Audit Committee Meeting: 29 September 2010 – 10am start

AUDIT COMMITTEE
   
Wednesday 29 September  2010 in Main Conference Room, Lancashire Fire & Rescue Service HQ, Fulwood, commencing at 1000 hours
   
If you have any queries regarding the agenda papers or require any further information please initially contact Chris Keely on (01772) 866908 and he will be pleased to assist.  
   
AGENDA  
   
PART 1  
   
1.      Apologies For Absence  
   
2.     Disclosure Of Personal And Prejudicial Interests  
   
Members are asked to consider any personal/prejudicial interests they may have to disclose to the meeting in relation to matters under consideration on the agenda.
   
3.     Minutes of Meeting Held on 14th June 2010 Minutes
   
4.     External Audit – Letter of Representation  Item 4

 

Item 4 – Appendix 1

 

 

5.     External Audit – Annual Governance Report

Item 5

 

Item 5 – Appendix 1

 

Item 5 – Appendix 2
   
6.     External Audit – New Approach to Local Value for          Money Audit Work Item 6 attached including Appendices
   
7.     Abolition of the Audit Commission Item 7
   
8.     Internal Audit Monitoring Report Item 8
  Item 8 – Appendix 1
   
9.     Date of Next Meeting  
   
The date for the next meeting of the Committee will be arranged by the Clerk to the Authority in consultation with the Chairman and Vice-Chairman.
   
10.   Urgent Business  
   
An item of business may only be considered under this heading where, by reason of special circumstances to be recorded in the Minutes, the Chairman of the meeting is of the opinion that the item should be considered as a matter of urgency. Wherever possible, the Clerk should be given advance warning of any Member’s intention to raise a matter under this heading.
   
11.   Exclusion of Press and Public  
   
The Committee is asked to consider whether, under Section 100A(4) of the Local Government Act 1972, they consider that the public should be excluded from the meeting during consideration of the following items of business on the grounds that there would be a likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in the appropriate paragraph of Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act 1972, indicated under the heading to the item.