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Grass-cutting on council properties | Due to wet conditions of the grass, we may not be able to cut all of the grass areas of our council properties at this current time; this includes our parks, open spaces and play areas. Our team are surveying the sites and as soon as the areas are dry enough, our team will be grass-cutting as usual. Sorry for any inconvenience caused. 

Meeting documentation

Meeting documents

Audit and Governance Committee
Tuesday, 18th December, 2012 6.30 pm

ItemDescriptionResolution
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.
13 APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE
Apologies for absence were received from Councillors G Allman, G Jones, C Large and N Smith.
  
14 DECLARATION OF INTERESTS
There were no interests declared.
  
15 MINUTES
Minutes of the Meeting held on Wednesday, 26th September, 2012
Consideration was given to the minutes of the meeting held on 26 September 2012.


 RESOLVED THAT:

The minutes of the Audit and Governance Committee held on Wednesday, 26 September 2012 be approved as a correct record and signed by the Chairman.
16 ANNUAL AUDIT LETTER
The Head of Finance presented the District Auditor's Annual Audit Letter to members. He advised members that future audits would be undertaken by KPMG and that the letter received had not raised any issues of concern.

Following questions from a member, the Head of Finance advised the committee that the District Audit Service had now ceased to provide all but a small number of audits across the country and KPMG had won the bid to carry out future audits for North West Leicestershire. A similar service would be provided at lower cost.
 RESOLVED THAT:

The 2011/12 Annual Audit Letter be noted.
17 INTERNAL AUDIT PROGRESS REPORT - APRIL TO NOVEMBER 2012
The Head of Finance presented the report to members. He informed the committee that five of the audit reports had been completed, one was in progress and with the exception of two non-main system audits all the audits would be completed by the end of the year.

Following questions from a member, the Head of Finance advised the committee that the audit of the Leisure Centre had taken longer due to anomalies that had appeared during the test. He informed the committee that actions had been put in place to address the issues raised.

 RESOLVED THAT:

The Internal Audit Progress Report be noted.
18 STANDARDS QUARTERLY REPORT - QUARTER 2
The Head of Legal and Support Services and Monitoring Officer presented the report to members. She informed the committee that she had received one complaint during quarter 2 in relation to a Parish Councillor and it was currently going through the informal process.

Following a question from a member regarding the outcome of an ombudsman complaint in the ethical indicators report, the Head of Legal and Support Services and Monitoring Officer advised the committee that she had not got the details to hand of the compensation paid out, but would ensure that the information was passed to the member after the meeting.

RESOLVED THAT:

The report be received and noted.
19 TREASURY MANAGEMENT ACTIVITY - APRIL TO NOVEMBER 2012
The Head of Finance presented the report to members.

Following a question from the member, the Head of Finance advised the committee that it was not unusual for the indebtedness of the Council to reduce during the year because of cash-flow reasons and that it should still fall by the end of the financial year.

 RESOLVED THAT:

The Treasury Management Activity Report be noted.
20 COMMITTEE WORK PLAN
Members noted that the next meeting would be on Wednesday, 27 March 2013.
 RESOLVED THAT:

The Committee's Work Plan be noted.
Published on Thursday, 27th December, 2012
The meeting closed at 6.47pm.

Attendance Details

Present:
Councillor T Neilson (Chairman) (In the Chair)

Councillors: A Bridges, J Cotterill, D De Lacy, D Everitt, and R Woodward.

Officers: Mr R Bowmer, Mrs C Hammond and Miss E Warhurst.