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Agenda

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Contact: Andy Day/Moira Fraser/Stephen Chard 

Items
No. Item

1.

Apologies

To receive apologies for inability to attend the meeting (if any).

2.

Minutes and Matters Arising pdf icon PDF 112 KB

To approve as a correct record the Minutes of the meetings of this Committee held on 23 April 2018 and the 8 May 2018.

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3.

Declarations of Interest

To remind Members of the need to record the existence and nature of any personal, disclosable pecuniary or other registrable interests in items on the agenda, in accordance with the Members’ Code of Conduct.

4.

Forward Plan pdf icon PDF 76 KB

Purpose: To consider the Forward Plan for the next 12 months.

Governance Matters

5.

Review of Governance of Risk Management (GE3601) pdf icon PDF 56 KB

Purpose: To review the governance and management arrangements of the Council’s Risk Management function.

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6.

Internal Audit Annual Assurance Report (GE3330) pdf icon PDF 120 KB

Purpose: The Public Sector Internal Audit Standards (PSIAS) require the Audit Manager to make a formal annual report to those charged with governance within the Council.

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7.

Annual Governance Statement (GE3331) pdf icon PDF 61 KB

Purpose: The report sets out the Annual Governance Statement (AGS) for the Council for 2017-18 and outlines issues that Corporate Board considered should be included in the 2017-18 AGS as requiring action to resolve.

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8.

Financial Statements (GE3327) pdf icon PDF 49 KB

Purpose: To provide Members with the ISA260 report from KPMG, which will provide their opinion on the Council’s Financial Statements, the Council’s Value for Money and any recommendations they propose and to provide Members with a final copy of the Council’s Financial Statements as at 31st March 2018.

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9.

Planned Audit Fee for 2018/19 (GE3577) pdf icon PDF 117 KB

Purpose: To present to members the Audit Fee Letter for 2018/19 from Grant Thornton. The letter sets out the fee for the audit in line with the prescribed scale fee set by the Public Sector Audit Appointments Ltd (PSAA). The Governance and Ethics committee agreed previously that the Council should become a member of the PSAA, who now appoint our auditors and as a result our fees have been reduced by 23 percent from the fees applicable for 2017/18.

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10.

Outcome of the External Review of Internal Audit (GE3270) pdf icon PDF 50 KB

Purpose: To provide the Governance and Ethics Committee with the outcome of the external assessment of Internal Audit.  

 

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11.

Date of the Next Meeting

The dates for the remainder of the Municipal Year are as follows:

·         08 August 2018 (provisional )

·         28 August 2018

·         26 November 2018

·         04 February 2019

·         16 April 2019