Meeting:

Audit Committee

Members:

Councillors and Independent Co-opted Members (non-voting) Cliff Lunn (Chair), Alyson Baker, Philip Broadbank, George Jabbour (Vice-Chair), Mike Jordan, Karin Sedgwick, Neil Swannick, Peter Wilkinson, Felicity Cunliffe-Lister, David Chance, Mr David Marsh and Mr David Portlock

Date:

Monday, 23rd September, 2024

Time:

1.30 pm

Venue:

Brierley Room, County Hall, Northallerton

 

Members of the public are entitled to attend this meeting as observers for all those items taken in open session. 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.

 

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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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1.  

Apologies for Absence and Notification of Substitutes

 

 

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2.  

Minutes of the Meeting held on 24th June, 2024

(Pages 5 - 12)

 

To approve the minutes of the previous meeting.

 

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3.  

Declarations of Interest

 

 

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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4.  

Public Participation

 

 

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 Edward Maxwell of Democratic Services (contact details below) by midday on Wednesday 18 September 2024, three working days before the day of the meeting.  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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5.  

Progress on Issues Raised by the Committee

(Pages 13 - 14)

 

Joint report of the Corporate Director, Resources and the Assistant Chief Executive (Legal and Democratic Services), attached.

 

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6.  

Internal Audit and Counter Fraud Progress Report

(Pages 15 - 42)

 

Report of the Head of Internal Audit.

 

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7.  

External Audit Progress Update

(Pages 43 - 58)

 

Report of the External Auditors, Forvis Mazars, attached.

 

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8.  

Chairman's Annual Report

(Pages 59 - 68)

 

Report of the Chair of the Audit Committee.

 

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9.  

Statement of Final Accounts including AGS (including letter of representation)

(Pages 69 - 274)

 

Report of the Corporate Director Resources.

 

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10.  

Directorate Risk Register - Environment

(Pages 275 - 300)

 

Report of the Corporate Director, Environment.

 

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11.  

Programme of Work

(Pages 301 - 302)

 

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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12.  

Any other Items

 

 

Any other items which the Chair agrees should be considered as a matter of urgency because of special circumstances.

 

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13.  

Date of Next Meeting

 

 

Monday 9th December, 2024 at 1.30pm.

 

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Contact Details:

 

Edward Maxwell, Senior Democratic Services Officer

Tel: 0300 131 2131

Email: edward.maxwell@northyorks.gov.uk

 

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Barry Khan

Assistant Chief Executive

(Legal and Democratic Services)

 

County Hall

Northallerton

 

Friday, 13 September 2024

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