Agenda item

Ian Morton from Veritau, Internal Auditors, was present to introduce the report of the internal auditors’ recommendations for the first block of the 2017/18 audit and the agreed actions for considerations.  The report referred to three areas covered under Block 1 which were risk management, performance management and procurement.

In response to Members’ queries the Director of Conservation and Planning confirmed that the risk management issue regarding responsible officers had been addressed.  With regard to the issues raised under performance management the Director of Corporate Strategy and Development stated that the Authority had recently been re-assessed against  the Investors in People (IIP) standard and  had received the IIP  award for another eighteen months. It was noted that the Joint Performance and Achievement Review (JPAR) process had been affected by the recent re-structuring and post vacancies, however the timetable for JPARs had recently been changed and it was hoped that a much better response would be received this year.  It was also noted, with regard to the issues raised under procurement, that as well as trialling a new scoring system for tenders the potential use of  an electronic system that could help improve the tender process was being considered.

The report recommendation was then moved, seconded, voted on and carried.

RESOLVED:

The internal audit reports for the three areas covered under Block 1 for 2017/18, as set out in the Appendices 1 – 3 in the report, were received and the agreed actions considered and noted.