Audit and Best Value Scrutiny Committee – 29 November 2006

County Hall at 10am

Agenda

Minutes

Minutes

Item 5 - Reconciling Policy and Resources

To enable the Scrutiny Committee to consider the amended Policy Steers and the latest position on financial and policy issues.

Item 6 - Delivery of the Capital Programme

To provide a further update on capital programme slippage, including case studies, and work underway to minimise slippage.

Item 7 - Internal audit reports

7a – Quarter 1 progress report7b – Quarter 2 progress report

Item 8 - Audit Commission Triennial Review of Internal Audit

To appraise the Committee of the results of the recent Audit Commission review of East Sussex County Council's Internal Audit Service.

Item 9 - Strategic Risk Monitoring

To update the Audit and Best Value Scrutiny Committee on the list of current strategic risks, their status and mitigating actions

Item 10 - Review of Annual Governance Report and Corporate Assurance Statement for 2005-06

For the Committee to review the Audit Commission's Annual Governance report and the Corporate Assurance Statement in line with the responsibilities set out in its terms of reference

Item 11 - Schools' surpluses and deficits

To inform the Committee of the position on school balances as at 31 March 2006 and progress in addressing excessive surpluses

Item 12 - Business Transformation Programme Update and Risk Management

To update the Scrutiny Committee on the progress of the Programme and the Management of Risk

Item 13 - Improvements to scrutiny arising from away days and peer review

To consider some practical suggestions for improving scrutiny in East Sussex

Item 14 - Best Value Review of the Feasibility of a Joint Waste Partnership/Organisation

To inform the committee of the progress being made with the best value review on the feasibility of a Joint Waste Authority

Item 15 - Quarter two monitoring report against the 2006/07 Council Plan

To provide an update on performance against the Council Plan for the 2nd quarter of 2006/07

Item 16 - Scrutiny work programme 2006/07

Item 17 - Forward Plan