Audit Committee - 28 June 2006
Penn Chamber, Three Rivers House27th June 2006
AUDIT COMMITTEE
NOTICE AND AGENDA
For a meeting to be held in the Penn Chamber, Rickmansworth, on Wednesday, 28 June 2006 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
20 June 2006
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.
1. | APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE | ||||||||
2. | MINUTES | ||||||||
To confirm as a correct record the Minutes of the meeting of the Committee held on 27 April 2006: (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. | AUDIT & INTERNAL CONTROL - APPROVAL OF STATEMENT OF ACCOUNTS 2005/2006 | ||||||||
This report allows the Committee to ask questions about the Statement of Accounts for 2005/2006 and recommends their approval.
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5. | AUDIT & INTERNAL CONTROL - EXTERNAL AUDIT PLAN 2006/07 | ||||||||
To receive an update of the External Audit Plan prepared by PKF (UK) LLP, the Council's appointed external auditors.
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6. | 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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7. | AUDIT & INTERNAL CONTROL - INTERNAL AUDIT PLAN | ||||||||
This report provides further details concerning scoping reports.
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8. | 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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9. | AUDIT & INTERNAL CONTROL - RISK MANAGEMENT STRATEGY | ||||||||
This report recommends to the Council an update of the Risk Management Strategy.
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10. | AUDIT & INTERNAL CONTROL - REVIEW OF STRATEGIC RISKS | ||||||||
This report allows the Committee to consider the effectiveness of the authority's risk management arrangements and to seek assurances that action is being taken with regard to its strategic risks.
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11. | COMMITTEE'S WORK PROGRAMME | ||||||||
To review and make necessary changes to the Committee's work programme.
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12. | OTHER BUSINESS - if approved under item 3 above. | ||||||||
13. | 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". | |||||||||
1. | OTHER BUSINESS - if approved under item 3 above. |
