Meeting documents
Audit Committee
Thursday, 7th December, 2017 3.00 pm
| Business Items | |
| 1 | Public participation |
| To receive and hear any person who wishes to address the Committee on matters within its remit. The Chairman will select the order of the matters to be heard. Each speaker will be limited to a period of five minutes for public participation up to a maximum of 30 minutes. Requests to speak must be submitted in writing to the Head of Legal and Democratic Services, or to the officer mentioned at the top of this agenda letter, by noon on the day before the meeting and the request must detail the subject matter of the address. | |
| 2 | Apologies for absence and notification of substitutes |
| 3 | Declaration of disclosable pecuniary interest |
| A Member must declare any disclosable pecuniary interest where it relates to any matter being considered at the meeting. A declaration of a disclosable pecuniary interest should indicate the interest and the agenda item to which it relates. A Member is not permitted to participate in this agenda item by law and should immediately leave the meeting before the start of any debate. If the Member leaves the Chamber in respect of a declaration, he or she should ensure that the Chairman is aware of this before he or she leaves to enable their exit from the meeting to be recorded in the minutes in accordance with Standing Order 37. | |
| 4 | Minutes 06 September 2017 |
| To approve as a correct record | |
Minutes - 4 aud minute 060917  | |
| 5 | Matters referred by Council, the Executive etc. |
| If any | |
| 6 | Annual Accounts 2017/18 |
| Report of the Head of Finance & Property | |
| Report - 6 Annual Accounts 2017_18 | |
| 7 | Treasury Management mid-year monitoring |
| Report of the Head of Finance & Property | |
| Report - 7 Treasury Management Mid-Year Monitoring | |
| 8 | External Audit |
| Report of the Head of Audit West | |
| Report - 8 External Audit Annual Audit Letter and update report | |
| Other - 8.1 Annual Audit Letter | |
| Other - 8.2 External Audit update December | |
| 9 | Audit Assurance Plan 2017-18 |
| Report of the Head of Audit West | |
| Report - 9 Audit Assurance Paln 2017_18 Mid-Year update report | |
| 10 | Internal Audit Professional Standards Review |
| Report of the Head of Audit West | |
| Report - 10 Internal Audit Professional Standards Review | |
| 11 | Independent member vacancy |
| Oral report of the Head of Audit West | |
| Urgent business permitted by the Local Government Act 1972 | |
| For a matter to be considered as an urgent item, the following question must be addressed: 'What harm to the public interest would flow from leaving it until the next meeting'. If harm can be demonstrated, then it is open to the Chairman to rule that it be considered as urgent. Otherwise the matter cannot be considered urgent within the statutory provisions. | |