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Declations of Interest Minutes: The
following member made a declaration of a personal interest at the commencement
of the meeting: Councillor H.C.Clarke Report
of the Director of Finance and Corporate Services re Closure of Accounts 2019/2020
as she is a governor of YGG Tyle’r Ynn which is
mentioned in the report. |
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Audit Wales Reports Minutes: Members
received a presentation from Audit Wales on the following three reports: Audit Plan 2020 NPT Annual Audit Plan 2020 Impact of COVID-19 Audit Wales Work Programme Following the presentation the following
points/questions were raised: · Does Audit Wales have
confidence it can manage the financial audit work during the Covid 19 pandemic?
In response Members were advised that Audit Wales had no issues with
managing the financial audit work but advised that other, non-urgent work may
be rescheduled. · Was Audit Wales able to
track the funding flow and put in place sufficient governance around this? Again Members received assurances that this
would be undertaken. · How would Audit Wales relay
this information to the Local Authorities? Audit Wales reassured Committee that
this would be done in the usual way subject to the Audit Committee being held. · How would the Audit
Committee discharge its function in respect of governance? The Director of Finance and Corporate
Services advised Committee that the Annual Governance Statement which had
previously been approved by Cabinet required amendment following the Covid 19 outbreak and that the Statement of Accounts would
still be audited by Audit Wales. There
was an issue however around the public inspection of the documents as the
Authority’s Civic buildings were closed to the public, and in order to address
this Audit Wales had changed the date for receipt of public questions to 1
September 2020. · The committee asked whether
the McCloud Judgement had any implications for the Authority and was advised
that the actuary had provided details of any financial impact on the Authority
which had been included in the Statement of Accounts for 2019/2020. · Members asked whether there
had been any impact of the Statement of Accounts for 2019/2020 as a result of Covid 19 and were advised that this had been minimal. The Director of Finance and Corporate
Services was preparing a report on the implications for the current financial
year. · What workplace changes had
occurred/evolved and how would members be kept informed. The Director gave committee a brief overview
of some of the arrangements in place around the democratic process in addition
to such things as business rate relief supplying allowances in lieu of free
school meals, etc. Audit Wales advised
that there would be two work streams going forward namely the Covid Learning Project which would share best practice,
managing risk and what opportunities the ‘new norm’ could provide; and Recovery
Planning. · Concern was expressed that
the current position would continue into next year and the implications this
would have on the democratic process in particular. Members were particularly
concerned that the various scrutiny committees were not being held. Committee was advised that the current
process was being monitored and reviewed and that the newly established Member
Recovery Panel would be involved in taking this forward. Members were advised that Welsh Government would reimburse most of the Authority’s additional expenditure as a result of Covid 19. The Authority had received payment for March and was awaiting payment for April. The ... view the full minutes text for item 2. |
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Closure of Accounts 2019/2020 PDF 264 KB Report
of the Director of Finance and Corporate Services enclosed. Additional documents: Minutes: The Committee received an
overview of the report by the Director of Finance and Corporate Services in
relation to the Council’s Outturn position for Revenue and Capital and
Statement of Accounts for 2019/20, as detailed in the circulated report. Members asked whether there
were any implications on staff pension contributions as a result of the
lockdown and were advised that as the Authority’s staff were not furloughed
there was no impact. Members thanked staff for the
work undertaken in producing the Draft Statement of Accounts in such unusual
circumstances. RESOLVED: that the report be noted. |