Venue: Bourges/Viersen Room - Town Hall
Contact: Karen S Dunleavy; Governance Officer
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Apologies for Absence Minutes: Apologies for absence were received from Councillor Lee.
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Declarations of Interest At this point Members must declare whether they have a disclosable pecuniary interest, or other interest, in any of the items on the agenda, unless it is already entered in the register of members’ interests or is a “pending notification “ that has been disclosed to the Solicitor to the Council. Members must also declare if they are subject to their party group whip in relation to any items under consideration.
Minutes: There were no declarations of interest.
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Minutes of the Meeting held on 27 March 2013 PDF 104 KB Minutes: The minutes of the meeting held on date 27 March 2013, were approved as an accurate and true record.
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Outcome of Standards Complaints under the previous regime (pre July 2012) PDF 71 KB Minutes: The Head of Legal Services introduced a report on the outcome of standards complaints under the previous regime (pre July 2012). Members were advised that the complaints that were outstanding which had taken some time to resolve were due to the awaited appointment of the Independent Person for Audit Committee. Members were also advised that following the appointment of the Independent Person in December 2012, the outstanding complaints were progressed and resolved.
Members were also provided with an update over the recruitment campaign to appoint a Deputy Independent Person for Audit Committee. Members were asked to consider the following options:
The Head of Legal Services responded to questions and comments raised by Members. In summary responses included:
Members commented further on the recruitment exercise for a Deputy Independent Person. In summary the comments included:
The Committee:
1. Noted the position in respect of all outstanding complaints prior to the introduction of the new standards regime in July 2012; 2. Noted that no further action was to be taken in respect of three complaints where the investigating officer found no case to answer; 3. Noted that four complaints were referred for informal ... view the full minutes text for item 4. |
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Minutes: The Chief Internal Auditor introduced a report that provided an update on the outcome of actions that had been raised in previous meetings.
Following the action point regarding agenda setting meetings for Members of the Audit Committee, the majority of Members felt that there was no requirement to hold a specific agenda setting meeting, due to the fact that the Work Programme was discussed at each meeting.
The Governance Officer suggested that a reminder of the contents of the Work Programme and agenda items could be emailed to Audit Committee Members prior to the agenda despatch date for the next meeting.
The Committee
Agreed that there was no requirement to hold a separate agenda setting meeting and that an email reminder of the Work Programme, prior to the agenda despatch date for the next meeting would be acceptable.
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Work Programme 2013/14 PDF 51 KB Additional documents: Minutes: The Chief Internal Auditor submitted the latest version of the Work Programme for the Municipal Year 2013/2014 for consideration and approval. The standard report provided details of the proposed Work Programme for the Municipal Year 2013/2014 together with any training needs identified.
A training session was to be arranged prior to the presentation of the Statement of Accounts to Audit Committee on 24 June 2013.
Members were also advised that the Audit Committee Handbook was currently being updated and that it would be distributed to the Committee in due course.
AGREED ACTION:
The Committee noted and approved the 2013/2014 Work Programme. |