Scrutiny Committee - 15/02/2012

At a MEETING of the SCRUTINY COMMITTEE held at Dundee on 15th February, 2012.

Present:-

BAILIES

COUNCILLORS

Councillor Kevin KEENAN, Convener, in the Chair.

The minute of meeting of this Committee of 14th December, 2011 was held as read.

Unless marked thus * all items stand delegated.

I ST PAULS RC ACADEMY

There was submitted Report No 70-2012 by the Director of Education reporting on the findings of the HMIe Inspection of St Paul's RC Academy.

The Committee, having questioned the Director of Education and senior management, agreed to:-

(i) note the contents of the report; and

(ii) instruct the Director of Education to monitor progress towards meeting the areas for improvement contained in the report.

II CRAIGIEBARNS PRIMARY SCHOOL AND NURSERY CLASS

There was submitted Report No 55-2012 by the Director of Education reporting on the findings of the HMIe Inspection of Craigiebarns Primary School and Nursery Class.

The Committee, having questioned the Director of Education and senior management, agreed to:-

(i) note the contents of the report; and

(ii) instruct the Director of Education to monitor progress towards meeting the areas for improvement contained in the report.

III REVIEW OF PREVIOUS YEARS EXTERNAL AUDIT REPORT ACTION PLAN

There was submitted Report No 60-2012 by the Director of Finance providing elected members with an update on the progress on implementing recommendations from previously agreed external audit reports.

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

IV EXTERNAL AUDIT REPORT - OVERVIEW OF KPMG AUDIT APPROACH FOR AUDIT SCOTLAND APPOINTMENTS FROM 2011/2012 ONWARDS

There was submitted Report No 63-2012 by Stephen Reid, Director, and Keith Macpherson, Audit Senior Manager, KPMG, providing an introduction to KPMG, together with an overview of their audit approach and summaries of their key responsibilities as the Council's appointed external auditor.

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

V INTERNAL AUDIT REPORTS

There was submitted Report No 75-2012 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.

VI CORPORATE PERFORMANCE SELF-ASSESSMENT 2011/2012 - REPORT FOR SIX MONTHS TO 30TH SEPTEMBER, 2011

There was submitted Report No 71-2012 by the Director of Finance advising elected members of the performance of Dundee City Council for the six months to 30th September, 2011 as defined by the key quarterly performance indicators.

The Committee:-

(i) noted that performance levels for the first six months to 30th September, 2011 had generally been maintained or improved; and

(ii) remitted to all Chief Officers to review the contents of Appendix 1 as it related to their service and consider if there were any indicators for which performance could be improved over the remainder of the 2011/2012 financial year.

Kevin KEENAN, Convener.