Issue - meetings

To receive the annual report from the London Borough of Enfield Audit and Risk Management Committee for 2016/17, covering the key issues dealt with by the Committee over the past year.

Members are asked to note that the report was approved for referral on to Council by the Audit and Risk Management Committee at a meeting held on 5 July 2017. 

Councillor Maguire moved and Councillor Dogan seconded the Annual Report of the Audit and Risk Management Committee, setting out the work of the Committee over the past year 2016/17.

NOTED

1.               The importance of checks and good governance when dealing with public money, making sure that it was properly spent and accounted for, ensuring governance best practice and preventing fraud and corruption. 

2.               Items covered this year included, a special meeting to look in detail at the statement of accounts, contract waivers and procurement, counter fraud, internal recovery of property, the impact of BREXIT, borrowing, deprivation of liberty standards, money laundering, covert RIPA (Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act). 

3.     Thanks to Councillor Dogan, Vice Chair, Chaitali Roy, Independent Member, BDO and all the officers who have supported the committee.

4.               Councillor Laban’s endorsement of all that had been said on behalf of Councillor Robert Hayward, and his thanks to everyone involved. 

5.     That the Independent Member’s name, Chaitali Roy, should be included in the report.  

AGREED to note the report.