Audit Committee - 23 April 2007
Penn Chamber, Three Rivers House23rd April 2007
AUDIT COMMITTEE
NOTICE AND AGENDA
For a meeting to be held in the Penn Chamber, Rickmansworth, on Monday, 23 April 2007 at 7.30pm.
Members of the Committee:-
Councillors:- | Harry Davies | Sarah Nelmes (Vice-Chairman) |
Geoffrey Dunne | John Pendlebury | |
David Lake | Russell Smith | |
Richard Laval (Chairman) |
Tony Beirne, Director of Strategic Services
13 April 2007
The Audit Committee welcomes contributions from members of the public to its discussion on agenda items. Contributions will be limited to one person speaking for and one against each item for not more than three minutes. Details of the procedure and the list for registering the wish to speak will be available for a short period before the meeting.
Please note that all members are invited to this meeting and that there will be a presentation by the Accountancy Manager commencing at 7.00pm on the requirements of the new Statement of Recommended Practice (SORP) and the changes members can expect to see in the Statement of Accounts for 2006/07 as a consequence. |
1. | APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE | ||||
2. | MINUTES | ||||
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 | ||||
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. | |||||
4. | DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST | ||||
To receive any declarations of interest. | |||||
5. | AUDIT & INTERNAL CONTROL - USE OF RESOURCES JUDGEMENTS 2006/07 | ||||
To receive the Use of Resources Judgements 2006/07 prepared by PKF (UK) LLP, the Council's appointed external auditors.
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6. | AUDIT & INTERNAL CONTROL - ANNUAL AUDIT AND INSPECTION LETTER 2005/06 | ||||
To receive the Annual Audit and Inspection Letter 2005/06 prepared by the Audit Commission's Relationship Manager, Mr Gary Hammersley.
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7. | AUDIT & INTERNAL CONTROL - EXTERNAL AUDIT AND INSPECTION PLAN 2007/08 | ||||
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.
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8. | AUDIT & INTERNAL CONTROL - EXTERNAL AUDIT RECOMMENDATIONS | ||||
This report gives details of the progress made in implementing the recommendations of the external auditor.
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9. | AUDIT & INTERNAL CONTROL - INTERNAL AUDIT ANNUAL REPORT 2006/07 | ||||
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.
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10. | AUDIT & INTERNAL CONTROL - INTERNAL AUDIT PLAN 2007/08 | ||||
To receive the Internal Audit Plan prepared by Deloitte and Touche Public Sector Internal Audit Limited, the Council's internal audit contractor.
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11. | AUDIT & INTERNAL CONTROL - INTERNAL AUDIT RECOMMENDATIONS | ||||
This report gives details of the progress made in implementing the recommendations of the internal auditor.
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12. | AUDIT & INTERNAL CONTROL - STATEMENT ON INTERNAL CONTROL (SIC) 2006/2007 AND ANNUAL REVIEW OF THE SYSTEM OF INTERNAL CONTROL | ||||
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.
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13. | AUDIT & INTERNAL CONTROL - FINANCIAL AND BUDGETARY RISKS | ||||
This report allows the Committee to review the effectiveness of the arrangements for reviewing the Council's financial and budgetary risks.
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14. | COMMITTEE'S WORK PROGRAMME | ||||
To review and make necessary changes to the Committee's work programme
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15. | OTHER BUSINESS - if approved under item 3 above. | ||||
16. | EXCLUSION OF PRESS AND PUBLIC | ||||
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:- | |||||
"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". | |||||
17. | OTHER BUSINESS - if approved under item 3 above. |
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