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  • Agenda

    Audit Committee - Tuesday, 7th June, 2022 5.30 pm

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    Venue: Exe Room, Phoenix House, Tiverton

    Contact: Sarah Lees  Member Services Officer

    Items
    No. Item

    1.

    Election of Chairman

    To elect a Chairman of the Audit Committee for the municipal year 2022/2023.

    2.

    Election of Vice Chairman

    To elect a Vice Chairman of the Audit Committee for the municipal year 2022/2023.

    3.

    Apologies

    To receive any apologies for absence.

    4.

    Public Question Time

    To receive any questions relating to items on the Agenda from members of the public and replies thereto.

    5.

    Declaration of Interests under the Code of Conduct

    To record any interests on agenda matters.

     

     

    6.

    Minutes of the previous meeting pdf icon PDF 148 KB

    To consider whether to approve the minutes as a correct record of the meeting held on 22nd March 2022.

     

     

    7.

    Chairman's Announcements

    To receive any announcements that the Chairman may wish to make.

    8.

    Start time of meetings

    To agree a start time for meetings for the remainder of the municipal year.

    9.

    Performance and Risk Outturn Report for 2021/2022 pdf icon PDF 253 KB

    To receive a report from the Corporate Manager for People, Governance & Waste and the Interim Corporate Performance and Improvement Manager providing Members with an annual review of the Council’s performance against the corporate plan, local service targets for 2021/2022 as well as providing an update on the key business risks. 

     

     

     

    Additional documents:

    • Environment PDG Performance Report Appendix 1A , item 9. pdf icon PDF 365 KB
    • Climate Change Performance Report Appendix 1B , item 9. pdf icon PDF 387 KB
    • Homes PDG Performance Report Appendix 2 , item 9. pdf icon PDF 360 KB
    • Economy PDG Performance Report Appendix 3 , item 9. pdf icon PDF 280 KB
    • Community PDG Performance Report Appendix 4 , item 9. pdf icon PDF 376 KB
    • There are a further 2 documents.View the full list of documents for item 9.

    10.

    Draft Annual Governance Statement pdf icon PDF 645 KB

    To receive the draft Annual Governance Statement providing Members and senior officers with the results of a yearly assessment of how well the Council is identifying, assessing, managing, and controlling risks, achieving its aims, and meeting the responsibilities it has by law.

     

    11.

    DAP Annual Audit Report 2021 - 2022 pdf icon PDF 2 MB

    The receive the annual audit report from the Devon Audit Partnership (DAP).

    12.

    Internal Audit Progress Report pdf icon PDF 611 KB

    To receive the Internal Audit Progress Report from the Devon Audit Partnership (DAP).

    13.

    External Audit Plan pdf icon PDF 4 MB

    To receive a report from Grant Thornton providing an overview of the planned scope and timing of the statutory audit of Mid Devon District Council.

    14.

    Informing the Audit Risk Assessment for MDDC for 2021 - 2022 pdf icon PDF 597 KB

    To receive a report from Grant Thornton the purpose of which is to contribute towards the effective two-way communication between Mid Devon District Council's external auditors and Mid Devon District Council’s Audit Committee, as 'those charged with governance'. The report covers some important areas of the auditor risk assessment where they are required to make inquiries of the Audit Committee under auditing standards.  

     

    15.

    External Audit Progress Report

    To receive a verbal update on the work of the External Auditors to date.

    16.

    Identification of items for the next meeting

    Members are asked to note that the following items are already identified in the work programme for the next meeting:

     

    ·         3RDL 6 monthly Business Plan update (following the Cabinet meeting on 12th July 2022)

    ·         Draft Accounts for 2021/2022

    ·         Performance and Risk

    ·         DAP Internal Audit Progress Update

    ·         External Audit Progress Update

     

    Note: This item is limited to 10 minutes. There should be no discussion on the items raised.