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 Agenda [63kb]

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Agenda

ITEM	DESCRIPTION	REPORT
1.	DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST
2.	MINUTES OF THE COMMITTEE'S MEETING OF 21 NOVEMBER 2017	Minutes [26kb]
3.	QUESTIONS
4.	INTERNAL AUDIT QUARTERLY PROGRESS REPORT This report provides the Committee with an update on key findings from Internal Audit reports issued since the last quarterly progress report in September 2017.	Item 4 [170kb]
5.	CORPORATE (STRATEGIC) RISK REGISTER This report provides an update on the Council's 2017/18 Strategic Risk Register, in line with the requirements of the Council's risk management strategy.	Item 5 [236kb]
6.	DRAFT INTERNAL AUDIT PLAN FOR 2018/19 This report sets out the work Internal Audit plans to undertake during the financial year 2018/2019.	Item 6 [289kb]
7.	ANNUAL GOVERNANCE STATEMENT 2017/2018 - UPDATED ACTION PLAN This report updates the Committee on the progress made against the Annual Governance action plan.	Item 7 [167kb]
8.	ACCOUNTS 2016/17 This report sets out the ongoing and future actions to deliver the 2016/17 accounts and to improve the quality of financial processes and systems in order to deliver a true and fair view in the future.	Item 8 [58kb]
9.	PREPARING FOR THE 2018/19 BUDGET - DRAFT TREASURY STRATEGY & INVESTMENT STATEMENT FOR 2018/19 This report enables some pre-budget scrutiny, as recommended by CIPFA, of the current draft Annual Treasury Strategy & Investment Statement.	Item 9 [279kb]
10.	BUDGET MONITORING REPORT This report updates the Committee on the Council's budget monitoring position to the end of November 2017.	Item 10 [148kb]
11.	APPOINTMENT OF EXTERNAL AUDITORS This report asks the Committee to note the appointment of the external auditors under regulation 13 of the Local Audit (Appointing Person) Regulations 2015.	Item 11 [14kb]
12.	EXTERNAL AUDITOR UPDATE To receive a verbal update from the Council's external auditor EY.