Agenda, decisions and minutes

Audit Committee - Monday 26th March, 2018 7.00 pm

Venue: Bourges/Viersen Room - Town Hall

Contact: Daniel Kalley; Senior Democratic Services Officer 01733 296334  Email: daniel.kalley@peterborough.gov.uk

Items
No. Item

1.

Apologies for Absence

2.

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 Head of Legal Services.

 

3.

Minutes of the Meeting Held on 12 February 2018 pdf icon PDF 121 KB

4.

External Audit Progress Report pdf icon PDF 74 KB

The purpose of this report is to provide the Committee with a report on the progress of our audit of the Council’s 2017/18 statement of accounts.

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5.

Sector Update (2018 Q1 Audit Committee Briefing) pdf icon PDF 74 KB

To provide the Committee with a Sector Update.

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6.

Changes to Constitution pdf icon PDF 94 KB

The purpose of this report is to outline options for changes to Peterborough City Council’s constitution for Audit Committee to provide comments and opinion for recommendation to Full Council.

 

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7.

Consultant, Interim and Agency Worker Policy pdf icon PDF 92 KB

The purpose of this report is to note and recommend for approval the revised Consultant Interim and Agency Worker Policy.

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8.

Risk Management - Strategic Risks pdf icon PDF 71 KB

To provide the Committee with an update on the role of the Risk Management Board.

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9.

Internal Audit Strategy, Charter and Audit Plan pdf icon PDF 96 KB

The purpose of this report is to ensure that the Council reviews and agrees the audit activity for the next audit year.

 

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10.

Review of Committee Effectiveness pdf icon PDF 94 KB

To provide Members with details of an internal assessment of the operations of the Audit Committee against best practice.

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11.

Counter Fraud Policies pdf icon PDF 93 KB

This report sets out the Councils approach to tackling fraud and corruption.

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12.

Annual Audit Committee Report pdf icon PDF 84 KB

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13.

Use of Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 (RIPA)

The Committee is asked to NOTE that there have been no RIPA authorisations in this quarter.

 

14.

Approved Write-Offs Exceeding £10,000

The Committee is asked to NOTE that there have been no approved write-off amounts to report since 12 February 2018, which exceed the Council’s Financial Regulation threshold of £10,000.

 

 

15.

Feedback Report pdf icon PDF 50 KB

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