Audit Committee - 9 September 2009
Penn Chamber, Three Rivers House09th September 2009
NOTICE AND AGENDA
For a meeting to be held in the Penn Chamber, Rickmansworth, on Wednesday, 9 September 2009 at 7.30pm.
Members of the Committee:-
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Councillors:- |
Tony Barton |
Richard Laval |
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Graham Denman |
Sarah Nelmes (Vice-Chairman) |
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Geoffrey Dunne |
Peter Ray (Chairman) |
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Seamus Dunne |
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David Gardner, Director of Corporate Resources and Governance
26 August 2009
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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. Please note that in the event of registering your interest to speak on an agenda item but not taking up that right because the item is deferred, you will automatically be given the right to speak on that item at the next meeting of the Committee. Details of the procedure and the list for registering the wish to speak will be available for a short period before the meeting. |
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APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE |
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MINUTES |
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To confirm as a correct record the Minutes of the meeting of the Committee held on 30 June 2008 (copy enclosed for Members of the Committee). |
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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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DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST |
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To receive any declarations of interest. |
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CONVERSION IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT TO INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL REPORTING STANDARDS (IFRS) |
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An oral report will be given on the Council’s preparations for implementing new IFRS requirements. |
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FINANCIAL POSITION STATEMENT & BUDGET MONITORING REPORT – JULY 2009 (MONTH 4) |
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This report gives an update of the three-year medium-term financial plan and the position on the current year’s budget for the period ending on 31 July 2009 (circulated separately). It is presented to the Audit Committee in order that the financial and budgetary risks can be monitored. |
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AUDIT & INTERNAL CONTROL – EXTERNAL AUDITOR’S REPORT TO THOSE CHARGED WITH GOVERNANCE – SEPTEMBER 2009 |
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This report allows the Committee to ask questions of the external auditor concerning his ‘Report to those charged with Governance’. |
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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. |
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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. 09 09 09 AC i - (09) internal audit recs (doc) |
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AUDIT & INTERNAL CONTROL – ANNUAL GOVERNANCE STATEMENT – ACTION PLAN UPDATE |
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This report updates the Committee on the implementation of the action plan resulting from the Annual Governance Statement. 09 09 09 AC i - (10) annual governance statement - action plan (doc) |
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COMMITTEE’S WORK PROGRAMME |
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To review and make necessary changes to the Committee’s work programme. |
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OTHER BUSINESS – if approved under item 3 above. |
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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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OTHER BUSINESS – if approved under item 3 above. |