Agenda and minutes

Agenda and minutes

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Items
No. Item

21.

Minutes from the previous meeting pdf icon PDF 103 KB

The Committee is asked to confirm as a correct record the minutes of the meeting of the Committee held on xx xx 2018.

 

Minutes:

The minutes of the meeting of the Committee held on 17th July 2018 were confirmed as a correct record and signed.

 

The Chair advised the Committee that a minor amendment had been made to the Statement of Accounts following the meeting on 17th July 2018.

 

22.

Disclosures of percuniary and personal interest

Minutes:

No disclosures were made.

 

23.

Questions under other committee procedures 12.8

No questions were submitted.

Minutes:

No questions had been submitted.

24.

Update on the general data protection regulations (GDPR) pdf icon PDF 322 KB

Report of the Head of Customer Experience.

Minutes:

A report of the Head of Customer Experience was submitted (item 5 on the agenda filed with these minutes).

 

The Head of Customer Experience attended the meeting to assist the Committee with consideration of the item.

 

RESOLVED

1. that a list of the data breaches for the past year be provided to the Committee following the meeting.

2. that the report be noted.

 

Reason

1. To provide the Committee with the information requested.

2. The Committee was content with the report and had no specific areas of concern or actions that it wished to include as part of its decision.

 

25.

Internal audit plan - progress pdf icon PDF 429 KB

A report of the Head of Strategic Support.

Minutes:

A report of the Head of Strategic Support was submitted (item 6 on the agenda filed with these minutes).

 

The Audit and Risk Manager attended the meeting to assist the Committee with consideration of the item.

 

RESOLVEDthat the report be noted with the decision that resources will be identified to help ensure the audit plan is completed on time.

 

Reason

 

The Committee was content with the report and had no specific areas of concern or actions that it wished to include as part of its decision.

 

26.

Risk management (Risk register) update pdf icon PDF 294 KB

A report of the Head of Strategic Support.

Minutes:

A report of the Head of Strategic Support was submitted (item 7 on the agenda filed with these minutes).

 

The Audit and Risk Manager attended the meeting to assist the Committee with consideration of the item.

 

RESOLVEDthat the report be noted.

 

Reason

 

The Committee was content with the report and had no specific areas of concern or actions that it wished to include as part of its decision.

 

27.

Council's use of regulation of investigatory powers act (RIPA) pdf icon PDF 130 KB

Report of the Head of Strategic Support.

 

Minutes:

A report of the Head of Strategic Support was submitted (item 8 on the agenda filed with these minutes).

 

The Audit and Risk Manager attended the meeting to assist with consideration of the item.

 

RESOLVED that the report be noted.

 

Reason

 

The Committee was content with the report and had no specific areas of concern or actions that it wished to include as part of its decision.

 

28.

Work programme pdf icon PDF 148 KB

Report of the Head of Strategic Support.

Minutes:

A report of the Head of Strategic Support was submitted to enable the Committee to consider its work programme (item 9 on the agenda filed with these minutes).

 

RESOLVED that the Committee proceeds on the basis of the following work programme, which incorporates all decisions made at this meeting:

 

ISSUE

MEETING

 

Internal Audit Business

Ongoing

Internal Audit Plan – Progress

 

27th November 2018

 

Quarterly

Risk Management

(Risk Register)

 

27th November 2018

 

Quarterly - detailed report every six months, exception report quarters in-between.

Council’s Use of Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act (RIPA)

27th November 2018

 

Quarterly

Treasury Management Mid-Year Review

27th November 2018

 

Annually

2018/19 Treasury Management Statement, Annual Investment Strategy and MRP Strategy

26th February 2019

 

Annually

2019/20 Internal Audit Plan

26th February 2019

 

Annually

2018/19 Review of the effectiveness of Internal Audit  (Feedback from Panel)

11th June 2019

 

Annually

Internal Audit Charter

 

11th June 2019

 

Annually (for approval)


2018/19 Members’ Allowances Claimed

11th June 2019

 

Annually

Whistle Blowing and Anti-fraud, Corruption and Bribery

11th June 2019

 

Annually

Environmental Audits – Report on Outcomes

11th June 2019

 

Annually

Note: Six month exception report where identified actions are not implemented by the target date.

2018/19 Treasury Management Outturn

11th June 2019

 

Annually

2018/19 Statement of Accounts

 

16th July 2019

(Accounts Meeting)

 

Annually

2018/19 Annual Governance Statement and Review of the Code of Corporate Governance

16th July 2019

(Accounts Meeting)

 

Annually

2018/19 Annual Internal Audit Report

10th September 2019

 

Annually

Annual IT Health Check (Code of Connection)

Confidential Report

10th September 2019

 

Annually

Future of Local Public Audit

Report on Government proposals considered 5th July 2011.

Further report once final regulations/guidelines are known.

Note:

Appointing Your External Auditor briefing note considered June 2016.

.           Policy for Engagement of External Auditors for non-audit work

 

Considered March 2013.

 

Review policy - date to be agreed

External Audit Business

Ongoing

External Audit Progress Report and Technical Update

4th September 2018

 

Quarterly

Certification of Claims and Returns

(2018/19 Audit)

 

26th February 2019

 

Annually

2019/20 External Audit Plan

 

26th February 2019

 

Annually

2018/19 Annual Governance Report

 

 

16th July 2019

(Accounts Meeting)

 

Annually

2018/19 Annual Audit Letter

16th July 2019

 

Annually

 

29.

Exempt Information

It is recommended that members of the public be excluded from the meeting during the consideration of the following item on the grounds that it would involve the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in Paragraph 3 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act 1972 and it is considered that the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information.

 

Minutes:

Resolved that members of the public were excluded from the meeting during the consideration of the following item on the grounds that it would involve the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in Paragraph 3 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act 1972 and it is considered that the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information.

 

30.

Annual IT Health Check

A report of the Head of Customer Experience.

Minutes:

An exemptreport of theHeadofCustomer Experience wasconsideredregardingthe Annual IT Health check (item11on the agendafiledwith theseminutes).

 

TheHead of Customer Experience and the Information Technology Delivery Manager attendedthemeeting toassistwith consideration of theitem.

 

 

RESOLVED that the report be noted.

 

Reason

 

The Committee was content with the report and had no specific areas of concern or actions that it wished to include as part of its decision.