Issue - meetings

Consideration was given to report of the Chief Officer Resources.

The Audit & Risk Manager presented the report which informed Members of the management response to Audit Wales and sought commentary from the Committee in respect of some of the queries raised in the correspondence.  She stated that a letter of enquiry was received on an annual basis from Audit Wales which sought the Council’s documented consideration and understanding of the management and governance arrangements in place for the Authority with regard to the prevention and detection of fraud.

A Member asked when a report on Silent Valley Waste Services could be expected.

The Chief Officer Resources reported that discussions were ongoing with Audit Wales, and hopefully the 3 year open Statement of Accounts would be presented in October to finalise that element.  Following that, a wider report on the findings of our arrangements with Silent Valley would be prepared by Audit Wales and reported to Committee.  Whilst she was unable to provide a timeline the Officer confirmed that matters were progressing quite quickly. 

RESOLVED that the report be accepted and the Audit Committee endorsed the attached Management Response to the Audit Wales query and considered that the draft response of the Committee accurately reflected their views.