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Audit Committee - 18 September 2007
Time: 7.30pm

Place: Council Chamber

1. APOLOGIES

To receive any apologies for non-attendance.

2. DISCLOSURES OF INTEREST

To receive any disclosures of interest from Members in accordance with the Members’ Code of Conduct.

3. MINUTES

To consider the Minutes the meeting held on 19 June 2007 (copy attached). (Word document 63kb)

4. MATTERS ARISING FROM THE MINUTES


5. STATEMENT OF INTERNAL CONTROL - UPDATES
To receive a report from Management Team on internal control issues. (to follow)

To receive oral reports on
  1. Procedures in respect of s106 agreements – Senior Auditor
  2. Checks on payroll transactions – Head of Human Resources

6. EXTERNAL AUDIT REPORT ON 2006/7 AUDIT AND STATEMENT OF ACCOUNTS
To receive a report from Baker Tilly, the Council’s 2006/07 External Auditors. (copy attached)

7. AUDIT SERVICES REPORT :- JUNE- JULY 2007 (Word document 55kb)
To receive a report from the Strategic Director (Support) (copy attached).

8. AUDIT CHARTER AND TERMS OF REFERENCE
To receive a report from the Strategic Director (Support) (copy attached).
Appendix 1 : Audit Charter and Terms of Reference

9. CORPORATE RISK MANAGEMENT
To receive a report from the Strategic Director (Support) (copy attached).
Appendix 1: Draft Corporate Risk Register

10. MEETING DATE JUNE 2008
The Head of Financial Services has advised that the Audit Committee meeting date in the Council’s diary for June 2008 (5th) will be too early for the Committee to be able to consider and approve the Statement of Accounts. In the circumstances, the Chairman will be consulted on possible alternative dates and a revised date will be proposed for consideration at the meeting.

11. COMMITTEE WORK PROGRAMME 2007/8 (Word document 37kb)
To consider the Committee’s Work Programme for 2007/08 (Copy attached).