Meeting Details

Meeting Summary

Committee:

Audit Committee

Date/Time:

13 Dec 2016 - 11:00 to 12:00

Status:

Occurred

Venue:

Council Chambers

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Attendance
Visitors
Declarations of Interests

Documents

Agenda Contents (74Kb)
Agenda Document Pack - Audit Committee - 13/12/2016 11:00:00 (3986Kb)

Agenda

Welcome Introduction And Apologies

Order Of Business

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

Declaration 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.

Minutes Of Previous Meeting

4.1

Minute of Meeting of 20 September 2016 submitted for approval (106Kb)

4.1.1 Addendum of Minute of 20 September 2016 - Private - Private

Public Reports

5.1

Midlothian Council External Audit Framework overview – Report by External Auditors (414Kb)

5.2

Risk Management Update 1 April - 30 June 2016 - Report by Risk Manager (292Kb)

5.3

Risk Management Update 1 July - 30 September 2016 - Report by Risk Manager (282Kb)

5.4

Maintaining Midlothian’s Roads Update Report - Report by Head of Commercial Operations (263Kb)

5.5

Anti Fraud and Corruption, Anti Bribery and Whistleblowing Policies - Report by the Internal Audit Manager (66Kb)

Anti Fraud and Corruption Policy - Appendix 1 (72Kb)
Whistleblowing Policy - Appendix 2 (82Kb)
Anti Bribery Policy - Appendix 3 (42Kb)
Anti Bribery Procedure Appendix 4 (62Kb)

5.6

Audit Scotland Report - National Fraud Initiative 2014/15 - Report by Internal Audit Manager (76Kb)

Audit Scotland Questionnaire - Appendix 1 (78Kb)

5.7

Corporate Fraud Annual Report - Report by the Internal Audit Manager (113Kb)

5.8

Internal Audit Progress Report - Report by the Internal Audit Manager (80Kb)

5.9

Internal Audit Recommendations - Report by Internal Audit Manager (66Kb)

Appendix 1 - Outstanding audit issues for Midlothian Council (158Kb)

5.10

Internal Audit Report - Welfare Reform Universal Credits - Report by Internal Audit Manager (165Kb)

5.11

Internal Audit Report –Tyne Esk LEADER - Report by Internal Audit Manager (168Kb)

5.12

Financial Monitoring 2016/17 and Financial Strategy 2017/18 to 2021/22 - Report by Director Resources (47Kb)

Financial Monitorying 2016_17 - General Fund Revenue (224Kb)
Financial Strategy 2017-18 to 2020-21 (133Kb)
General Services Capital Plan 2016-2017 - (107Kb)
Housing Revenue Account (129Kb)
Treasury Management Mid-Year Review Report 2016-2017 (515Kb)

Private Reports

No private business submitted for discussion

The next meeting of the Audit Committee will be held on Tuesday 21 March 2016

Additional Meeting Documents

Audio Recording Audit Committee 13 December 2016.MP3 (39075Kb)

Attendance

Attended - Committee Members

Name
Councillor Ian Baxter
Councillor Jim Bryant
Councillor Peter de Vink
Councillor Derek Milligan
Councillor Jim Muirhead
Peter Smaill

Attended - Other Members

Name
No other member attendance information has been recorded for the meeting.

Apologies

Name	Reason for Sending Apology
Councillor Kelly Parry
Michael Thomas

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:

Stephen Reid	Ernst & Young LLP
Kenneth Lawrie	Chief Executive
John Blair	Director Resources
Mary Smith	Director Education, Communities and Economy
Graham Herbert	Internal Audit Manager
Elaine Greaves	Internal Audit Manager
Chris Lawson	Risk Manager
Heather Mohieddeen	Senior Accountant
James Polanski	Auditor
Amber Ahmed	Auditor
Ian Johnson	Head of Communities and Economy
Kevin Anderson	Head of Housing and Customer Services
Ricky Moffat	Head of Commercial Services
Janet Ritchie	Democratic Services Officer

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