Agenda

Audit and Accounts Committee - Wednesday, 27 September 2023 2.00 pm

Venue: Committee Room 3, Salford Civic Centre, Chorley Road, Swinton. View directions

Contact: Chris Howl

Items
No.	Item
	Attending public meetings at Salford Civic Centre PDF 111 KB
1.	Apologies for Absence
2.	The Committee is asked to consider whether it agrees to the inclusion of the items listed in Parts 1 and 2 of the agenda.
3.	Declarations of Interest.
4.	To approve, as a correct record, the minutes of the previous meeting held on Wednesday 28 June 2023 PDF 494 KB
5.	Matters Arising
6.	URGENT BUSINESS - PART 1
7.	Update on the Statement of Accounts 2020/21 To 2022/23 (Joanne Hardman/ Tony Thompstone) PDF 241 KB Additional documents: SCC statement of accounts 2020-2021 , item 7. PDF 2 MB SCC statement of accounts 2021-2022 , item 7. PDF 2 MB SCC statement of accounts 2022-2023 final draft , item 7. PDF 3 MB
8.	Salford City Council 2020/21 Annual Governance Statement (Simon Bleckly/ Iolanda Puzio) PDF 90 KB Additional documents: Revised AGS 2020-21 , item 8. PDF 306 KB
9.	Salford City Council 2022/23 Draft Annual Governance Statement (Simon Bleckly / Iolanda Puzio) PDF 88 KB Additional documents: Draft Annual Governance Statement 22-23 , item 9. PDF 186 KB
10.	Internal Audit Progress Report (David Smith) PDF 329 KB
11.	Internal Audit Quality and Improvement Plan (Simon Bleckly) PDF 239 KB
12.	Internal Audit Charter (Simon Bleckly) PDF 265 KB
13.	Independent Member/ Co-optee Appointments
13a	Recommendation for a further term of office for the current Independent Member PDF 99 KB
13b	Appointment to the vacant Independent Member position PDF 106 KB
14.	External Auditors Updates (Karen Murray)
14a	Audit Completion Report PDF 524 KB
14b	Audit Progress Report PDF 454 KB
15.	EXCLUSION OF THE PUBLIC The officers consider that the following items contain exempt information as provided for in the Local Government Access to Information Act and that the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information. Members are recommended to agree the necessary resolutions excluding the public from the meeting during consideration of this item. At the time this agenda is published no representations have been that this part of the meeting should be open to the public.
16.	Open and Completed Investigations (David Smith)
17.	URGENT BUSINESS - PART 2
18.	Date of Next Meeting Wednesday 25 October 2023 at 2pm in The Salford Suite, Civic Centre, Chorley Road, Swinton, M27 5DA