Agenda and minutes

Apologies for absence were received from Councillors S Doyle, S Munn and P Seekings.

The minutes of the meeting held on 30^th June 2011 were approved and signed as a correct record.

(Moved by Councillor R Cook and seconded by Councillor M Gant)

To receive any declarations of Members’ interests (personal and/or personal and prejudicial) in any matters which are to be considered at this meeting.

When Members are declaring a personal interest or personal and prejudicial

interest in respect of which they have dispensation, they should specify the nature of such interest.  Members should leave the room if they have a personal and prejudicial interest in respect of which they do not have a dispensation. 

None

(Report of the Corporate Director Resources)

The report of the Corporate Director Resources seeking approval of the Statement of Accounts for the financial year ended 31^st March following completion of the external audit was considered.

(Update from the Audit Commission)

The report of the Audit Commission was considered.

(Report of the Solicitor to the Council and Monitoring Officer)

The report of the Solicitor to the Council and Monitoring Officer seeking to advise the Committee of the views of the Local Government Ombudsman in relation to complaints against the Borough Council and proved an opportunity for members of the Committee to raise any issues they consider appropriate and consider appropriate the effectiveness of investigations relating to Tamworth Borough Council was considered.

(Report of the Head of Internal Audit Services)

The report of the Head of Internal Audit Services reporting on the outcome of Internal Audit’s Customer Satisfaction Survey –providing members with assurance of the ongoing effective operation of an internal audit function was considered.

(Report of the Head of Internal Audit Services)

The report of the Head of Internal Audit Services reporting on the outcome of Internal Audit’s review of the internal control, risk management and governance framework in the 1^st quarter of 2011/12 – providing members with assurance of the ongoing effective operation of an internal audit function and enabling any particularly significant issues to be brought to the Committee’s attention was considered.

(Report of the Head of Internal Audit Services)

The report of the Head of Internal Audit Services seeking to advise the Committee of the current position regarding “significant and other governance issues” raised in the Authority’s Annual Governance Statement 2010/11 and providing an opportunity for members of the Committee to raise any issues they considered appropriate was considered.

(Report of the Head of Internal Audit Services)

The report of the Head of Internal Audit Services providing the results of the Chartered Institute of public Finance and Accountancy Audit Benchmarking exercise completed detailing the actual figures for the financial year 2010/11 and the estimated figures for the financial year 2011/12 was considered.