Meeting Details

Meeting Summary

Committee:

Audit Committee

Date/Time:

30 Oct 2023 - 14:00 to 16:00

Status:

Occurred

Venue:

Council Chambers/Hybrid

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Attendance
Visitors
Declarations of Interests
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Documents

Agenda Contents (143Kb)
Agenda Document Pack - Audit Committee - 30/10/2023 (5204Kb)

Agenda

Committee Contact

Welcome Introduction And Apologies

Welcome

Order Of Business

Order of Business

Including notice of new business submitted as urgent for consideration at the end of the meeting.

Declaration Of Interest

Declarations of interest

Members should declare any financial and non-financial interests they have in the items of business for consideration, identifying the relevant agenda item and the nature of their interest.

Minute Of Previous Meeting

4.1

Minute 7 March 2023 submitted for approval (171Kb)

4.2

Minute of 26 June 2023 submitted for approval (206Kb)

4.3

Action log (112Kb)

Public Reports

5.1

Annual Audit Report to Members and the Controller of Audit - year ended 31 March 2023, report by Audit Scotland, External Auditors (205Kb)

5.1 Appendix 1 2023_Midlothian Council- AAR (340Kb)

5.2

Annual Accounts for the year ended 31 March 2023 (246Kb)

5.2 Appendix 1 Audited Document 2022_23 (1349Kb)

5.3

Strategic Risk Profile Q1 202324, report by Chief Officer Place (220Kb)

5.3 Appendix B - StrategicRiskProfile - Q1 23-24 (555Kb)

5.4

Audit Committee Annual End of Term Report 202223, report by Chair of Audit Committee (174Kb)

5.5

Internal Audit Work to September 2023, report by Chief Internal Auditor (216Kb)

5.6

Council House Building Programme Progress Update 2023, report by Executive Director Place (358Kb)

Private Reports

No items for discussion

Date Of Next Meeting

Date of next meeting

The next meeting will be held on Monday, 29 January 2024, 11am.

Attendance

Attended - Committee Members

Name
Councillor Douglas Bowen
Councillor Debbi McCall
Councillor Willie McEwan
Councillor Peter Smaill

Attended - Other Members

Name
Councillor Russell Imrie

Apologies

Name	Reason for Sending Apology
Councillor Derek Milligan

Absent

Name	Reason for Absence
No absentee information has been recorded for the meeting.

Declarations of Interests

Member Name	Item Ref.	Details	Nature of Declaration	Action
No declarations of interest have been entered for this meeting.

Visitors

Also in attendance at the above meeting were:

Grace Vickers, Chief Executive
Alan Turpie, Legal and Governance Manager/Monitoring Officer
Kevin Anderson, Executive Director Place
David Gladwin, Chief Finance Officer/Section 95 Officer
Fiona Robertson, Executive Director Children, Young People and Partnerships
Duncan Stainbank, Chief Internal Auditor
Derek Oliver, Chief Officer Place
Claire Gardiner, External Auditors
Patricia Fraser, External Auditors
Janet Ritchie, Democratic Services Officer
Hannah Forbes, Democratic Services Assistant

___ Members of public expressed a desire to address the meeting.

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