Issue - meetings

Supporting Financial Resilience – Audit Wales Follow Up Review

Meeting: 29/09/2020 - Audit Committee (Item 8)

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To consider the report of the Chief Officer Resources.

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Minutes:

Consideration was given to report of the Chief Officer Resources.

 

The Chief Officer Resources presented the report which outlined the findings of the follow-up review undertaken by Audit Wales on their Supporting Financial Resilience work stream. 

 

The follow-up audit found that the Council had responded positively and was making progress against the proposals for improvement, and had future work planned to fully address them.  The report and the attached Audit Wales review highlighted the progress that had been made against each of the areas for improvement identified in 2018.

 

A Member said very good work had been done to achieve this from Audit Wales and commended all the Officers and teams involved.

 

Another Member said he was particularly pleased with the work undertaken around Council Tax collection.

 

The Audit Wales representative said the actions taken by the Council since the initial proposals for improvement was pleasing, particularly during difficult times, and the steps taken by the Council and actions going forward would help to strengthen its financial position. 

 

RESOLVED that the report be accepted and the Audit Committee considered the findings of Audit Wales and was assured that progress had been made against the proposals for improvement. (The report was considered by the Corporate Overview Scrutiny Committee on 11th September, 2020 and Members supported the recommendation).