Agenda

Audit Committee - Monday, 20th January, 2025 3.00 pm

Venue: Meeting Rooms 1 & 2, District Council Offices, 2013 Mill Lane, Wingerworth, Chesterfield S42 6NG.

Contact: Thomas Scott Email: thomas.scott@ne-derbyshire.gov.uk 01246 217045

Items
No.	Item
1.	Apologies for Absence
2.	Declarations of Interest Members are requested to declare the existence and nature of any disclosable pecuniary interests and/or other interests, not already on their register of interests, in any item on the agenda and withdraw from the meeting at the appropriate time.
3.	Minutes of Last Meeting PDF 215 KB To approve as a correct record and the Chair to sign the Minutes of the Audit Committee held on 30 September 2024.
4.	Reports of the External Auditors - Mazars
4a	External Audit Progress Report - Verbal Update
5.	Reports of the Head of the Internal Audit Consortium
5a	Internal Audit Progress Update PDF 405 KB Additional documents: Appendix 1 Summary Reports Issued IAPlan , item 5a PDF 160 KB Appendix 2 assurance definitions - IA Plan , item 5a PDF 8 KB Appendix 3 Progress on the 2024.25 Internal Audit Plan , item 5a PDF 174 KB
5b	Global Internal Audit Standards PDF 286 KB Additional documents: Appendix 1 Condensed version of Global Standards , item 5b PDF 3 MB Appendix 2 CIPFA Application Note Global Internal Audit Standards in the UK Public Sector_ , item 5b PDF 348 KB Appendix 3 Code-of-Practice-for-the-Governance-of-Internal-Audit-in-UK-Local-Government , item 5b PDF 191 KB Appendix 4 Global Standards Internal Audit Consortium Action Plan , item 5b PDF 248 KB
6.	Reports of the Director of Finance & Resources and S151 Officer
6a	Treasury Management Training
6b	Treasury Management Strategies 2025/26 - 2028/29 PDF 413 KB Additional documents: Appendix 1 Council Report , item 6b PDF 3 MB
6c	Proposed Accounting Policies 2024/25 PDF 313 KB Additional documents: Appendix 1 Accounting Policies 2024-25 , item 6c PDF 235 KB
7.	Reports of the Assistant Director Governance & Monitoring Officer
7a	Work Programme 2024/25 PDF 327 KB
8.	Urgent Matters To consider any other matter which the Chair of the Committee is of the opinion should be considered as a matter of urgency.
9.	Exclusion of Public The Chair to move:- That the public be excluded from the meeting during the discussion of the following item of business to avoid the disclosure to them of exempt information as defined in Paragraphs 3 and 5 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act 1972, (as amended by the Local Government (Access to Information) (Variation) Order 2006).
10.	Reports of the Managing Director
10a	Risk Management Update View the reasons why item 10a is restricted
11.	Date of Next Meeting The next meeting of the Audit Committee is scheduled to take place on xxxxx at 1.00 pm.