Agenda

Audit Committee - Monday, 9 December 2024 1.30 pm

Venue: Brierley Room, County Hall, Northallerton

Contact: Charles Casey Email: charles.casey@northyork.gov.uk

Items
No.	Item
1.	Apologies for Absence and Notification of Substitutes
2.	Minutes of the Meeting held on 23 September 2024: PDF 455 KB View item 2. as HTML 37 KB
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.
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 Charles Casey of Democratic Services (contact details below) by midday on Wedneday 4 Decemember 2024. 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.
5.	Progress on Issues Raised by the Committee PDF 139 KB Joint report of the Corporate Director, Resources and the Assistant Chief Executive (Legal and Democratic Services), attached.
6.	Report of the Corporate Governance Working Group following the review of Legacy County, District and Borough Final Accounts and Audits: PDF 346 KB Report of the Corporate Governance Working Group (including various external audit reports), attached.
7.	External Audit Report - NYCC and Pension Fund 2022/23: PDF 604 KB Report of the External Auditors, Deloitte, to follow. Additional documents: NYCC ISA260 Update report to the Audit Committee on the 2022-23 Audit , item 7. PDF 520 KB
8.	Final accounts audit update - Legacy Councils: PDF 7 MB Report of the Corp Director Resources, attached.
9.	External Audit Progress Update 2023/24: PDF 254 KB 2023/24 Report of the External Auditors, Forvis Mazars, attached.
10.	Audit Committee - terms of reference / effectiveness: PDF 208 KB Report of the Corporate Director - Resources, attached.
11.	Directorate risk register - Community Development: PDF 510 KB Report of the Corporate Director Community Development, attached.
12.	Directorate risk register - Health and Adults Services: PDF 643 KB Report of the Corporate Director - Health and Adult Services.
13.	Procurement and Contract Management - update report: PDF 265 KB Report of the Corporate Director - Resources, attached.
14.	Internal Audit Counter Fraud Progress report: PDF 613 KB Report of the Head of Internal Audit, attached.
15.	Internal Audit Work Programme - Consultation 2025/26: PDF 984 KB Report of the Head of Internal Audit, attached.
16.	Programme of Work PDF 191 KB 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.
17.	Any other Items Any other items which the Chair agrees should be considered as a matter of urgency because of special circumstances.
18.	Date of Next Meeting Monday, 17 March 2025 at 13:30 pm.
	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.