Scrutiny Committee - 17/04/2019

At a MEETING of the SCRUTINY COMMITTEE held at Dundee on 17th April, 2019.

 

Present:-

 

BAILIES

 

Kevin KEENAN

Fraser MACPHERSON

Willie SAWERS

 

COUNCILLORS

 

Richard McCREADY

Ken LYNN

Alan ROSS

 

Lynne SHORT

 

 

Bailie Kevin KEENAN, Convener, in the Chair.

 

The minute of meeting of this Committee of 13th February, 2019 was held as read.

 

Unless marked thus * all items stand delegated.

 

I DECLARATION OF INTEREST

 

No declarations of interest were made.

 

II DUNDEE AND ANGUS RESIDUAL WASTE CONTRACT - ANGUS COUNCIL INTERNAL AUDIT

 

Reference was made to Article II of the minute of meeting of the Policy and Resources Committee of 25th November, 2013 and Article III of the minute of meeting of the Policy and Resources Committee of 25th September, 2017.

 

There was submitted Agenda Note AN20-2019 reporting that the service contract for Dundee and Angus Councils residual waste disposal was operated by MVV Environment Baldovie Ltd (MEB). Dundee City Council administered the management of this partnership contract on behalf of both Councils, under an inter-authority agreement.

 

As part of the 2018/2019 Angus Council Internal Audit annual plan, a review had been completed of contract management arrangements which sought to provide assurance that there were appropriate controls in place over the management and monitoring of the MEB Contract. The audit reviewed the processes in place in order to gain assurance that nine key control objectives were being monitored and managed. All nine key control areas were recorded as having adequate, effective and efficient controls in place and some areas of good practice were highlighted.

 

The Committee noted that the overall level of assurance given was Comprehensive Assurance and, as such, no recommendations had been made and that, although the review had been carried out to provide assurance to Angus Council, the Committee should be able to take some assurance from this piece of work, in particular surrounding the objectives which related to processes and procedures managed by Dundee City Council.

 

III EDUCATION SCOTLAND (HMI) INSPECTION OF ROCKWELL LEARNING CENTRE

 

There was submitted Report No 147-2019 by the Executive Director of Children and Families Service reporting on the findings of the Education Scotland (HMI) Inspection of Rockwell Learning Centre.

 

The Committee:-

 

(i) noted the contents of the report; and

 

(ii) instructed the Chief Education Officer to monitor progress towards meeting the areas for improvement outlined in the report.

 

IV INTERNAL AUDIT REPORTS

 

There was submitted Report No 152-2019 by the Senior Manager, Internal Audit, providing a summary of the Internal Audit Reports finalised since the last meeting of this Committee.

 

The Committee noted the information contained within the report.

 

V INTEGRATION JOINT BOARD INTERNAL AUDIT REPORT

 

There was submitted Report No 153-2019 by the Senior Manager, Internal Audit submitting, for information only, the Dundee Integration Joint Board (IJB) Internal Audit Report on Transformation and Service Redesign.

 

The Committee noted, for assurance purposes, the information contained within the report.

 

VI 2019/2020 INTERNAL AUDIT PLAN

 

There was submitted Report No 154-2019 by the Senior Manager, Internal Audit relative to the above.

 

The Committee:-

 

(i) reviewed and approved the 2019/2020 Internal Audit Plan as detailed in Appendix A of the report;

 

(ii) reviewed and approved the suggested amendments to the 2018/2019 Internal Audit Plan as detailed in Appendix C of the report; and

 

(iii) noted the update on progress towards delivering the 2017/2018 and 2018/2019 Internal Audit Plans as detailed in Appendices B and C of the report.

 

VII DUNDEE CITY COUNCIL - AUDIT SCOTLAND ANNUAL AUDIT PLAN 2018/2019

 

There was submitted Report No 163-2019 by the Executive Director of Corporate Services describing how Audit Scotland would deliver the audit of Dundee City Council for the year ending 31st March, 2019.

 

The Committee noted the information contained in the report.

 

VIII CORPORATE INTEGRITY GROUP

 

There was submitted Report No 155-2019 by the Executive Director of Corporate Services informing the Committee of the remit and progression of the Council's Officer Corporate Integrity Group, including membership, responsibilities and outcome of cases referred to the group.

 

The Committee noted the information contained in the report.

 

IX LOCAL GOVERNMENT IN SCOTLAND: CHALLENGES AND PERFORMANCE 2019

 

There was submitted Report No 166-2019 by the Executive Director of Corporate Services providing the Committee with a summary of the above national report that had been undertaken by Audit Scotland on behalf of the Accounts Commission.

 

The Committee:-

 

(i) noted the key messages arising from the Audit Scotland overview report appended to the report; and

 

(ii) noted the Scrutiny Tool Checklist for Councillors that was issued along with the overview report.

 

 

 

 

Kevin KEENAN, Convener.