Audit and Best Value Scrutiny Committee – 21 November 2007

County Hall at 10am

Agenda

Minutes

Minutes

Item 5 - Corporate Assessment: Areas for improvement

To discuss the areas for improvement identified in the Corporate Assessment Report.

Item 6 - Reconciling Policy and Resources

To update the Committee on the latest position on the Comprehensive Spending Review 2007, the National Indicator set and the proposed revised policy steers under the Leader and Deputy Leaders' portfolios.

Item 7 - East Sussex Sustainable Community Strategy

To inform Scrutiny Committee of the development of the new Sustainable Community Strategy.

Item 8 - Business Transformation Programme update

To update the committee on the progress of the Programme

Item 9 - Planning School Places

To provide Members with a report on the progress made towards the recommendations in the Audit Commissions report entitled 'Planning Primary School Places', dated May 2006.

Item 10 - Project Delivery - Learning for the Future

To advise the Committee of the processes used to conduct post project reviews of major projects and seek endorsement of plans to improve project delivery.

Item 11 - Internal Audit Progress Report - Quarter 2

To provide Members with a summary of the key audit findings, progress on delivery of the audit plan and the performance of the internal audit service during Quarter 2.

Item 12 - Risk Management Strategy 2008-2010

To update the Committee on the introduction of the Risk Management Strategy 2008–2010.

Item 13 - Strategic Risk Monitoring

To update the Committee on current strategic risks, their status and mitigating actions.

Item 14 - Internal Audit Charter and Terms of Reference

To review and approve the Internal Audit Charter and Terms of Reference for the County Council's Internal Audit Service.

Item 15 - Self Assessment of the effectiveness of the Audit and Best Value Scrutiny Committee

To provide Members with the results of the self assessment exercise carried out in line wiht best practice and as part of the annual review of the system of internal audit.

Item 16 - Best Value Review of Waste Authority

To provide information on the actions takem and update on potential joint working options by all authorities in East Sussex following the scrutiny review held in 2006/07.

Item 17 - Council Plan 2007/08 Monitoring - Quarter 2

To provide the Committee with an update on performance against the Council Plan for the 2nd Quarter of 2007/08

Item 18 - Work programme

Item 19 - Forward Plan