Issue - meetings

Audit Working Group Terms of Reference and Appointment

 

 

Meeting: 05/07/2017 - Audit & Governance Committee (Item 40)

40 Audit Working Group Terms of Reference and Appointment of the Audit Working Group pdf icon PDF 139 KB

2.10pm

 

Report by the Director of Finance.

 

This report presents the updated Audit Working Group Terms of Reference and requests that the Committee appoint the new Audit Working Group members.

 

The committee is RECOMMENDED to:

 

a)            Approve the Audit Working Group Terms of Reference; and

 

b)           Appoint the members and substitute members of the Audit Working Group.

 

Decision:

The Committee

 

a)            approved the Audit and Working Group Terms of Reference subject to amendments to allow for four members of the Committee in addition to the Chairman of the Working Group and four substitute members; and

 

b)            appointed the following members of the Audit Working Group:

·         Councillor Nick Carter

·         Councillor Ian Corkin

·         Councillor Helen Evans

·         Councillor Roz Smith

 

and the following substitutes:

·         Councillor Paul Buckley

·         Councillor Tony Ilott

·         Councillor Charles Mathew

·         Councillor Deborah McIlveen

 

Minutes:

Ms Cox presented the Audit Working Group Terms of Reference.  The main change from the previous Terms was that the Deputy Chairman of the Audit & Governance Committee will be substitute for the Chairman at Working Group meetings.

 

Dr Geoff Jones, who chairs the Working Group, described how it operates, saving time at full Committee meetings and allowing more detailed questioning of officers.  All Members were welcome to attend meetings.

 

It was agreed to amend the proposed Terms of Reference to have four Members in addition to the Chairman and four substitutes.

 

RESOLVED to

 

a)            approve the Audit and Working Group Terms of Reference subject to amendments to allow for four members of the Committee in addition to the Chairman of the Working Group and four substitute members; and

 

b)           appoint the following members of the Audit Working Group:

·         Councillor Nick Carter

·         Councillor Ian Corkin

·         Councillor Helen Evans

·         Councillor Roz Smith

 

and the following substitutes:

·         Councillor Paul Buckley

·         Councillor Tony Ilott

·         Councillor Charles Mathew

·         Councillor Deborah McIlveen