Meeting documents
Audit and Governance Committee
Tuesday, 19th April, 2011 6.30 pm
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| Declaration of interests - members are reminded that following the adoption by Council of the new Code of Conduct, any declaration of interest should be made having regard to the new code. In particular, members must make clear the nature of the interest and whether it is 'personal' or 'prejudicial'. The Monitoring Officer would like to remind members that when they are considering whether the following items are exempt information under the relevant paragraph under part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972 they must have regard to the public interest test. This means that members must consider, for each item, whether the public interest in maintaining the exemption from disclosure outweighs the public interest in making the item available to the public. | ||
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APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE Apologies for Absence were received from Councillors J Hoult, V Richichi and D J Stevenson.
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DECLARATION OF INTERESTS There were no declarations of interest
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MINUTES Minutes of the Meeting held on Thursday, 3rd February, 2011 Consideration was given to the minutes of the meeting held on 3 February 2011.
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The minutes of the meeting held on 3 February 2011 be approved as a correct record |
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CERTIFICATION OF CLAIMS AND RETURNS - ANNUAL REPORT Mr R Walton, Audit Commission, presented the report to members. He highlighted the summary and the three recommendations which had been agreed by officers.
Following concerns from a member, Mr Bellamy informed the committee that the errors that had been found were not just specific to North West Leicestershire, but did affect at least half of other Local Authorities and were not due to understaffing. The Interim Head of Finance advised members that with moving to the joint partnership for the Revenues and Benefits, the Council would be joining a bigger team with better technology to deal with claims and greater resilience although overall the current service had never under resourced. Members commented on the good job being done by staff. |
RESOLVED THAT: The report be noted. |
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AUDIT OPINION PLAN Mr N Bellamy from the Audit Commission presented the report to members. He highlighted the risks that had been identified in the plan.
The Interim Head of Finance advised members that the way in which the final accounts were reported to committee would be different this year. He informed members that the final accounts would only come to committee after they had been audited for the final sign off. Following questions and comments from members, Mr Bellamy informed the committee that even though there had been changes to key council staff involved in finance, this had not raised any concerns. |
RESOLVED THAT: The report be noted. |
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TREASURY MANAGEMENT STEWARDSHIP REPORT 2010/11 The Interim Head of Finance presented the report to members.
Members commended staff for reducing the council's indebtedness. |
RESOLVED THAT: The report be noted. RECOMMENDED THAT: The report be presented to Cabinet for approval. |
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INTERNAL AUDIT PLAN 2011/12 - 2014-15 The Interim Head of Finance presented the report to members.
He informed the committee that the part time Internal Auditor had been recruited. |
RESOLVED THAT: The Internal Audit Plan for 2011/12 be approved. |
Published on Wednesday, 27th April, 2011
The meeting closed at 6.58pm
Attendance Details
Present:
Councillor G Allman, (Chairman) (In the Chair)
Councillors: F R D Fenning, T Gillard and C Timmis
Officers: Mr J Casey, Mrs C Hammond and Miss A Wright.
Audit Commission: Mr R Walton and Mr N Bellamy.
At the start of the meeting the Chairman introduced Mr John Casey, Interim Head of Finance and advised the committee that it was a Shared Service with Charnwood Borough Council.
The Chairman announced that it was Councillor Fenning's last meeting and took the opportunity to thank all members and officers for their work over the past four years.
Councillors: F R D Fenning, T Gillard and C Timmis
Officers: Mr J Casey, Mrs C Hammond and Miss A Wright.
Audit Commission: Mr R Walton and Mr N Bellamy.
At the start of the meeting the Chairman introduced Mr John Casey, Interim Head of Finance and advised the committee that it was a Shared Service with Charnwood Borough Council.
The Chairman announced that it was Councillor Fenning's last meeting and took the opportunity to thank all members and officers for their work over the past four years.