Agenda

To receive apologies for absence from the meeting.

You are invited to declare any registerable or non-registerable interests in matters appearing on the agenda, and the nature of that interest. 

You are also invited to disclose any dispensation in relation to any registerable or non-registerable interests that have been granted in respect of any matters appearing on the agenda.

You are requested to complete the Declarations of Interests card available at the meeting and return it to the Democratic Support Officer before leaving the meeting.

To confirm the minutes of the meeting held on 20 November 2019

To give consideration to a report which summarises the initial assessment of the risks driving the development of an effective audit of the Authority and outlines the planned audit strategy in response to those risks.

To give consideration to a report which summarises the results of the work of the external auditor in relation to the Authority’s claims and returns for 2018/19.

To give consideration to a report which provides members with an update on the next steps regarding the key regulatory and independent reviews of the provision of external audit services and the implications for Audit Committee and the Authority.

To give consideration to a report which provides details of the proposed accounting policies to be used in the compilation of the Annual Statement of Accounts.

To give consideration to a report which provides an update on the closure of the 2019/20 accounts

To give consideration to a report which sets out the proposed work programme for the Audit Committee for the 2020/21 municipal year.

To give consideration to a report which provides an update on the review of the Audit Committee arrangements.

The Committee will be requested to pass the following resolution:

Resolved that under Section 100A (4) of the Local Government Act 1972 (as amended) and having applied a public interest test as defined in Part 2 of Schedule 12A of the Act, the press and public be excluded from the meeting for the following items of business on the grounds that they involve the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in Paragraph 3 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Act.

To consider a report which sets out the corporate risk which have been identified for monitoring and management by the Authority’s Senior Leadership Team.

To give consideration to a report which sets out the strategic audit plan for 2020/21