10th March 2021 Audit Meeting

Audit Committee

Date: Wednesday, 10th March 2021 Time: 07:00 PM

1. Apologies

2. Declarations of Interest

3. Minutes of Audit Committee Meeting 9 December 2020 (summary attached)

4. Northern Ireland Audit Office (NIAO)

4.1 Audit Strategy for Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council 2020-21 (report attached)

4.2 Draft Report to those charged with Governance 2019-20 (report attached)

5. Annual Accounts 2019/2020 (report attached)

6. Internal Audit (Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council)

6.1 Internal Audit Annual Plan 2020-21 (report attached)
6.2 Business Continuity and Emergency Planning 2020-21 (report attached)
6.3 Corporate Credit Card (report to follow)

7. Internal Audit (Moore NI LLP)

7.1 Treasury Management (report attached)

7.2 Environmental Health Services – Licensing (report to follow)

8. Direct Award Contracts (report attached)

9. Report to Those Charged with Governance

9.1 Progress report on RTTCWG March 2019 (report attached)

9.2 Progress report and Actions on Draft RTTCWG 2020 (report attached)

10. Absence Report Months 1-9 2020/2021 (report attached)

11. Matters for Reporting to Partnership Panel

12. Correspondence

12.1 NIAO - Local Government Auditor’s Report – 2020 (report attached)

12.2 DFC - Terms of Reference for Extraordinary Audit 2019/20 (report attached)

12.3 NIAO - Local Government Auditor (report attached)

12.4 DFC - Designation of Local Government Auditor (report attached)

13. Request to change date of Audit Committee (report attached)

IN COMMITTEE (ITEMS 14 – 16 INCLUSIVE)

14. Corporate Risk Matrix (report attached)

15. Legal Cases Activity (report attached)
16. Whistle Blowing /Fraud (report to follow)

17. Any Other Relevant Business (notified in accordance with Standing Order 12(o))