AGENDA - Audit Committee
Tuesday 9 September 2008 at 10.00 am in the Dining Room


  

1.         Minutes – to approve as a correct record and authorise the Chairman to sign the minutes of the meeting of the Audit Committee held on 10 June 2008 (as previously circulated);

            Minutes

            Appendix A

 

2.         Urgent Business - brought forward at the discretion of the Chairman;

 

3.         Division of Agenda - to consider whether the discussion of any item of business is likely to lead to the disclosure of exempt information;

 

4.         Declarations of Interest - Members are invited to declare any personal or prejudicial interests, including the nature and extent of such interests, they may have in any items to be considered at this meeting;

 

5.         Review of Internal Audit – to consider a report which summarises the findings of a review of South Hams’ Internal Audit function against the CIPFA Code for 2007/08;

            Report

 

6.         ISA 260 – Report to those Charged with Governance

            Report

 

7.         Review of Control Environment and Material Systemsreport not received in time
            of
SMT agenda preparation;

            Review

 

8.        Debtors System and Council Tax – Oral Update – Head of Customer Services to attend and respond to issues raised by the Committee at its last meeting;

           

9.         Internal Audit Shared Service – Update – to consider a report which informs Members of the decision of the Shared Services Joint Steering Group with regard to the sharing of Internal Audit services;

            Report

 

10.       Progress against the 2008/09 Internal Audit Plan – to consider a report which informs Members of the principal activities and findings of the Internal Audit section of Financial Services for 2008/09 to 31 July 2008;

            Report + Appendix A

            Appendices B, C D (exempt)           

 

11.      Risk Management – Quarterly Review – to consider a report which provides Members with an update on risk management.

            Report

 

 

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MEMBERS ARE REQUESTED TO SIGN THE ATTENDANCE REGISTER

 

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