Issue - meetings

To receive, and confirm as being a correct record, the minutes of the meeting of the Audit and Standards Committee held on 1^st August 2021 and to note any matters arising.

RESOLVED that the minutes of the meeting of the Audit and Standards Committee held on 4^th August 2021 be approved as a correct record and signed by the Chairman.

Matters Arising

The Committee was informed that work to complete the audit of the 2019/20 accounts was still ongoing.  The Council had employed an additional member of staff to focus solely on working with BDO to finalise the audit and weekly focus meetings would take place going forward.

The Committee expressed concern about the length of time that it had taken the Council to put additional resources into place to respond to the BDO’s queries and clarification was sought on the reasons for this delay.

It was clarified that any variations to the fee scales had to be submitted with supporting evidence to the PSAA for approval and the Council had no influence or input into this process.

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