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Member's Declarations of Interest Minutes: The
following Members made declarations of interest at the commencement of the
meeting: Councillor
H.N.James - Report of the Head of Financial
Services – Agenda Item 5 –– Internal Audit Progress Report - as he is a Shadow
Governor at Ysgol Afan
Castell Nedd (new Welsh Medium School). Councillor Mrs.R.Davies - Report of the Head of Financial Services
– Agenda Item 5 – Internal Audit Progress Report – as she is a Governor at Ysgol Gyfyn Ystalyfera. |
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To receive the Minutes of the previous Audit Committee held on 25 November, 2016 PDF 79 KB Minutes: Officers
confirmed that the Guide to Disclosure and Barring Service has been created and
distributed to relevant staff. This
would also be circulated to all Audit Committee Members. RESOLVED: that the Minutes of the meeting
held on 25 November, 2016, be noted. |
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Treasury Management Monitoring PDF 156 KB Minutes: Members were given an overview on Treasury
Management action and information which had recently been reported to Policy
and Resources Cabinet Board on 11 January, 2017. RESOLVED: that the report be noted. |
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Treasury Management Strategy PDF 334 KB Minutes: Members
were provided with an overview of the Treasury Management Strategy, Annual
Investment Strategy and Minimum Revenue Provision Policy, which had been
approved by Council on the 1 February, 2017. RESOLVED: that the report be noted. |
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Internal Audit Progress Report PDF 152 KB Additional documents:
Minutes: Members
received an update on progress up to 3 February, 2017 as detailed in the
circulated report. It
was noted that with regards to progress against the Plan everything was on
course to be achieved by 31 March, 2017. Members
were pleased to note that 100% of Disclosure and Barring Services (DBS) checks
had been checked at Ysgol Bae Baglan and were found to be correct for all
staff. RESOLVED: that the report be noted. |
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Minutes: Members
received an update on the work
undertaken by Internal Audit in relation to the risks on the Corporate Risk
Register relating to the Education, Leisure and Lifelong Learning and
Environment Directorates, as agreed in the November meeting. It
was highlighted that every Risk on the Register had been discussed
with Heads of Service and their
teams, these were now live working documents. Members
discussed the layout of the report, and requested that for clarity, the
‘overall conclusion’ section be moved further toward the end of the next
report, in order for it to be easily identifiable from the main body of the
report. RESOLVED: that the report be noted. |
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Access to Meetings Minutes: RESOLVED: that pursuant to Section 100A(4) and (5) of the Local Government Act
1972, the public be excluded from the meeting for the following item of
business which involved the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined
in Paragraph 14 of Part 4 of Schedule 12A to the above Act. |
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Special Investigations Minutes: Members received an overview
of the private circulated report, and discussed the level of detail required in
such a report, while still respecting anonymity of individuals. The Head of Financial
Services would liaise with the Head of Human Resources and the Head of Legal
Services regarding a review of the disciplinary policy. RESOLVED: that
the report be noted. |