The Committee
considered the report of the External Auditor on the progress to
date against the 2015/16 Audit Plan.
The report also included a summary of emerging national issues and
developments that might be relevant to the Committee together with
a number of challenge questions in respect of these emerging
issues.
In response to
questions/comments by Members, Mr Wells of Grant Thornton, the
External Auditor, said that:
·
Whilst the Government had announced that local government would be
allowed to retain 100% of local taxes and business rates to spend
on local government services, the likelihood of this remained to be
seen.
·
The report had been prepared before the announcement that the
Council would not receive Revenue Support Grant from central
Government after 2016/17.
·
He would ensure that future reports were proof-read to avoid
punctuation and grammatical errors.
RESOLVED: That
the External Auditor’s update report, attached as Appendix A
to the report of the Head of Finance and Resources, be
noted.