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Apologies for absence Minutes: There were no apologies for absence. |
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Minutes of previous meeting PDF 59 KB Minutes: The minutes of the meeting held on 27th June 2012 were agreed as a true and accurate record. |
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Declarations of Interest Members
are asked to declare at this stage any interests that they may have in any of
the following items on the agenda. If any member is unsure whether or not
they should declare an interest on a particular matter, they are requested to
seek advice from the Head of Legal Services before the meeting.
Minutes: Councillor Boyce declared an interest in 12/50/Civ as a Director of Cambridge Sports Hall Trust and Kelsey Kerridge Sports Centre. |
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Public Questions Minutes: There were no public questions. |
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Audit Commission Annual Governance Report and Approval of Statement of Accounts PDF 72 KB Additional documents:
Minutes: The committee received a report from the Director of
Resources covering the Audit Commission Annual Governance Report and Approval
of Statement of Accounts. The Director of Resources, representatives of the
Audit Commission and the Head of Accounting Services introduced the report. The committee made the following comments on the Audit
Commission Annual Governance Report, i.
The reference in the introductory sentence on page 32 (appendix
2 – corrected errors) to “not addressed”, should be replaced with “now
addressed”. ii.
Further information was requested on the circumstances,
which had resulted in the weakness being identified, and whether management
action had now been complete with regards to the revised list of signatures.
The Head of Accounting Services explained that the management action was now
largely complete, with just a few signatures outstanding due to officers being
on leave. The committee were also advised that the processing of invoices was
now centralised as part of the Departmental and Support Services Review. iii.
Clarification was requested from the External Auditors
on whether it would have been expected that the errors identified should have
been picked up earlier in the process. The representative of the Audit
Commission explained that the number of amendments were very low compared with
other authorities and were not significant issues, which should have been
picked up during the drafting process. The committee had no comments on the summary of changes or
the Statement of Accounts. Resolved (unanimously)
to i. Receive
the Annual Governance Report presented by the Audit Commission. ii. Approve the Statement of Accounts for the year ending 31 March
2012. iii. Authorise the Chair of the meeting to sign the Letter of
Representation and audited Statement of Accounts for the financial year ending
31 March 2012 on behalf of the Council. |