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Argyll and Bute Council · 16 December 2025
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Argyll and Bute Council Comhairle Earra-Ghàidheal Agus Bhòid Customer Services Executive Director: Douglas Hendry Kilmory, Lochgilphead, PA31 8RT Tel: 01546 605522 DX 599700 LOCHGILPHEAD 9 December 2025 NOTICE OF MEETING A meeting of the AUDIT AND SCRUTINY COMMITTEE will be held BY MICROSOFT TEAMS on TUESDAY, 16 DECEMBER 2025 at 2:00 PM, which you are requested to attend. Douglas Hendry Executive Director BUSINESS 1. APOLOGIES 2. DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST 3. MINUTE OF PREVIOUS MEETING OF THE AUDIT AND SCRUTINY COMMITTEE HELD ON 4 SEPTEMBER 2025 (Pages 3 - 8) AUDIT ITEMS 4. INTERNAL AUDIT AND COUNTER FRAUD SUMMARY OF ACTIVITIES (Pages 9 - 18) Report by Chief Internal Auditor 5. INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL AUDIT REPORT FOLLOW UP 2025-26 (Pages 19 - 34) Report by Chief Internal Auditor SCRUTINY ITEMS 6. PERFORMANCE REPORTING UPDATE (Pages 35 - 40) Report by Executive Director with responsibility for Customer Support Services 7. 2024/25 COUNCIL ANNUAL REPORT (Pages 41 - 110) Report by Chief Executive * 8. TREASURY MANAGEMENT STRATEGY AND ANNUAL INVESTMENT STRATEGY MID-YEAR REVIEW 2025-26 (Pages 111 - 128) Report by Section 95 Officer 9. WORKPLAN (Pages 129 - 130) For noting and updating
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REPORT(S) FOR NOTING 10. ANNUAL COUNCIL BUSINESS PLAN 2024-25 OUTCOMES (Pages 131 - 178) Report by Chief Executive REPORT(S) FOR CONSIDERATION 11. INTERNAL AUDIT REPORTS TO AUDIT AND SCRUTINY COMMITTEE 2025/2026 (a) Covering Report and Internal Audit Reports (Pages 179 - 284) Report by Chief Internal Auditor • School Residential Trips • Building Cleaning • Directed Self Support (Direct Payments) • Oban Airport • HSCP – Governance Arrangements (For Noting Only) • HSCP – Partnership Working (For Noting Only) • HSCP – Workforce Planning (For Noting Only) E1 (b) Exempt Internal Audit Report (Pages 285 - 306) • ICT Disaster Recovery Items marked with an “asterisk” are items, on the basis of information available at the time this Agenda is published, on which the Committee may not have delegated powers to act, and which may therefore require to be referred to the Council or another Committee, and that referral may depend on the decision reached at the meeting. The Committee will be asked to pass a resolution in terms of Section 50(A)(4) of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 to exclude the public for items of business with an “E” on the grounds that it is likely to involve the disclosure of exempt information as defined in the appropriate paragraph of Part I of Schedule 7a to the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973. The appropriate paragraphs are:- E1 Paragraph 14 Any action taken or to be taken in connection with the prevention, investigation or prosecution of crime. Audit and Scrutiny Committee Janice Wason Hall (Chair) Councillor Daniel Hampsey Councillor Graham Hardie Councillor Fiona Howard Councillor Reeni Kennedy-Boyle Councillor Gary Mulvaney (Vice-Chair) Councillor Andrew Vennard Contact: Lynsey Innis, Committee and Democratic Services Officer Tel: 01546 604338