Standard Items
1
Appointment of vice chair
To appoint a vice chair for the ensuing civic year
2
Apologies
To receive apologies for absence
3
Public questions/petitions
To receive questions / petitions from the public (notice to be given to committee officer in advance of the meeting in accordance with appendix 1 of the council's constutition)
4
Declaration of interest
(Please note that it is the responsibility of individual members to declare an interest prior to the item if they arrive late for the meeting)
To approve the accuracy of the minutes of the meeting held on 17 March 2015
6
Statement of accounts 2014-15 - Extraordinary meeting
To agree to hold an extraordinary meeting of the committee in July 2015 to provide an opportunity for the committee to comment on the Statement of accounts, 2014-15. The dates proposed are:
Tuesday, 7 July 2015 at 16:30 or
Tuesday, 14 July 2015
Purpose - To comment on the draft annual report of the audit committee 2014-15
Purpose - To review the effectiveness of the council’s governance arrangements and approve the draft annual governance statement for 2014-15.
Purpose - To advise members of the work of internal audit in March 2015 and progress against the 2014-15 internal audit plan, together with the work of the fraud team in 2014-15.
Purpose - To inform members of the head of internal audit’s annual audit opinion for 2013-14 and the work of internal audit and the fraud team which supports the opinion. The report and the audit opinion within it form part of the evidence to support the council’s annual governance statement 2013-14.
Purpose - To advise members of the work of internal audit between April and May 2015, and progress against the 2015-16 internal audit plan.
Purpose - To update members on the review by the corporate leadership team of key risks facing the council, and the associated mitigating actions as noted in the corporate risk register.