Audit Committee - 23 July 2019

AUDIT COMMITTEE

NOTICE AND AGENDA

For a meeting to be held in the Penn Chamber, Three Rivers House, Rickmansworth, on Tuesday 23 July 2019 at 7.30pm.

Members of the Audit Committee:-

Councillors:-      Keith Martin (Chairman)

Joanna Clemens

Tony Humphreys

Sarah Nelmes      Dominic Sokalski (Vice-Chairman)

David Raw

Michael Revan

Joanne Wagstaffe, Acting Head of Paid Service/CEO

15 July 2019

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.

In accordance with The Openness of Local Government Bodies Regulations 2014 any matters considered under Part I business only of the meeting may be filmed, recorded, photographed, broadcast or reported via social media by any person.

Recording and reporting the Council’s meetings is subject to the law and it is the responsibility of those doing the recording and reporting to ensure compliance. This will include the Human Rights Act, the Data Protection Legislation and the laws of libel and defamation.

1.  APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE

2.  MINUTES

To confirm as a correct record the minutes of the Audit Committee Meeting held on 26 March 2019 and the Additional meeting held on 11 July 2019.

3.  NOTICE OF ANY OTHER BUSINESS

Items of other business notified under Council Procedure Rule 30 to be announced,

together with special circumstances that justify their consideration as a matter of urgency. The Chairman to rule on the admission of such items.

4.  DECLARATION OF INTERESTS

To receive any declarations of interest.

5.  ANNUAL GOVERNANCE STATEMENT 2018/19

To formally receive the Annual Governance Statement contained within the 2018/19 Statement of Accounts.  See the weblink below:

https://www.threerivers.gov.uk/egcl-page/statement-of-accounts

6.  EXTERNAL AUDITORS REPORT AND APPROVAL OF THE 2018/19 STATEMENT OF ACCOUNTS

To formally approve the 2018/19 Statement of Accounts and receive the report of the External Auditor.

See the weblink below for the Statement of Accounts

https://www.threerivers.gov.uk/egcl-page/statement-of-accounts

7.  FRAUD ANNUAL REPORT 2018/19

This report informs Members of the work of the Fraud Section for the financial year 2018/2019 and provides updates on progress and developments for the current financial year.

8.  TREASURY MANAGEMENT ANNUAL REPORT 2018/19

This report gives details of the 2018/19 year-end review of the Treasury Management function.

9.  INTERNAL AUDIT PROGRESS REPORT

This report details:

1. Progress made by the Shared Internal Audit Service (SIAS) in delivering the Council’s annual audit plan for 2019/20 as at 5 July 2019.
2. Proposed amendments to the approved 2019/20 Annual Audit Plan.
3. Implementation status of all previously agreed audit recommendations from 2016/17 onwards.
4. An update on performance management information as at 5 July 2019.
5. The revised assurance definitions/priority levels.

10.  SIAS BOARD ANNUAL REPORT 2018/19

To receive the Annual report for 2017/18.

11.  COMMITTEE’S WORK PROGRAMME

To review and make necessary changes to the Audit Committee’s Work Programme

12.  ANY OTHER BUSINESS

13.  EXCLUSION OF THE 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