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Meeting Details

Meeting Summary

Committee:

Audit and Scrutiny Committee

Date/Time:

8 Mar 2022 - 10:00 to 14:00

Status:

Occurred

Venue:

Virtual Meeting

Public / Private:

Meeting open to the public.

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Documents
Members Attending
Others Attending
Declarations of Interests

Documents

Agenda Contents (27Kb)
Agenda Document Pack - Audit and Scrutiny Committee - 08/03/2022 (9732Kb)

Agenda

Agenda Items

Arrangements in Terms of COVID-19

In light of the current COVID-19 pandemic, this meeting will be held remotely in accordance with the provisions of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 2003. Where possible, the meeting will be live-streamed and available to view at https://north-ayrshire.public-i.tv/core/portal/home. In the event that live-streaming is not possible, a recording of the meeting will instead be available to view at this location.

1 Declarations of Interest

Members are requested to give notice of any declarations of interest in respect of items of business on the Agenda.

2 Minutes

The accuracy of the Minutes of the Meeting of the Audit and Scrutiny Committee held on 19 January 2022 will be confirmed and the Minutes signed in accordance with Paragraph 7 (1) of Schedule 7 of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 (copy enclosed).

2. 220119 - A&S Minute (92Kb)

3 Council Plan Mid-Year Progress Report 2021-22

Submit report by the Head of Service (Democratic) on progress of the Council Plan priorities (copy enclosed).

3. 2021-22 Mid Year Council Plan Report - Audit and Scrutiny Committee Report and Appendices Combined V2-0 (6556Kb)

4 Best Value Assurance Audit Recommendations Update

Submit report by the Head of Service (Democratic) on progress against the Best Value Assurance Audit Recommendations (copy enclosed).

4. Audit and Scrutiny Report - Best Value Recommendations Progress Update V3-0 (180Kb)

5 External Audit Plan 2021/22

Submit report by the Head of Service (Finance) on the External Audit Plan for 2021/22 (copy enclosed).

5. 2022 03 08 External Audit Plan (1268Kb)

6 Internal Audit and Corporate Fraud Action Plans: Quarter 3 Update

Submit report by the Head of Service (Finance) on the progress made by Council Services in implementing the agreed actions from Internal Audit and Corporate Fraud reports as at 31 December 2021 (copy enclosed).

6. 2022 03 08 Internal Audit Actions follow-up (217Kb)

7 Internal Audit Reports Issued

Submit report by the Head of Service (Finance) on the findings of Internal Audit work completed between January and February 2022 (copy enclosed).

7. 2022 03 08 Internal Audit Reports issued (340Kb)

8 Internal Audit Plan 2022-23

Submit report by the Head of Service (Finance) on the proposed Internal Audit plan for 2022-23 (copy enclosed).

8. 2022 03 08 Internal Audit Plan 2022-23 (532Kb)

9 Procurement Activity Report (20-21)

Submit report by the Head of Service (Finance) providing an update on Procurement activity for the period 2020/21 (copy enclosed).

9. 2022 08 03 Procurement Activity Report 2020-21 (FINAL) (824Kb)

10 Urgent Items

Any other items which the Chair considers to be urgent.

Sederunt

Audit and Scrutiny Committee

Marie Burns (Chair)
Margaret George (Vice Chair)
Alan Hill
Davina McTiernan
Tom Marshall
Donald Reid
John Sweeney

Additional Meeting Documents

220308 - A&S Minute (120Kb)

Members Attending

Attended - Committee Members

Name
Councillor Marie Burns
Councillor Alan Hill
Councillor Davina McTiernan
Councillor Donald Reid
Councillor John Sweeney

Attended - Other Members

Name
No other member attendance information has been recorded for the meeting.

Apologies

Name	Reason for Sending Apology
Councillor Margaret George
Councillor Tom Marshall

Absent

Name	Reason for Absence
No absentee information has been recorded for the meeting.

Declarations of Interests

Member Name	Item Ref.	Details	Nature of Declaration	Action
No declarations of interest have been entered for this meeting.

Others Attending

Also in attendance at the above meeting were:

In Attendance A. Sutton, Executive Director (Communities and Education); P. Doak, Head of Service (Finance and Transformation) (Health and Social Care Partnership); C. McAuley, Head of Service (Economic Development and Regeneration), C. Hope, Senior Manager (Facilities Management) and L. Neill, Senior Manager (Employability and Skills) (Place); M. Boyd, Head of Service, L. Miller, Senior Manager (Audit, Fraud, Safety and Insurance) and S. Quinn, Senior Manager (Corporate Procurement) (Finance), I. Hardy, Corporate Policy and Performance Officer, C. Stewart and H. Clancy, Committee Services Officers (Democratic) (Chief Executive’s Service).

Also In Attendance Karlyn Watt (Deloitte).

___ Members of public expressed a desire to address the meeting.

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