Approved Minutes of Meeting
West Dunbartonshire Council · 10 August 2022
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AUDIT COMMITTEE At a Meeting of the Audit Committee held in the Council Chambers, Clydebank Town Hall, Clydebank on Wednesday, 10 August 2022 at 10.00 a.m. Present: Councillors Karen Conaghan, Craig Edward, Jonathan McColl, James McElhill, Michelle McGinty, John Millar and Martin Rooney. Attending: Laurence Slavin, Chief Officer – Resources; Andi Priestman, Shared Service Manager – Audit & Fraud; Julie Slavin, Chief Finance Officer; Andrew Brown, Senior Education Officer and Ashley MacIntyre, Committee Officer. Also attending: Christopher Gardner, Senior Audit Manager, Audit Scotland. Apologies: Apologies for absence were intimated on behalf of Councillor Ian Dickson and Lay Member Mr Christopher Johnstone. Councillor Karen Conaghan 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 15 June 2022 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. ITEM 3
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ACCOUNTS COMMISSION: LOCAL GOVERNMENT SCOTLAND OVERVIEW 2022 A report was submitted by the Chief Officer – Resources providing information on a national audit report which was received from the Accounts Commission. After discussion and having heard the Chief Officer – Resources and the Senior Audit Manager, Audit Scotland in further explanation of the report and in answer to Members’ questions, the Committee agreed to note the contents of the report together with Appendix 1 to the report. INTERNAL AUDIT PLANS 2021/22 AND 2022/23 PROGRESS TO 30 JUNE 2022 A report was submitted by the Chief Officer – Resources advising of progress at 30 June 2022 against the Internal Audit Plans for 2021/22 and 2022/23. After discussion and having heard the Shared Service Manager – Audit & Fraud in further explanation of the report and in answer to Members’ questions, the Committee agreed to note the contents of the report. PUBLIC INTEREST DISCLOSURES AND OTHER INTERNAL AUDIT INVESTIGATIONS 1 FEBRUARY TO 15 JULY 2022 A report was submitted by the Chief Officer – Resources advising 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 February and 15 July 2022. After discussion and having heard the Shared Service Manager – Audit & Fraud in further explanation of the report and in answer to Members’ questions, the Committee agreed to note the contents of the report. The meeting closed at 10.57 a.m.