The Committee agreed that the minutes of the last meeting were accurate and the Chair signed them.

The Committee agreed that the minutes of the last meeting were accurate and the Chair 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.

The Chair advised the Committee that 3 questions had been received from Mr Nigel Behan in relation to agenda item 10, the questions had been circulated before the meeting and published. The questions were taken as read and the Interim Director of Finance was invited to respond to each question.  ...  view the full decision text for item 157.

The Chair advised the Committee that 3 questions had been received from Mr Nigel Behan in relation to agenda item 10, the questions had been circulated before the meeting and published. The questions were taken as read and the Interim Director of Finance was invited to respond to each question.  ...  view the full minutes text for item 157.

To consider this report.

The Chair invited the external auditors to introduce their report and welcomed Mr Morris as he would be the new Engagement Lead to the Council. Mr Morris and Mr Barber, provided an overview of the report, noting Grant Thornton were in the second year of 5-year contract, and reminded the  ...  view the full decision text for item 158.

The Chair invited the external auditors to introduce their report and welcomed Mr Morris as he would be the new Engagement Lead to the Council. Mr Morris and Mr Barber, provided an overview of the report, noting Grant Thornton were in the second year of 5-year contract, and reminded the  ...  view the full minutes text for item 158.

To consider this report.

The Committee considered this report, the first since the value for money (VFM) conclusion for the 2018/19 financial year had been presented at the last meeting. It was noted that the updated tracker provided details of new recommendations and previous ones where relevant, including updates on progress of the last  ...  view the full decision text for item 159.

The Committee considered this report, the first since the value for money (VFM) conclusion for the 2018/19 financial year had been presented at the last meeting. It was noted that the updated tracker provided details of new recommendations and previous ones where relevant, including updates on progress of the last  ...  view the full minutes text for item 159.

To consider this report.

The Committee considered this report from the South West Audit Partnership (SWAP) that provided details on the progress of the 2019/2020 Annual Audit Plan. It was reported that good progress can be demonstrated with most of the quarter 1 and 2 audits that were now at the reporting stage and  ...  view the full decision text for item 160.

The Committee considered this report from the South West Audit Partnership (SWAP) that provided details on the progress of the 2019/2020 Annual Audit Plan. It was reported that good progress could be demonstrated with most of the quarter 1 and 2 audits that were now at the reporting stage and  ...  view the full minutes text for item 160.

To consider these reports.

The Committee considered this report, introduced by the Interim Director of Finance, that provided an update on the latest information regarding the actions taken to mitigate the Council’s identified strategic risks. It was noted that strategic risk management was the process of identifying, quantifying, and mitigating any risk that affected  ...  view the full decision text for item 161.

The Committee considered this report, introduced by the Interim Director of Finance, that provided an update on the latest information regarding the actions taken to mitigate the Council’s identified strategic risks. It was noted that strategic risk management was the process of identifying, quantifying, and mitigating any risk that affected  ...  view the full minutes text for item 161.

To consider this report.

The Committee agreed to defer this report in the absence of the Lead Officer for consideration at a future meeting.

The Committee agreed to defer this report in the absence of the Lead Officer for consideration at a future meeting.

To consider this report.

The Committee considered this report that provided details of the on-going ‘Calls for Views’ review led by the former President of the Chartered Institute of Public Finance Sir Tony Redmond, that was looking at the effectiveness of local authority financial reporting and the audit regime. It was noted that the  ...  view the full decision text for item 163.

The Committee considered this report that provided details of the on-going ‘Calls for Views’ review led by the former President of the Chartered Institute of Public Finance Sir Tony Redmond, that was looking at the effectiveness of local authority financial reporting and the audit regime. It was noted that the  ...  view the full minutes text for item 163.

To consider this report

The Committee noted the report that listed future agenda items and reports for the next meeting on 30 January 2020 and future meeting dates in 2020, and the report was accepted.

It was suggested that further to the discussion during consideration of agenda item 8 ‘Partial Audits and Risk Management  ...  view the full decision text for item 164.

The Committee noted the report that listed future agenda items and reports for the next meeting on 30 January 2020 and future meeting dates in 2020, and the report was accepted.

It was suggested that further to the discussion during consideration of agenda item 8 ‘Partial Audits and Risk Management  ...  view the full minutes text for item 164.

The Chairman may raise any items of urgent business.

The Chair thanked all those present for attending, and after ascertaining there were no other itmes of business, closed the meeting at 11.43am.

The Chair thanked all those present for attending, and after ascertaining there were no other items of business, closed the meeting at 11.43am.