Agenda item

The Committee will receive the indicative Audit Committee Work Plan for 2018/19.

The Committee received a report providing the indicative work plan for the Committee for its proposed scheduled meetings for the remainder of the 2018/19 municipal year and for 2019/20.

The Executive Director Core Services reported that the Committee may want to programme in a training/awareness session possibly for the June meeting as this may be most appropriate to give oversight to the ongoing Glassworks project.

The Head of Internal Audit and Corporate stated that he and Mr P Johnson had attended and spoken at a recent CIPFA event at which reference had been made to the use of Independent Members on Local Authority Audit Committees.  It was noted that most Authorities did not use Independent Members and attendees had mostly been astounded at Barnsley’s forward thinking approach.  It was suggested that at the January meeting a presentation be made on the 15 items covered at this CIPFA event.

RESOLVED:-

(i)            that the core work plan for 2018/19 and 2019/20 meetings of the Audit Committee be approved and reviewed on a regular basis; and

(ii)               that a presentation be made at the start of the January meeting on the issues covered at the recent CIPFA event attended by the Head of Internal Audit and Corporate Anti-Fraud and Mr P Johnson.