Decision details

2016/17 Final Accounts - Audit Findings

Decision Maker: Strategy and Resources Committee

Decision status: For Determination

Is Key decision?: No

Is subject to call in?: No

Decision:

The Committee:

(1)          Received the Audit Findings for 2016/17;

(2)          Received the Financial Statements for the year ended 31 March 2017;

(3)          Agreed the management action in response to audit recommendations;

(4)          Agreed that the Chairman of Strategy and Resources Committee and the Acting Director of Finance and Resources sign the Letter of Representation on behalf of the Council;

(5)          Delegated any further amendments to the Financial Statement for the year ended 31 March 2017 to the Acting Director of Finance and Resources in consultation with the Chairman of the Strategy and Resources Committee;

(6)          Accepted the proposed re-appointment of Grant Thornton as the Council’s external auditor for five years from 2018/19 to 2022/23.

Report author: Lee Duffy

Publication date: 27/09/2017

Date of decision: 26/09/2017

Decided at meeting: 26/09/2017 - Strategy and Resources Committee

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