Issue - meetings

This report introduces the 2006/07 Audit and Inspection Plan of the District Auditor and asks Members to approve the Plan, having first considered whether it sufficiently reflects the audit needs and interests of the Council.

Members considered a report which introduced the District Auditor’s Audit and Inspection Plan for City of York Council for the year 2006-2007. 

The Audit Plan, which set out the audit and inspection work to be conducted by the District Auditor in compliance with statutory duties, was attached as Annex A to the report.  The Plan had been subject to a wide consultation with responsible Officers and had been approved in draft by the Corporate Management Team.

Members commented on the identification of waste minimisation as a key risk to the Council’s financial health (page 70 of the papers) and on actions identified to help the Council reduce its audit fees (page 76).  The former followed up on issues raised by an inspection of the waste management service in 2004.  It was noted that there had been no change to the audit fees this year, despite an increase in the auditors’ responsibilities.

RESOLVED: That the Audit and Inspection Plan be approved.

REASON:      It is considered that the Plan sufficiently reflects the audit needs and interests of the Council and will help to ensure the effective deployment of scarce external audit resources to best effect.