Agenda

Audit Committee - Tuesday, 30th May, 2023 2.00 pm

Venue: The Council Chamber - City Hall, College Green, Bristol, BS1 5TR. View directions

Contact: Allison Taylor  0117 92 22237

Items
No. Item

1.

Welcome, Introductions and Safety Information pdf icon PDF 103 KB

2.

Apologies for absence.

3.

Declarations of Interest

To note any declarations of interest from the Councillors.  They are asked to indicate the relevant agenda item, the nature of the interest and in particular whether it is a disclosable pecuniary interest.

 

Any declarations of interest made at the meeting which is not on the register of interests should be notified to the Monitoring Officer for inclusion.

 

4.

Confirmation of Chair

To note that at the Full Council Annual General Meeting on 9 May 2023,

Councillor Andrew Brown was appointed Chair of the Audit Committee for the

2023/24 municipal year.

5.

Confirmation of Vice-Chair

To note that at the Full Council Annual General Meeting on 24 May 2023,

Councillor Tony Dyer was appointed Vice-Chair of the Audit Committee for

the 2023/24 municipal year.

6.

Committee Membership

To note the Audit Committee Membership for 23/24 municipal year as follows:

Councillor Fabian Breckels

Councillor Andrew Brown

Councillor Tony Dyer

Councillor John Geater

Councillor Zoe Goodman

Councillor Katy Grant

Councillor Jon Hucker

Councillor Hibaq Jama

Councillor David Wilcox

Independent Member Adebola Adebayo

Independent Member Simon Cookson

7.

Membership of the Value & Ethics Sub-Committee

To note the Membership of the Values and Ethics Sub-Committee for 23/24

municipal year as follows:

Councillor Andrew Brown

Councillor Tony Dyer

Councillor Zoe Goodman

Councillor Jon Hucker

Independent Member Adebola Adebayo - Chair

8.

Dates of Future Meetings

Meetings begin at 2pm unless otherwise stated.

24 July – 3pm

25 September 22

20 November 22

29 January 23

4 March 23 – 3pm

9.

Audit Committee Terms of Reference pdf icon PDF 65 KB

10.

Minutes of Previous Meeting pdf icon PDF 144 KB

To agree the minutes of the previous meeting as a correct record.

11.

Action sheet

No actions arising from 6 March 2023 Committee

12.

Public Forum pdf icon PDF 220 KB

Up to 30 minutes is allowed for this item

 

Any member of the public or Councillor may participate in Public Forum.  The detailed arrangements for so doing are set out in the Public Information Sheet at the back of this agenda.  Public Forum items should be emailed to democratic.services@bristol.gov.uk and please note that the following deadlines will apply in relation to this meeting:-

 

Questions - Written questions must be received 3 clear working days prior to the meeting.  For this meeting, this means that your question(s) must be received in this office at the latest by 5 pm on 23 May 2023

 

Petitions and Statements - Petitions and statements must be received on the working day prior to the meeting.  For this meeting this means that your submission must be received in this office at the latest by 12.00 noon on 26 May 23.

 

 

Please note – the questions deadline has been extended to Friday 26 May at 3pm in respect of items 14, 19 and 20.

 

13.

Work Programme pdf icon PDF 108 KB

To note the work programme.

14.

Grant Thorntons 20/21 Audit Opinion (ISA 260) Report for 20/21 pdf icon PDF 171 KB

Additional documents:

15.

Internal Audit Annual Report 2022/23 pdf icon PDF 165 KB

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16.

Fraud Annual Report 2022/23 pdf icon PDF 164 KB

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17.

Draft Annual Governance Statement 2022/23 pdf icon PDF 181 KB

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18.

Internal Audit 2023/24 Q2 Priorities pdf icon PDF 180 KB

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19.

Statement of Accounts Year Ended 31 March 2021 pdf icon PDF 178 KB

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20.

Draft Statement of Accounts 2022/23 pdf icon PDF 192 KB

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21.

Draft 2021/22 Annual Governance Statement Summary of Progress to Date pdf icon PDF 357 KB

22.

Q4 2022/23 Corporate Risk Report Update. pdf icon PDF 211 KB

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23.

Senior Information Risk Owner Update pdf icon PDF 181 KB