Scrutiny Committee - 12/02/2014

At a MEETING of the SCRUTINY COMMITTEE held at Dundee on 12th February, 2014.

Present:-

BAILIES

COUNCILLORS

Councillor Kevin KEENAN, Convener, in the Chair.

The minute of meeting of this Committee of 11th December, 2013 was held as read.

Unless marked thus * all items stand delegated.

I DECLARATION OF INTEREST

Councillor McCready declared a non-financial interest in Article VI by virtue of being a Council representative on Leisure and Culture Dundee.

II ST ANDREWS R C PRIMARY SCHOOL

There was submitted Report No 67-2014 by the Director of Education reporting on the findings of the Education Scotland Continued Inspection Visit of St Andrew's R C Primary School.

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 ST CLEMENTS PRIMARY SCHOOL

There was submitted Report No 66-2014 by the Director of Education reporting on the findings of Education Scotland following an inspection at St Clement's Primary School.

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.

IV EXTERNAL AUDIT REPORT - KPMG AUDIT STRATEGY OVERVIEW AND PLAN FOR YEAR ENDED 31ST MARCH, 2014

There was submitted Report No 89-2014 by the Director of Corporate Services describing how KPMG would deliver the audit of Dundee City Council for the year ended 31st March, 2014, including the opinions on the financial statements in accordance with relevant legal and accounting requirements.

The Committee noted the information contained in the report.

V INTERNAL AUDIT CHARTER

On a reference to Article XIII of the minute of meeting of this Committee of 25th June, 2013, there was submitted Report No 75-2014 by the Chief Internal Auditor intimating that the Internal Audit Charter had been updated to reflect the requirements of the new Public Sector Internal Audit Standards.

The Committee approved the revised Internal Audit Charter appended to the report.

VI INTERNAL AUDIT REPORTS

There was submitted Report No 76-2014 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.

Kevin KEENAN, Convener.