Agenda Item 6 AUDIT COMMITTEE 18 JUNE 2012 – ACTIONS ARISING FROM THE MINUTES 1. The Final Accounts To identify a date for a half-day session of training in preparation for the report on the Final Accounts. Mary Howard Working lunch arranged for 18 September 2012 2. External Audit Fees 3. Constitution To discuss further with PWC the level of fees Members To flag up inconsistencies regarding Rights of Access to records, assets, personnel and premises to the Constitution Working Party. Members Notified to Constitution Working Party and Monitoring Officer and put on file by Democratic Services for inclusion in next review of the Constitution. 4. Fraud Risk The nominated Officer at the authority responsible for Counter Fraud and Whistleblowing to develop in consultation with Internal Audit a summary report for Members on Counter Fraud activities. Monitoring Officer Monitoring Officer to review Counter Fraud and Whistleblowing Policies, followed by re-launch through staff and Member briefings. 5. Implementation of recommendations To obtain an emailed update on the implementation of recommendations regarding the following audit reports: • NN/11/01 Environmental Services • NN/11/12 Development and Building Control • NN/12/03 Waste Management Contract • Computer Audit Mary Howard Updates emailed to Members on 19 July 2012. The document has been revised to include further updates and is appended to this Action List at Appendix A. 6. Monitoring Officer’s Report That the Monitoring Officer’s report should include more in-depth information about complaints. Monitoring Officer 7. Business Continuity To receive an update in September. Richard Cook 8. Annual Report To provide an update preceding the presentation of the Annual Governance Statement at Full Council on 25 July 2012 On the agenda. Completed Cllr Nigel Dixon