Venue: Port Talbot Civic Centre, Committee Rooms 1/2
Contact: Cabinet
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Minutes of the previous Audit Committee held on 13 December, 2017 PDF 16 KB Minutes: RESOLVED: that the Minutes of the
meeting held on 13 December, 2017, be noted. |
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Members' Declarations of Interest Minutes: The
following Members made declarations of interest at the commencement of the
meeting: Councillor S. Freeguard Private Report of the Head of Financial
Services, Agenda Item 11, Internal Audit, Special Investigations, as she is a
Member of the Social Care, Health and Housing Committee. Councillor H. James Private Report of the Head of
Financial Services, Agenda Item 11, Internal Audit, Special Investigations, as
she is a Member of the Social Care, Health and Housing Committee. Councillor H.C. Clarke Private Report of the Head of
Financial Services, Agenda Item 11, Internal Audit, Special Investigations, as
she is a Member of the Social Care, Health and Housing Committee. Councillor L.Purcell Private
Report of the Head of Financial Services, Agenda Item 11, Internal Audit,
Special Investigations, as she is Member of the Social Care, Health and Housing
Committee. Councillor S. Reynolds Private Report of the Head of
Financial Services, Agenda Item 11, Internal Audit, Special
Investigations as she is a Governor of one of the schools referred to within
the private report. Councillor S.
Reynolds withdrew from the meeting during discussion and voting thereon. |
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Wales Audit Office - Audit Plan 2018 PDF 492 KB Minutes: Members received an update from the Wales Audit Office on the 2018 Audit
Plan for Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council, as detailed in the
circulated report. The Wales Audit Office thanked Officers for taking part in the grants certification
pilot and stated that the financial element of this would now be rolled out
throughout Wales. RESOLVED: that the report be noted. |
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Audit Committee Update – Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council PDF 333 KB Minutes: Members
received an update from the Wales Audit Office on current and planned Wales
Audit Office work, as detailed in the circulated report. RESOLVED: that the report be noted. |
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Treasury Management Monitoring 2017/2018 PDF 152 KB Minutes: Members
received an overview of the Treasury Management action and information reported
to Policy and Resources Cabinet Board on the 7 March, 2018, as detailed in the
circulated report. RESOLVED: that the report be noted. |
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Internal Audit Service - Progress Report to 28 February 2018 PDF 155 KB Additional documents:
Minutes: Members
received an update on progress to 28 February, 2018, as detailed in the
circulated report. RESOLVED: that the report be noted. |
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Internal Audit Service - External Quality Review Update PDF 132 KB Additional documents: Minutes: Members
received an update on the final report issued following the Public Sector
Internal Audit Standards (PSIAS), External Quality Review of the Internal Audit
Service, as detailed in the circulated report. The
Head of Financial Services highlighted that the report was pleasing and any
non-conformance was minor. It was noted
that updates on the recommended actions raised in the circulated report would
be brought back to the next Audit Committee. RESOLVED: that the report be noted. |
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Internal Audit Plan for the Period - 1 April 2018 - 31 March 2019 PDF 203 KB Additional documents: Minutes: Members
received an update and were asked to agree the Internal Audit Plan for 2018/19,
as detailed in Appendix 1 of the circulated report. RESOLVED: that the Internal Audit Plan
for the period 1 April, 2018 - 31 March, 2019, be approved. |
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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 for the following item of business which involved
the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in Paragraphs 12, 13 and
14 of Part 4 of Schedule 12A to the above Act. |
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Internal Audit - Special Investigations Minutes: (At this point in the meeting
Councillor S. Reynolds reaffirmed her interest in the Item and withdrew from
the discussion and voting thereon). Members received an update on
Special Investigation Audits in the last quarter. RESOLVED: that the report be noted. |