Finance Sub-Committee

Tuesday, 25 April 2000 at 3.00 pm

Present:  Councillors Calvert, Jackson, Mitchell, Rebecchi and Robertson (Y).

Chair:  Councillor Jackson presided. 

In attendance:  Chief Executive, Director of Community & Protective Services, Director of Legal & Support Services, Director of Resource Services and Director of Social Work & Housing Services.

Apologies:  Councillor Mulholland.

      395

Audit Committee Principles

395

There was submitted a report dated 6 April 2000 by the Director of Resource Services (1) reporting on audit committee principles, highlighting any principles not already addressed by the Finance Sub-Committee or the Council’s overall management arrangements in accordance with the remit of the Council at its meeting on 28 March 2000 (Para 268) and (2) requesting that the Sub-Committee consider proposed revisions to the remit of the Finance Sub-Committee.

Decided:

(1)  that the audit committee principles be adopted as a means of strengthening corporate governance; and

(2)  that the contents of the report be noted and that the proposed revisions to the remit of the Finance Sub-Committee as outlined in Appendix 1 to the report be remitted to the Standing Orders Working Group for consideration.

      396

Role and Reporting Line of Chief Internal Auditor

396

There was submitted a report dated 4 April 2000 by the Director of Resource Services on  the role and reporting line of the Chief Internal Auditor, as a result of the comments made by the Council’s external auditors in their 1997/98 audit report in accordance with the remit of the Council at its meeting on 28 March 2000 (Para 268) and outlining the proposed reporting line.

Decided: 

(1)  that the contents of the report be noted;  and

(2) that the Chief Internal Auditor's current reporting line to the Director of Resource Services be endorsed along with the provision for a direct reporting line to the Chief Executive should circumstances require this.

      397

Audit Plan 2000

There was submitted a report by the Director of Resource Services together with copy of the Audit Plan for 2000.

Noted

397

      398

Revenue Monitoring Report - Period 12

398

There was submitted a report dated 11 April 2000 by the Director of Resource Services on the position of the Revenue Monitoring Reports on a Service by Service basis for 1999/2000.

Noted

It was agreed in terms of Section 50(A)(4) of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 as amended, that the public and press be excluded from the meeting for the following item on the grounds that the business involved the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in paragraph 8 of Part I of Schedule 7A of the Act

      399

DLO/DSO Revenue Monitoring Report - Period 12

399

There was submitted Appendix to report dated 11 April 2000 by the Director of Resource Services on the position of the DLO/DSO’s.

Noted