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External Auditor Appointment Update

Meeting: 18/09/2017 - Audit, Governance and Standards Committee (Item 41)

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Minutes:

The Committee considered the report of the Director of Finance and Business Improvement, which detailed an update on the appointment of the External Auditor.

 

It was noted that the Council had joined a procurement arrangement run by the Public Sector Audit Appointments Ltd (PSAA) on 7 December 2016. The PSAA had allocated Grant Thornton as the Council’s external auditor.

 

RESOLVED:

 

  1. That the proposal of PSAA for Grant Thornton to continue as the Council’s external auditor be noted.

 

  1. That the Director of Finance and Business Improvement will respond to PSAA’s consultation, taking into account comments from Members, be noted.