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*AC15 |
Confirmation of Minutes PDF 22 KB
Meeting held on23 July 2019
Minutes:
* AC 15
The Minutes of the Committee Meeting held on
23 July 2019 were confirmed and signed by the Chairman as a correct
record.
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*AC16 |
Grant Thornton Update Report PDF 3 MB
Minutes:
* AC
16
The External Auditor took members through the
Grant Thornton update report. He explained the consultation
exercise currently taking place in regard to the Independent
Redmond Review, which is looking at local authorities financial
auditing and reporting. The S151 Officer was drafting a
consultation response before the end of November that would be
circulated to all Members.
It was then
RESOLVED that the content of report be
noted
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*AC17 |
Annual Audit Letter from Grant Thornton PDF 3 MB
Minutes:
* AC 17
The External Auditor presented the Annual
Audit letter to Members which outlined any key areas arising from
their work carried out for year ended 31 March 2019.
It was then RESOLVED that the
content of the audit letter be noted.
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*AC18 |
Strategic Risk Assessment - Six monthly update PDF 103 KB
Additional documents:
Minutes:
AC 18
The Director of Governance and Assurance
introduced the Strategic Risk Assessment update report to
Members.
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It was then RESOLVED that:
1 The Audit Committee reviewed the
Strategic Risk & Opportunity Register (see Appendix 1a & b)
and made recommendations to Council on any further action the
Committee concluded should be considered; and
2 Approved the proposal to review the
Risk Register using a PESTLE (Political, Economic, Sociological,
Technological, Legal and Environmental) analysis approach with the
outcome of this review being presented back to the Committee at its
meeting on 24 March 2020
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*AC19 |
Strategic Debt Review- Six monthly update PDF 95 KB
Minutes:
*AC 19
The Lead Hub Member presented the report to
Members with input from the Case Management Manager. It was
reported that housing benefit overpayments were being managed due
to the DWP real time reporting with universal credits. The number
of write offs were reasonably low. The debt recovery team were to
be thanked.
It was then RESOLVED that the content of the report was noted.
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*AC20 |
Internal Audit Charter and Strategy 2019/20 PDF 170 KB
Minutes:
*AC 20
The Internal Auditor introduced the report.
Two Member would be appointed as reps to attend the Devon Audit
Partnership meeting. West Devon are non-voting members.
It was then RESOLVED that the
Internal Charter and Strategy 2019/20 was approved.
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*AC21 |
Internal Audit Plan 2019/20 - Update on Progress PDF 202 KB
Minutes:
*AC21
The Internal Auditor updated Members on the
progress of FCC contract stating early reviews gave assurance it
was going well
It was then RESOLVED the
progress made against the 2019/20 internal audit plan, and any key
issues arising were
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*AC22 |
Commercial Property Monitoring Report PDF 62 KB
Additional documents:
Minutes:
*AC22
The Director of Place and Enterprise
introduced the report. He stated there had been no further
purchases since March 2019 and the portfolio was performing
well.
It was then RESOLVED the
performance and risks of the commercial property portfolio to date
was noted.
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*AC23 |
Treasury Management Mid-Year Review 2019/20 PDF 405 KB
Minutes:
AC23
The Lead Member
introduced the review to Members.
It was RESOLVED that:
1 The content of the report was
endorsed
2 The Committee recommend to Council an amendment to the Medium Revenue
Provision Policy Statement (MRP)
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*AC24 |
PART 2 - Cyber Security Report (verbal report)
Minutes:
*AC24
‘In accordance with Section 100(A)(4) of the
Local Government Act 1972, the public and press be excluded from
the meeting during consideration of the following item of business
as the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in
paragraph 3 of Schedule 12A to the Act is involved.’
At the request of the Committee, the Senior
Specialist (ICT Information Security) attended to provide an update
on measures that the Council had in place.
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