Agenda
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Meeting: |
Audit Committee |
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To: |
Councillors Cliff Lunn (Chair), George Jabbour (Vice-Chair), Alyson Baker, Philip Broadbank, Andy Brown, David Chance, Felicity Cunliffe-Lister, Karin Sedgwick, Neil Swannick, Peter Wilkinson and Independent Co-opted Members Mr David Marsh, Mr David Portlock and Mrs Vicky Buckley. |
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Date: |
Monday, 15 December 2025 |
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Time: |
1.30 pm |
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Venue: |
Brierley Room - County Hall |
Business
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1. |
Apologies for absence
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2. |
Minutes of the meeting held on 29 September 2025
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(Pages 5 - 12) |
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Declarations of interest
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Exclusion of the public |
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Members are recommended to exclude the public from the meeting during consideration of each of the items of business listed in Column 1 of the following table on the grounds that they each involve the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in the paragraph(s) specified in column 2 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act 1972 as amended by the Local Government (Access to information)(Variation) Order 2006.
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Public questions or statements |
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Members of the public may ask questions or make statements at this meeting if they have given notice and provided the text to Democratic Services (democraticservices.central@northyorks.gov.uk) no later than midday on Wednesday, 10 December 2025, three working days before the meeting takes place. Each speaker should limit themselves to three minutes on any item.
If you are exercising your right to speak at this meeting, but do not wish to be recorded, please inform the Chair who will instruct those taking a recording to cease whilst you speak.
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6. |
Progress on issues raised by the Committee
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(Pages 13 - 16) |
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7. |
Directorate Risk Register - Health and Adult Services
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(Pages 17 - 62) |
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Procurement & Contract Management Update
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(Pages 63 - 72) |
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Charter Trustees Finance Report
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(Pages 73 - 90) |
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Report of the Corporate Governance Working Group
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(Pages 91 - 96) |
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11. |
External Audit - Auditor's Annual Report (Draft)
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(Pages 97 - 136) |
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External Audit - Audit Completion Report (NYC and NYPF)
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(Pages 137 - 234) |
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13. |
Statement of Final Accounts
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(Pages 235 - 468) |
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Internal Audit Work Programme Consultation Report
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(Pages 469 - 482) |
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Internal Audit and Counter Fraud Progress Report
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(Pages 483 - 512) |
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Annual Governance Statement mid-year review
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(Pages 513 - 524) |
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Audit Committee Terms of Reference / Review of Effectiveness
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(Pages 525 - 528) |
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Assessment of Effectiveness of Governance Arrangements - Community Development Directorate
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(Pages 529 - 558) |
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Scarborough Waterpark Internal Audit Review
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19b |
Scarborough Waterpark Internal Audit Review
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(Pages 559 - 562) |
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Work Programme
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(Pages 563 - 564) |
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Any other items |
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Any other items which the Chair agrees should be considered as a matter of urgency because of special circumstances.
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22. |
Date of next meeting |
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Monday, 16 March 2026 at 1:30pm.
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Contact Details |
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Enquiries relating to this agenda and meeting please contact: David Smith, Senior Democratic Services Officer E-mail: david.smith1@northyorks.gov.uk E-mail: democraticservices.central@northyorks.gov.uk Tel: 01756 706235
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Barry Khan
Assistant Chief Executive