Scrutiny Committee - 26/10/2011

At a MEETING of the SCRUTINY COMMITTEE held at Dundee on 26th October, 2011.

Present:-

BAILIES

COUNCILLORS

Councillor Kevin KEENAN, Convener, in the Chair.

The minute of meeting of this Committee of 24th August, 2011 was held as read.

Unless marked thus * all items stand delegated.

I INTERNAL AUDIT REPORTS

There was submitted Report No 479-2011 by the Chief Internal Auditor providing the Committee with a summary of the Internal Audit Reports finalised since the last meeting of this Committee.

The Committee agreed to note the information contained within the report.

II INTERNAL AUDIT REPORTS - SUMMARY OF PROGRESS ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF RECOMMENDATIONS

There was submitted Report No 480-2011 by the Chief Internal Auditor providing the Committee with an update on the progress in implementing internal audit recommendations previously reported to and agreed by Management.

The Committee agreed to note the information contained within the report.

III EXTERNAL AUDIT REPORT - CORPORATE GOVERNANCE ARRANGEMENTS

There was submitted Report No 485-2011 by Alasdair Craik, Senior Audit Manager, regarding the External Audit Report on Corporate Governance arrangements.

The Committee agreed to note the Action Plan.

IV PERFORMANCE REPORT 2011

On a reference to Article III of the minute of meeting of the Policy and Resources Committee of 26th September, 2011, there was submitted Report No 427-2011 by the Director of Finance informing elected members of the Council's performance for the financial year 2010/2011.

The Committee:-

(i) noted the Council's performance for 2010/2011 as set out in the Performance Report; and

(ii) noted that the Council was required to report performance by 30th September, 2010 and this had been done though the Annual Performance Report which had also been published on the intranet. Excerpts from the report had also appeared in the Evening Telegraph and had been distributed throughout the Council to the main customer contact points.

V SCOTLANDS PUBLIC FINANCES - ADDRESSING THE CHALLENGES

There was submitted Report No 457-2011 by the Director of Finance providing elected members with a summary of the above national study that had been recently issued by Audit Scotland on behalf of the Auditor General for Scotland and the Accounts Commission.

The Committee agreed to note the information contained within this report and the national study, including the self-assessment checklist appended thereto.

Kevin KEENAN, Convener.