Item 3 - DRAFT Minute - Audit Committee - 24 September 2025 v2
West Dunbartonshire Council · 10 December 2025
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AUDIT COMMITTEE At a Meeting of the Audit Committee held in Council Chambers, Clydebank Town Hall, 5 Hall Street, Clydebank on Wednesday, 24 September 2025 at 10.00 a.m. Present: Councillors Michelle McGinty, John Millar, Lauren Oxley, Martin Rooney, Gordon Scanlan and Sophie Traynor. Attending: Peter Hessett, Chief Executive; Laurence Slavin, Chief Officer – Resources; Andi Priestman, Shared Service Manager – Audit and Fraud; Julie Slavin, Chief Financial Officer – HSCP; Carol Alderson, Finance Manager; Claire Cusick, Senior Education Officer; Tom Reid, External Auditor – Forvis Mazars and Lynn Straker, Committee Officer. Apologies: Apologies for absence were intimated on behalf of Councillors Ian Dickson and Clare Steel. Councillor Gordon Scanlan in the Chair DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST It was noted that there were no declarations of interest in any of the items of business on the agenda. MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING The Minutes of Meeting of the Audit Committee held on 11 June 2025 were submitted and approved as a correct record. OPEN FORUM The Committee noted that no open forum questions had been submitted by members of the public. STRATEGIC RISKS 2022-2027 A report was submitted by the Chief Officer – People and Technology providing an update on the strategic risks for 2022-2027. Item 3
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After discussion and having heard the Chief Officer – People & Technology and Chief Officer - Resources in further explanation and in answer to Members questions, the Committee agreed to note the strategic risks as detailed at Appendix 1 of the report. INTERNAL AUDIT PLAN 2024/25 PROGRESS TO 31 JULY 2025 A report was submitted by the Chief Officer – Resources advising of progress to 31 July 2025 against the Internal Audit Plan for 2024/25. After discussion and having heard the Shared Service Manager – Audit and Fraud and the Chief Officer – Resources in further explanation and in answer to Members’ questions, the Committee agreed to note the report. EXTERNAL AUDIT PROGRESS REPORT A report was submitted by the Chief Officer – Resources advising Members of the outcome of investigations into allegations and disclosures in line with public interest disclosure and business irregularities policies received by Internal Audit between 1 November 2024 and 31 March 2025. After discussion and having heard the Audit Director - Forvis Mazars in further explanation, the Committee agreed to note the report. 2024/2025 TREASURY MANAGEMENT ANNUAL REPORT A report was submitted by the Chief Officer – Resources advising Members of the treasury function and its activities in 2024/25 and requesting that the Committee remits the report to the full Council for its approval. After discussion and having heard the Chief Executive, the Chief Officer – Resources and Finance Manager in further explanation and in answer to Members’ questions, the Committee agreed:- (1) to note the contents of the 2024/25 Annual Treasury Management Report and; (2) to remit the 2024/25 Annual Treasury Management Report to full Council for approval. VALEDICTORY ANDI PRIESTMAN, SHARED SERVICE MANAGER - AUDIT AND FRAUD Laurence Slavin, Chief Officer - Resources, informed the Committee that this would potentially be the last meeting of Audit Committee that Andi Priestman, Shared Service Manager - Audit and Fraud, would attend as she would soon be moving to a different post within the Council. Members passed on their best wishes and thanked Ms Priestman for her dedication and long service to the Audit Committee and wished
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her the very best in future. In response, Ms Priestman thanked the Committee for its kind words. The meeting closed at 10.38 a.m.
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