Issue - meetings

To consider the report of the Director of Resources, (copy enclosed).

The Committee considered the report of the Director of Resources which provided the Council’s External Auditors with the opportunity to report the key findings of their audit to those charged with governance, prior to issuing their opinion on the 2017 / 18 Statement of Accounts.  The draft External Audit Annual Results report for 2017 / 18 was attached as Appendix 1 to the report.

The External Audit report provided detailed conclusions drawn from the Audit work and Members’ attention was drawn to the Executive Summary which advised that the Audit had been carried out in accordance with the Annual Planning Report apart from four exceptions which were detailed.

When presenting the External Audit report, Ms Debbie Hanson, Associate Partner from Ernst Young LLP, highlighted a change made to the accounts following receipt of an updated IAS19 report the Council from the Pension Fund and advised Members of minor changes to the letter of representation attached at Appendix B to Appendix 1.

RESOLVED

(i)              That the opinion of External Audit on the draft Statement of Accounts be noted;

(ii)            That the draft External Audit Annual Results report be noted.