Scrutiny Committee - 28/04/2021

At a MEETING of the SCRUTINY COMMITTEE held remotely on 28th April, 2021.

Present:-

BAILIES

COUNCILLORS

Bailie Kevin KEENAN, Convener, in the Chair.

The minute of meeting of this Committee of 10th February, 2021 was held as read.

Unless marked thus * all items stand delegated.

I DECLARATION OF INTEREST

No declarations of interest were made.

II INTERNAL AUDIT REPORTS

There was submitted Report No 126-2021 by the Senior Manager, Internal Audit providing the Committee with a summary of the Internal Audit Reports finalised since the last meeting of this Committee.

The Committee agreed to note the information contained within the report.

III 2021/2022 INTERNAL AUDIT PLAN

There was submitted Report No 127-2021 by the Senior Manager, Internal Audit providing the Committee with the Internal Audit Plan for the 2021/2022 financial year, the outcome from the recent review of the 2020/2021 Internal Audit Plan and an update on the progress towards delivering the 2020/2021 Internal Audit Plan.

The Committee:-

(i) reviewed and approved the 2021/2022 Internal Audit Plan as detailed at Appendix A of the report;

(ii) reviewed and approved the proposed amendments to the 2020/2021 Internal Audit Plan; and

(iii) noted the update on progress towards delivering the 2020/2021 Internal Audit Plan at Appendix B of the report.

IV LOCAL GOVERNMENT IN SCOTLAND FINANCIAL OVERVIEW 2019/2020

There was submitted Report No 134-2021 by the Executive Director of Corporate Services providing the Committee with a summary of the above national report that had been undertaken by Audit Scotland on behalf of the Accounts Commission.

The Committee noted the key messages arising from the Audit Scotland Overview report.

V DUNDEE CITY COUNCIL - AUDIT SCOTLAND ANNUAL AUDIT PLAN 2020/2021

There was submitted Report No 135-2021 by the Executive Director of Corporate Services informing the Committee on how Audit Scotland would deliver the audit of Dundee City Council for the year ending 31st March, 2021.

The Committee:-

(i) noted the information contained in the report; and

(ii) noted that the outcome of the 2020/2021 audit would be reported to the Scrutiny Committee in late October, 2021.

Kevin KEENAN, Convener.