Issue - meetings

The Committee is asked to confirm as a true record the Minutes of the meeting of the Strategy and Resources Committee held on 27 September 2016 and to authorise the Chairman to sign them.

The Minutes of the meeting of the Strategy and Resources Committee held on 27 September 2016 were agreed as a true record subject to the amendments recorded in the Minutes.

The Minutes of the meeting of the Strategy and Resources Committee held on 27 September 2016 were agreed as a true record subject to the following amendments:

·                     On opening the meeting: on behalf of the Committee, the Chairman had thanked Michael Smith for his work in undertaking additional responsibilities during the previous few months of staff absence and had wished him well in his new job;

·                     Minute 105 (Audit Findings Report 2015/16), final paragraph: Add a final sentence: “In response to a question in regard to the level of understanding and depth of enquiry required of Members when scrutinising the Audit Report, the Auditors had confirmed that the role of Members was to question the Auditors on their work and judgments rather than to engage in detail on the auditing process itself”.