Agenda
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Notice of a public meeting of |
Audit Committee |
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To: |
Councillors Cliff Lunn (Chair), Karl Arthur, Margaret Atkinson (Vice-Chair), Robert Baker, Jim Clark, David Hugill, Don MacKay, Mr Nick Grubb, Mr David Marsh and Mr David Portlock. |
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Date: |
Monday, 22nd March, 2021 |
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Time: |
1.30 pm |
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Venue: |
Remote meeting held via Microsoft Teams |
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Pursuant to The Local Authorities and Police and Crime Panels (Coronavirus) (Flexibility of Local Authority Police and Crime Panel Meetings) (England and Wales) Regulations 2020, this meeting will be held using video conferencing with a live broadcast to the Council’s YouTube site. Further information on this is available on the committee pages on the Council website - https://democracy.northyorks.gov.uk/
The meeting will be available to view once the meeting commences, via the following link - www.northyorks.gov.uk/livemeetings. Recordings of previous live broadcast meetings are also available there.
Business
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1. |
Substitutions and Apologies for Absence
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Minutes of the Committee Meeting held on 14 December 2020
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(Pages 3 - 8) |
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Declarations of Interest
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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 (including the text of the question/statement) to Ruth Gladstone of Democratic Services (contact details at the foot of page 1) by midday on Wednesday 17 March 2021. Each speaker should limit themselves to 3 minutes on any item. Members of the public who have given notice will be invited to speak:-
· At this point in the meeting if their questions/statements relate to matters which are not otherwise on the Agenda (subject to an overall time limit of 30 minutes).
· When the relevant Agenda item is being considered if they wish to speak on a matter which is on the Agenda for this meeting.
If you are exercising your right to speak at this meeting, but do not wish to be recorded, please inform the Chairman who will instruct anyone who may be taking a recording to cease while you speak.
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Progress on Issues Raised by the Committee |
(Pages 9 - 12) |
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Joint report of the Corporate Director – Strategic Resources and the Assistant Chief Executive (Legal and Democratic Services)
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External Audit Plan 2020/21 for North Yorkshire County Council |
(Pages 13 - 46) |
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Planning report from Deloitte
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External Audit Plan 2020/21 for North Yorkshire Pension Fund |
(Pages 47 - 74) |
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Planning report from Deloitte
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2021/22 Internal Audit Plan Consultation |
(Pages 75 - 82) |
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Report of the Head of Internal Audit
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Progress on 2020/21 Internal Audit Plan |
(Pages 83 - 86) |
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Report of the Head of Internal Audit
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Audit Committee Terms of Reference and Review of Effectiveness |
(Pages 87 - 92) |
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Report of the Corporate Director – Strategic Resources
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Accounting Policies |
(Pages 93 - 98) |
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Report of the Corporate Director – Strategic Resources
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Treasury Management Strategy |
(Pages 99 - 164) |
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Report of the Corporate Director – Strategic Resources
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Corporate Governance |
(Pages 165 - 180) |
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Report of the Corporate Director – Strategic Resources
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Information Governance Annual Report |
(Pages 181 - 186) |
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Report of the Corporate Director – Strategic Resources
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Programme of Work |
(Pages 187 - 188) |
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Report of the Corporate Director – Strategic Resources
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Other business which the Chairman agrees should be considered as a matter of urgency because of special circumstances
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Barry Khan
Assistant Chief Executive