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Audit Committee - 29 November 2005

Penn Chamber, Three Rivers House29th November 2005

AUDIT COMMITTEE

NOTICE AND AGENDA

For a meeting to be held in the Penn Chamber, Rickmansworth, on Tuesday, 29 November 2005 at 7.30pm.

Members of the Committee:-

Councillors:-

Geoffrey Dunne

Joy Mann

David Lake

Sarah Nelmes

Richard Laval

John Pendlebury

Russell Smith

Tony Beirne, Director of Strategic Services
21 November 2005

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.

APPOINTMENT OF CHAIRMAN

2.

APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE

3.

APPOINTMENT OF VICE-CHAIRMAN

4.

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.

5.

AUDIT & INTERNAL CONTROL - THE ROLE OF THE AUDIT COMMITTEE

Richard Bint of PKF, the Council's external auditors and partner responsible for the audit, will attend to give a presentation on the role of the Audit Committee and to answer Members' questions.

6.      

AUDIT & INTERNAL CONTROL - EXTERNAL AUDIT RECOMMENDATIONS

This report allows the Panel to monitor management action in response to the issues raised by external audit.

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7.

AUDIT & INTERNAL CONTROL - INTERNAL AUDIT RECOMMENDATIONS PRIOR TO 2004/05

This report provides details of internal audit recommendations outstanding from reports made prior to the financial year 2004/05.

downloadable document icon05 11 29 AC i - (07) internal audit recommendations prior to 2005. DOWNLOAD

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8.

AUDIT & INTERNAL CONTROL - INTERNAL AUDIT RECOMMENDATIONS

This report allows the Panel to monitor both the progress made against the internal audit plan and management action taken in response to the issues raised by internal audit.

downloadable document icon05 11 29 AC i - (08) internal audit recommendations. DOWNLOAD

downloadable document icon05 11 29 AC i - (08) external audit recommendations-app 01. DOWNLOAD

 

9.

OTHER BUSINESS - if approved under item 3 above.

10.

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.


Download this agenda in Word format below

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