Minutes of meeting
Renfrewshire Council · 17 April 2025
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Minute of Special Meeting Audit, Risk and Scrutiny Board Date Time Venue Thursday, 17 April 2025 15:00 via Teams Platform, Present: Councillor Jennifer Adam, Councillor Andy Doig, Councillor Gillian Graham, Councillor Lisa-Marie Hughes, Councillor Robert Innes, Councillor Janis McDonald, Councillor Ben Smith Chair Councillor Andy Doig, Convener, presided. In Attendance A MacArthur, Director of Finance & Resources; L McIntyre, Head of Policy & Partnerships (Chief Executive’s); J Trainer, Head of Child Care & Criminal Justice (Children’s Services); G Darbyshire, Senior Services Development Manager (Environment, Housing & Infrastructure); and M Conaghan, Head of Corporate Governance, K Campbell, Interim Chief Auditor, D Low, Democratic Services Manager, C MacDonald, Senior Committee Services Officer and D Cunningham, Committee Services & Licensing Officer (all Finance & Resources). Also in Attendance G Devlin, Partner & National Head of Internal Audit (Azets). Webcasting of Meeting Prior to the commencement of the meeting the Convener intimated that this meeting of the Board would be filmed for live or subsequent broadcast on the Council's internet site.
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Apology Councillor J MacLaren. Declarations of Interest and Transparency Statements There were no declarations of interest or transparency statements intimated prior to the commencement of the meeting. 1 Best Value Report by Renfrewshire Council’s External Auditors, Azets There was submitted a report by the Chief Executive relative to the Best Value report by Renfrewshire Council’s External Auditors, Azets. The report advised that a Controller of Audit Best Value report was being prepared by Audit Scotland and would be presented to the Accounts Commission on 15 May 2025. The work underpinning this was undertaken by the Council’s external auditors, Azets, and included a focus on following up on previous audit recommendations related to the section 102 reporting in January and August 2024. The follow-up report from Azets outlining their findings was attached as an appendix to the report. The report highlighted that in line with statutory requirements, following the May Accounts Commission meeting, a further update would be presented to Council to consider the findings from the Controller of Audit Best Value report. After discussion it was noted that the content of the Azets follow-up report and the proposed response to the recommendation was outlined at paragraph 3.9 of the report and not 3.8 as indicated in the recommendations of the report. DECIDED: (a) That the content of the Azets follow-up report and the proposed response to the recommendation outlined at paragraph 3.9 be noted; and (b) That it be noted that a further report would be presented to Members following the publication of the Controller of Audit report in May 2025.