Audit Committee Meeting

Audit Committee

1.    Apologies

2.    Declarations of Interest

3.    Minutes of Audit Committee Meeting 11 March 2020 (summary attached)

4.    Northern Ireland Audit Office (NIAO)

4.1  NIAO Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council Audit Strategy 2019-2020 (attached)

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

5.1   Annual Internal Audit Plan – 2020/2021 Quarterly Plan (report attached)

5.2   Annual Internal Audit Report 2019/20, and Annual Assurance Report (report attached)  

Questionnaires completed:

5.3   NIAO Fraud Assessment Questionnaire 2019-20 –completed assessment (report available on request)

5.4   Managing Fraud Risk in a Changing Environment Self-Assessment Checklist 2019-20 (report available on request)

5.5   Proper Arrangements Questionnaire (report available on request)

6.     Internal Audit Reports (Moore Stephens)

6.1   Income and Debtors (report attached)

6.2   Leisure Services (report attached)

6.3   Review of the Prior Year Recommendations – 2016/17, 2017/18, 2018/19 (report attached)

6.4   Assessing Conformance with Public Sector Internal Audit Standards and the Local Government Application Note - Internal Audit Self-Assessment Checklist 2019/20 has been completed (report available on request)

7.    Report to Those Charged With Governance - Progress report June 2020 (report attached)

8.    Direct Award Contracts (report attached)

9.    Absence Report Months 1-12 2019/2020 (report attached)

10.  Performance

10.1 Update on 2019/20 Performance Improvement Plan Quarter 3 (report attached) (Addendum)

11.   Matters for Reporting to Partnership Panel

IN COMMITTEE (ITEMS 12 – 14 INCLUSIVE)

12.   Corporate Risk Review with Corporate Risk Matrix (report attached)

13.   Legal Cases Activity (report attached)

14.   Whistle Blowing /Fraud (verbal update)

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

16.   Date of Next Meeting - Wednesday 9 September 2020