Meeting Details

Meeting Summary

Committee:

Audit Committee

Date/Time:

21 Mar 2017 - 11:00 to 12:00

Status:

Occurred

Venue:

Council Chambers

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Documents
Attendance
Visitors
Declarations of Interests

Documents

Agenda Contents (72Kb)
Agenda Document Pack - Audit Committee - 21/03/2017 11:00:00 (4963Kb)

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

Minutes of meeting of 13 December 2016 submitted for approval (118Kb)

Public Reports

5.1

Midlothian Council Annual Audit Plan - Report by External Auditors (626Kb)

5.2

Risk Management, Update for 1 October 2016 – 31 December 2016 - Report by Risk Manager (427Kb)

5.3

Business Transformation Programme Update February 2017 - Report by Chief Executive (74Kb)

Business Transformation Programme Update Report February 2017 (850Kb)

5.4

Internal Audit Plan 2017/18 - Report by Internal Audit Manager (71Kb)

Appendix 1 -Internal Audit Plan 2017-18 (87Kb)
Appendix 2 - Reporting Calendar (77Kb)

5.5 Update on 2016/17 Plan - verbal update by Internal Audit Manager

5.6

Audit Scotland Report Local government in Scotland Financial Overview 2015/16 (Audit Scotland, March 2017) - Report by Head of Finance and Integrated Service Support (575Kb)

5.7

Financial Monitoring 2016/17 and Financial Strategy 2017/18 to 2021/22 - Report by Director Resources (54Kb)

Private Reports

No private business submitted for discussion

Additional Meeting Documents

Audio Recording Audit Committee 21 March 2017 (51039Kb)

Attendance

Attended - Committee Members

Name
Councillor Ian Baxter
Councillor Jim Bryant
Councillor Peter de Vink
Peter Smaill
Michael Thomas

Attended - Other Members

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

Apologies

Name	Reason for Sending Apology
Councillor Derek Milligan
Councillor Jim Muirhead
Councillor Kelly Parry

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 went

Stephen Reid, Ernst & Young LLP
John Boyd, Ernst & Young LLP
Kenneth Lawrie, Chief Executive
John Blair, Director Resources
Mary Smith, Director Education, Communities and Economy
Gary Fairley, Head of Finance and Integrated Service Support
Kevin Anderson, Head of Housing and Customer Services
Graham Herbert, Internal Audit Manager
Elaine Greaves, Internal Audit Manager
Chris Lawson, Risk Manager
Myra Forsyth, Quality and Scrutiny Manager
Mike Broadway, Democratic Services Officer

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