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North Ayrshire Council · 31 May 2022
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North Ayrshire Council, Cunninghame House, Irvine KA12 8EE Audit and Scrutiny Committee A Meeting of the Audit and Scrutiny Committee of North Ayrshire Council will be held in the Council Chambers, Ground Floor, Cunninghame House, Irvine, KA12 8EE on Tuesday, 31 May 2022 at 10:00 to consider the undernoted business. 1 Declarations of Interest Members are requested to give notice of any declarations of interest in respect of items of business on the Agenda. 2 External Audit Report on Audit Dimensions and Best Value for the year ended 31 March 2022 Submit report by Head of Service (Finance) on the findings from the External Audit report on Audit Dimensions and Best Value for 2021/22 (copy enclosed). 3 Accounts Commission’s Report: Local Government in Scotland: Financial Overview 2020/21 Submit report by the Head of Service (Finance) on the findings of the recently published Accounts Commission report (copy enclosed). 4 Internal Audit Annual Report 2021/22 Submit report by the Head of Service (Finance) on the work of Internal Audit during 2021/22 and providing an opinion on the governance, risk management and internal control environment of the Council (copy enclosed). 5 Annual Governance Statement 2021-22 Submit a report by the Head of Service (Finance) on the Council’s Annual Governance Statement for 2021-22 for inclusion within the draft Annual Accounts (copy enclosed).
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North Ayrshire Council, Cunninghame House, Irvine KA12 8EE 6 Accounting Policies 2021/22 Submit report by the Head of Service (Finance) on the accounting policies which will be adopted in the preparation of the Council’s Annual Accounts for the year to 31 March 2022 (copy enclosed). 7 Corporate Fraud Team Annual Report 2021/22 Submit report by the Head of Service (Finance) on the work of the Corporate Fraud Team during 2021/22 (copy enclosed). 8 Internal Audit and Corporate Fraud Action Plans: Quarter 4 Update Submit report by Head of Service (Finance) on the progress made by Council Services in implementing the agreed actions from Internal Audit and Corporate Fraud reports as at 31 March 2022 (copy enclosed). 9 Internal Audit Reports Issued Submit report by the Head of Service (Finance) on the findings of Internal Audit work completed between March and April 2022 (copy enclosed). 10 Participatory Budgeting Submit report by the Executive Director (Communities and Education) providing an update on engagement methods used in Participatory Budgeting events (copy enclosed). 11 Urgent Items Any other items which the Chair considers to be urgent. 12 Exclusion of the Public - Para 1 Resolve in terms of Section 50(A)4 of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973, to exclude from the Meeting the press and the public for the following item of business on the grounds indicated in terms of Paragraph 1 of Part 1 of Schedule 7A of the Act. Non Disclosure of Information In terms of Standing Order 19 (Disclosure of Information), the information contained within the following report is confidential information within the meaning of Section 50A of the 1973 Act and shall not be disclosed to any person by any Member or Officer. 13 Investigation Reports Issued Submit report by the Head of Service (Finance) on investigation reports finalised since the last meeting (copy enclosed).
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North Ayrshire Council, Cunninghame House, Irvine KA12 8EE Webcasting Please note: this meeting may be filmed for live and subsequent broadcast via the Council’s internet site. At the start of the meeting, the Chair will confirm if all or part of the meeting is being live-streamed/webcast. You should be aware that the Council is a Data Controller under the Data Protection Act 2018. Data collected during the live-stream/webcast will be retained in accordance with the Council’s published policy, including, but not limited to, for the purpose of keeping historical records and making those records available via the Council’s internet site. Generally, the press and public seating areas will not be filmed. However, by entering the Council Chambers and using the press or public seating area, you are consenting to being filmed and consenting to the use and storage of those images and sound recordings and any information pertaining to you contained in them for webcasting or training purposes and for the purpose of keeping historical records and making those records available to the public. If you do not wish to participate in a recording, you should leave the meeting at this point. This will constitute your revocation of consent. If you have any queries regarding this and, in particular, if you believe that use and/or storage of any particular information would cause, or be likely to cause, substantial damage or distress to any individual, please contact dataprotectionofficer@north-ayrshire.gov.uk.
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North Ayrshire Council, Cunninghame House, Irvine KA12 8EE Audit and Scrutiny Committee Sederunt John Bell (Chair) Donald Reid (Vice Chair) Eleanor Collier Cameron Inglis Tom Marshall Matthew McLean Davina McTiernan Ian Murdoch John Sweeney Chair: Apologies: Attending: