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Vale of Glamorgan Council

Notice of Meeting     AUDIT COMMITTEE

Date and time

of Meeting                THURSDAY, 23^RD FEBRUARY, 2012 AT 2.00 PM

Venue                      COMMITTEE ROOM NO. 3, CIVIC OFFICES

Agenda

PART I

1.         Apologies for absence.

[View Apologies for Absence Minute]

2.         Minutes of the meeting held on 21^st December, 2011.

[View Minute]

3.         To receive declarations of interest (including whipping declarations) under the Council’s Code of Conduct.

(Note: Members seeking advice on this item are asked to contact the Monitoring Officer at least 48 hours before the meeting).

[View Declarations of Interest Minute]

Reference -

4.         Auditor General for Wales: Annual Improvement Report 2012 - Cabinet: 15^th February, 2012.

[View Annual Improvement Report Minute]

Reports of the Head of Accountancy and Resource Management -

5.         Wales Audit Office: Improvement Assessment Update.

[View Improvement Assessment Update Minute]

6.         Internal Audit - Outturn Report - April to January 2012.

[View Outturn Report Minute]

7.         Self Assessment Checklist - Measuring the Effectiveness of the Audit Committee.

[View Measuring the Effectiveness of the Audit Committee Minute]

8.         Compliance of Internal Audit to the Standards as Contained Within the Code of Practice for Internal Audit in Local Government in the United Kingdom 2006.

[View Compliance of Internal Audit Minute]

Report of the Director of Finance, ICT and Property -

9.         Development of a Shared Service for Internal Audit with Bridgend County Borough Council.

[View Development of a Shared Service Minute]

10.       Any other items which the Chairman has decided are urgent (Part I).

PART II

THE PUBLIC AND PRESS MAY BE EXCLUDED FROM THE MEETING DURING CONSIDERATION OF THE FOLLOWING ITEM(S) IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 100A(4) OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 1972.

11.       Any other items which the Chairman has decided are urgent (Part II).

John Maitland Evans

Chief Executive

17^th February, 2012

Local Government (Access to Information) Act 1985

Inspection of background papers:

In the first instance, enquiries should be made of

Mr. C. Hope, Tel: 01446 709855

e-mail: democratic@valeofglamorgan.gov.uk

To the members of the Audit Committee

Chairman - Councillor A.C. Williams

Vice-Chairman - Councillor J. Clifford

Councillors Mrs. P. Drake, J.F. Fraser, K. Hatton, N. Moore and C.L. Osborne.