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1. | APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE
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2. | MINUTES
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| To confirm as a correct record the Minutes of the meeting of the Committee held on 7 March 2007: (copy enclosed for Members of the Committee).
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3. | NOTICE OF OTHER BUSINESS
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| Items of other business notified under Council Procedure Rule 31 to be announced, together with the special circumstances that justify their consideration as a matter of urgency. The Chairman to rule on the admission of such items.
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4. | DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST
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| To receive any declarations of interest.
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5. | AUDIT & INTERNAL CONTROL - USE OF RESOURCES JUDGEMENTS 2006/07
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| To receive the Use of Resources Judgements 2006/07 prepared by PKF (UK) LLP, the Council's appointed external auditors.
 | 07 04 23 AC i - (05) use of res judgements. DOWNLOAD |
 | 07 04 23 AC i - (05) use of res judgements-app. DOWNLOAD |
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6. | AUDIT & INTERNAL CONTROL - ANNUAL AUDIT AND INSPECTION LETTER 2005/06
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| To receive the Annual Audit and Inspection Letter 2005/06 prepared by the Audit Commission's Relationship Manager, Mr Gary Hammersley.
| 07 04 23 AC i - (06) annual audit and insp letter. DOWNLOAD |
| 07 04 23 AC i - (06) annual audit and insp letter-app a. DOWNLOAD |
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7. | AUDIT & INTERNAL CONTROL - EXTERNAL AUDIT AND INSPECTION PLAN 2007/08
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| To receive the External Audit and Inspection Plan prepared by the Audit Commission's Relationship Manager, Mr Gary Hammersley, and RSM Robson Rhodes LLP, the Council's appointed external auditors with effect from 1 April 2007.
| 07 04 23 AC i - (07) ext audit and insp plan. DOWNLOAD |
| 07 04 23 AC i - (07) ext audit and insp plan-app. DOWNLOAD |
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8. | AUDIT & INTERNAL CONTROL - EXTERNAL AUDIT RECOMMENDATIONS
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| This report gives details of the progress made in implementing the recommendations of the external auditor.
| 07 04 23 AC i - (08) audit and int control - ext audit recs. DOWNLOAD |
| 07 04 23 AC i - (08) int control ext audit recs-app. DOWNLOAD |
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9. | AUDIT & INTERNAL CONTROL - INTERNAL AUDIT ANNUAL REPORT 2006/07
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| This report, prepared by Deloitte and Touche Public Sector Internal Audit Limited, gives details of the activities of Internal Audit during 2006/07 and provides an opinion on the adequacy and effectiveness of the internal control environment at the Council.
| 07 04 23 AC i - (09) internal audit annual report. DOWNLOAD |
| 07 04 23 AC i - (09) internal audit annual report-app. DOWNLOAD |
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10. | AUDIT & INTERNAL CONTROL - INTERNAL AUDIT PLAN 2007/08
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| To receive the Internal Audit Plan prepared by Deloitte and Touche Public Sector Internal Audit Limited, the Council's internal audit contractor.
| 07 04 23 AC i - (10) int audit plan 2007/08. DOWNLOAD |
 | 07 04 23 AC i - (10) int audit plan-app. DOWNLOAD |
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11. | AUDIT & INTERNAL CONTROL - INTERNAL AUDIT RECOMMENDATIONS
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| This report gives details of the progress made in implementing the recommendations of the internal auditor.
| 07 04 23 AC i - (11) int audit recs. DOWNLOAD |
| 07 04 23 AC i - (11) int audit recs-app 2 to 5. DOWNLOAD |
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12. | AUDIT & INTERNAL CONTROL - STATEMENT ON INTERNAL CONTROL (SIC) 2006/2007 AND ANNUAL REVIEW OF THE SYSTEM OF INTERNAL CONTROL
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| This report is presented to enable the Panel to adopt the Statement on Internal Control for 2006/2007 for inclusion in the Council's Statement of Accounts.
| 07 04 23 AC i - (12) statement of internal control. DOWNLOAD |
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13. | AUDIT & INTERNAL CONTROL - FINANCIAL AND BUDGETARY RISKS
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| This report allows the Committee to review the effectiveness of the arrangements for reviewing the Council's financial and budgetary risks.
| 07 04 23 AC i - (13) financial and budgetary risks. DOWNLOAD |
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14. | COMMITTEE'S WORK PROGRAMME
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| To review and make necessary changes to the Committee's work programme
| 07 04 23 AC i - (14) work prog. DOWNLOAD |
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15. | OTHER BUSINESS - if approved under item 3 above.
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16. | EXCLUSION OF PRESS AND PUBLIC
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| If any confidential business is approved under item 3, it will also be necessary to specify the class of exempt or confidential information in the additional item(s) and a resolution to be passed in the following terms:-
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| "that under Section 100A (4) of the Local Government Act 1972, the press and public be excluded from the meeting for the following item(s) of business on the grounds that they involve the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined under the respective paragraphs of Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Act".
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17. | OTHER BUSINESS - if approved under item 3 above.
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