Issue - meetings

AUDIT COMMITTEE UPDATE

Meeting: 28/09/2021 - Accounts and Audit Committee (Item 19)

EXTERNAL AUDIT PROGRESS REPORT

To consider a report of the Council's External Auditor (Mazars).

Additional documents:

Minutes:

Ms. Karen Murray was in attendance on behalf of the External Auditor (Mazars) to update the Committee from the meeting in July. The audit completion report had not been completed in time for the meeting due to a number of reasons including staff availability and competing workloads. Work on the report had been continued, where possible, and a new timetable had been agreed for the report to be presented to the Committee in November.  A fair amount of work had been completed and so far there were no areas of concern. The Director of Finance added that the main reason for the delay from the Council’s side was due to the preparation of the budget.

 

Following the update Councillor Carter asked whether the Council were still within the required timeline despite the delay. Ms. Karen Murray responded that the Council would not meet the timeline as set out but many Councils were in the same position and there would be no penalties for the council for not meeting the deadline, however they would need to publish a notice confirming the late publication.

 

RESOLVED: That the content of the report be noted.