Issue - meetings

RESOLVED: Subject to the auditor’s position as set out in the Audit Results Report and verbal update elsewhere on this agenda the committee agreed to give.

1. Delegated authority to the Executive Director of Finance and Chair of the Audit & Governance Committee to approve and sign the letter of representation on behalf of the Council at Appendix C as revised by the resolution of outstanding items set out in the Audit Results Report;.
2. Delegated authority to the Executive Director of Finance and the Chair of Audit & Governance Committee to approve and sign the final Statement of Accounts for Daventry District Council at Appendix B as revised by the resolution of outstanding items set out in the Audit Results Report.

At the Chairman’s invitation the Executive Director of Finance presented the report, copies of which had been previously circulated.

The chair noted that the E&Y fees were still be to be determined, Neil Harris from E&Y advised that the fees would be shown once audits have been completed, as additional work had been carried out.

A member asked if the fees could have an impact on the budget.

The Executive Director of Finance advised that it could have an effect if the fees were large ones. The committee was reminded that going forward there would only be one set of accounts going to Audit instead of 4.

It was agreed that the issue referred to in the previous agenda item by the External Auditor did not need to be reported back separately and could be covered by the delegated authority granted by the Committee.