SAP Revitalisation

The Audit Committee is monitoring progress of SAP work to make sure that all the relevant financial issues are addressed. Progress on the SAP work will directly affect the Shared Services Programme. The Scrutiny Committee will indirectly be overseeing progress of the SAP work through its decision to include in its Work Programme the Shared Services Centre topic.

Proposal: to delete SAP Revitalisation from the Work Programme.

Early Retirement Policy

There is currently no work under way on this matter.

Proposal: to review the position on 05 October 2006.

Matters arising from Annual Audit & Inspection Letter and/or

Statement on Internal Control

The Committee has agreed to scrutinise the implementation of the first 3 recommendations on page 7, paragraph 14 of the Annual Audit & Inspection Letter 2004/05.

In June 2004 the Executive adopted the Code of Corporate Governance and agreed that the statutory Statement on Internal Control was the preferred Assurance Statement for the Council on Corporate Governance matters. The Solicitor to the Council has now established with the Audit Commission that there is now no requirement for the Council to produce a Code of Corporate Governance and that it has been overtaken by the Statement on Internal Control which is dealt with by the Audit Committee.

Proposal: delete the reference to the Statement on Internal Control from this topic in the Work Programme. Note: It is open to the Committee to review the Statement on Internal Control if it wishes to do so.

Cornmarket St. Reconstruction Scheme Scrutiny Review

Proposal: amend date report to be submitted to Committee to 05 October 2006.

Best Value Review of Funded Transport Services – Outcome

Proposals: to

a) amend date report to be submitted to Committee to 05 October 2006;

b) invite the three Members (Councillor Stratford (Social & Community Services Scrutiny Committee), Councillor Reynolds (Environment & Economy Scrutiny Committee) and Councillor Stone (Children' s Services Scrutiny Committee) who were nominated to the Review by the Scrutiny Co-ordinating Group to the 5 October 2006 meeting to enable them to comment on the review.

‘Value for Money’ Programme / Efficiency Savings

To consider and comment upon the Annual Efficiency Statement

The Committee considered and supported the Efficiency Savings Strategy and its objectives in November 2005 and the Annual Efficiency Savings Forward Look for 2006/07 has been submitted to the Government. The Efficiency Savings Strategy encapsulates the wider arena of savings including procurement and income generation. It is suggested that it is now more appropriate for the Committee to focus on efficiency savings generally rather than the Annual Efficiency Statement itself which is essentially a statistical return to government.

Proposal: to amend the purpose of the Work programme topic as follows:

‘Value for Money’ Programme / Efficiency Savings

To consider and comment upon the efficiency savings of the Council.