Audit, Best Value and Community Services Scrutiny Committee – 1 June 2011

County Hall at 10am

Agenda

Minutes

Minutes

Item 5 - Committee Terms of Reference

To note the Committee's Terms of Reference

Iem 6 - External Audit and Inspection Fee Letters

To advise the Committee of the fees and high level work plans proposed by the Council's external auditors PKF

Item 7 - Internal Audit Stratey 2011/12 and Annual Plan

To present the Council's Internal Audit Strategy 2011/12 and Annual Plan

Item 8 - Internal Audit Services: Annual Report and Opinion

To consider the opinion given on the County Council's control environment for the year from 1 April 2010 to 31 March 2011

Item 9 - Future of Public Audit

To advise the Committee of the consultation paper from the Department of Communities and Local Government on the future of local public audit and to seek its views on the Authority's response.

Item 10 - Assessmentof the Corporate governance Framework and Corporate Assurance Statemnt

To consider the Monitoring Officer's draft report to the Governance Committee on the Annual Assessment of the Corporate Governance Framework and Corporate Assurance Statement.

item 11 - Treasury Management

To present a review of the County Council's performance on Treasury Management for the year 2010/11

Item 12 - Carbon Managment

To provide an update on activities undertaken and planned to reduce the Council's carbon footprint from its own activities and services.

Item 13 - Scrutiny Review of SMEs

To report on progress against the recommendations agreed by Cabinet on 15 December 2009, following the Scrutiny Review of procurement with small and medium sized enterprises in East Sussex.

Item 14 - Link Review

To present the outcomes of the tabletop Scrutiny Review of Local Involvement Network (LINK) model and its recommendations

Item 15 - Scrutiny Work programme

To consider the Committee's programme of work for the forthcoming year.

Item 16 - Forward Plan

To consider the County Council's Forward Plan of key decisions to be made between 1 June and 30 September 2011.