Audit Committee - 26 November 2015
Penn Chamber, Three Rivers House26th November 2015
NOTICE AND AGENDA
For a meeting to be held in the Penn Chamber, Rickmansworth, on Thursday, 26 November 2015 at 7.30pm.
Members of the Committee:-
Councillors:-
Steve Drury (Vice-Chairman)
Sarah Nelmes (Chairman)
Terry Dos Ramos
Joy Mann
Alex Hayward
Angela Roberts
Len Tippen
Steven Halls, Chief Executive
18 November 2015
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1. APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE
2. MINUTES
To confirm as a correct record the Minutes of the meeting of the Committee held on 29 September 2015 (please see below).
Audit Committee minutes 29 September 2015
3. NOTICE OF OTHER BUSINESS
Items of other business notified under Council Procedure Rule 30 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. FINANCIAL AND BUDGETARY RISKS
This report enables the Committee to monitor financial and budgetary risks
Financial and budgetary risks (Appendix 1)
6. ANNUAL GOVERNANCE STATEMENT (AGS) – ACTION PLAN UPDATE
This report gives details of the progress in implementing the actions required resulting from the Annual Governance Statement.
7. EXTERNAL AUDITOR’S ANNUAL AUDIT LETTER
This report allows the Committee to ask questions of the external auditor concerning their ‘Annual Audit Letter’.
Three Rivers annual audit letter 2014-15
8. INTERNAL AUDIT PROGRESS REPORT 2015/16
This report gives details of the progress made in implementing the recommendations of the internal auditor.
Internal audit progress report 2014-15
Internal audit progress report 2015-16 (Appendices 1 & 2)
Internal audit progress report 2015-16 (Appendix 3)
9. TREASURY MANAGEMENT – 2015/16 MID YEAR REVEIW
This report gives details of the 2015/16 Mid-Year Review of the Treasury Management function.
Treasury management mid-year review 2015-16
10. COMMITTEE’S WORK PROGRAMME
To review and make necessary changes to the Audit Committee’s work programme.
Audit Committee Work Programme
11. OTHER BUSINESS – if approved under item 3 above.
12. EXCLUSION OF PRESS AND PUBLIC
If the Committee wishes to consider the remaining item in private, it will be appropriate for a resolution to be passed in the following terms:-
“that under Section 100A 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 it involves the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined under paragraphs (1 -7) of Part I of Schedule 12A to the Act. It has been decided by the Council that in all the circumstances, the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information.”
(Note: If other confidential business is approved under item 3, it will also be necessary to specify the class of exempt or confidential information in the additional items.)
1. OTHER BUSINESS – if approved under item 3 above.
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