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Meeting: |
Audit Committee |
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Members: |
Councillors and Independent Co-opted Members (non-voting) Cliff Lunn (Chair), Alyson Baker, Philip Broadbank, Mark Crane, George Jabbour (Vice-Chair), Karin Sedgwick, Neil Swannick, Peter Wilkinson, Felicity Cunliffe-Lister, Mr David Marsh and Mr David Portlock |
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Date: |
Monday, 23rd October, 2023 |
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1.30 pm |
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Venue: |
Brierley Room, County Hall, Northallerton |
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This meeting is being held as an in-person meeting. The meeting is also ‘hybrid’, which enables people to attend the meeting remotely using MS Teams. Please contact the Democratic Services Officer whose details are at the foot of the first page of the Agenda if you would like to find out more.
Recording is allowed at Council, committee and sub-committee meetings which are open to the public, please give due regard to the Council’s protocol on audio/visual recording and photography at public meetings, a copy of which is available to download below. Anyone wishing to record is asked to contact, prior to the start of the meeting, the Democratic Services Officer whose details are at the foot of the first page of the Agenda. We ask that any recording is clearly visible to anyone at the meeting and that it is non-disruptive. http://democracy.northyorks.gov.uk/
AGENDA
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Apologies for Absence and Notification of Substitutes
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Minutes of the Meeting held on 26th June, 2023 |
(Pages 5 - 12) |
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To approve these minutes.
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Declarations of Interest |
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All Members are invited to declare at this point any interests they have in items appearing on this agenda, including the nature of those interests.
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Public Participation |
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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 Paul Preston of Democratic Services (contact details below) by midday on Wednesday 18th October, 2023. 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 Chair 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 13 - 14) |
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Joint report of the Corporate Director, Resources and the Assistant Chief Executive (Legal and Democratic Services).
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Appointment of Independent Co-opted Members |
(Pages 15 - 16) |
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Report of the Chair of the Audit Committee.
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Internal Audit and Counter Fraud Progress Report |
(Pages 17 - 62) |
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Report of the Head of Internal Audit.
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North Yorkshire County Council - Planning report to the Audit Committee for the year ending 31 March, 2023 |
(Pages 63 - 96) |
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Report of External Audit – Deloitte.
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North Yorkshire Pension Fund - Planning report to the Audit Committee on the 2023 Audit |
(Pages 97 - 128) |
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Report of the External Auditors – Deloitte.
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Selby District Council 2022-23 Audit Strategy Memorandum - year ending 31 March 2023 |
(Pages 129 - 162) |
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Report of Mazars.
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Annual Report of the Audit Committee 2023 |
(Pages 163 - 172) |
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Report of the Chair, Cllr Cliff Lunn.
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Internal Control matters for the Environment Directorate |
(Pages 173 - 198) |
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Report of the Corporate Director, Environment.
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Partnership Governance - Annual Report |
(Pages 199 - 202) |
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Report of the Assistant Director Policy, Partnerships and Communities.
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Programme of Work |
(Pages 203 - 204) |
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Report of the Corporate Director - Resources
Purpose of report: To identify items of business scheduled for consideration at each of the Committee’s forthcoming meetings.
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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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Date of Next Meeting |
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Monday 27th November, 2023 at 1.30pm.
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Members are reminded that in order to expedite business at the meeting and enable Officers to adapt their presentations and address areas causing difficulty, they are encouraged to contact Officers prior to the meeting with questions on technical issues in reports.
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Contact Details: |
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Paul Preston, Democratic Services Tel: 01723 232310 Email: paul.preston@northyorks.gov.uk
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Barry Khan
Assistant Chief Executive