Decision details

The Chair of the Audit Committee, Mr Ian Arundale presented the Audit Committee Annual Report for 2016/17. The Chair thanked the all Committee Members for delivering a strong scrutiny of the audit functions and in particular thanked the Deputy Chairperson, Hugh Thomas for chairing two Audit Committee meetings in 2016/17. He also thanked the outgoing Deputy Chairperson, Professor Maurice Pendlebury for his many years of dedication and highly valued services to the Audit Committee, and welcomed Gavin McArthur and David Price as new independent members who joined the committee at the end of 2016 and early in 2017.

The report detailed the work of the Committee over the last 12 months in providing assurance on the effectiveness of governance, risk management and controls within the Council; its audit process; risk management and treasury management procedures and reporting on the statement of accounts and informing the Council’s Annual Governance Statement 2016/17.

Members of the Council recognised the important role of the Committee and it was considered that the self-assessment undertaken by the Committee on an annual basis was good practice and something that could be adopted by other committees or directorates as a way of reviewing performance against a best practice framework; measuring outcomes and achievements; and identifying areas for improvement

RESOLVED – That the Chairperson and all Members Committee of the Audit Committee be thanked for their due diligence and work during the past year and the Annual Report was received and noted.