Agenda and minutes

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If you have a Disclosable Pecuniary Interest* in an item of business:

§  if it is not yet on the council’s register, you must declare both the existence and details of it at the start of the meeting or when it becomes apparent;

§  you may choose to declare a Disclosable Pecuniary Interest that is already in the register in the interests of openness and transparency. 

In both the above cases, you must leave the room without participating in discussion of the item.

If you have a personal interest in an item of business and you intend to speak or vote on the item you must declare both the existence and details of it at the start of the meeting or when it becomes apparent but you may participate in the discussion and vote on the item.

*(a)     Employment, etc - Any employment, office, trade, profession or vocation carried on for profit or gain.

(b) Sponsorship - Any payment or other financial benefit in respect of your expenses in carrying out duties as a member, or of your election; including from a trade union.

(c) Contracts - Any current contract for goods, services or works, between you or your partner (or a body in which one of you has a beneficial interest) and the council.

(d) Land - Any beneficial interest in land which is within the council’s area.

(e) Licences- Any licence to occupy land in the council’s area for a month or longer.

(f) Corporate tenancies - Any tenancy between the council and a body in which you or your partner have a beneficial interest.

 (g) Securities - Any beneficial interest in securities of a body which has a place of business or land in the council’s area, if the total nominal value of the securities exceeds £25,000 or one hundredth of the total issued share capital of that body or of any one class of its issued share capital. 

This applies to all members present at the meeting.

Councillor Richard Greening declared a personal interest in Item 8, Internal Audit Report for 2013/14 as a Council representative on the North London Waste Authority and as a volunteer at the Islington Law Centre.

RESOLVED:

That the minutes of the meeting of the Audit Committee held on the 3 April 2014 be confirmed as an accurate record of proceedings and the Chair be authorised to sign them.

RESOLVED:

That the membership appointed at Annual Council on the 12 June 2014, the Terms of Reference and the dates of meetings of the Audit Committee and the Audit (Advisory) Committee for the municipal year 2014/15, as set out in Appendix A, with the addition of Councillor Paul Smith as a substitute, be noted.

A.  Pensions Sub-Committee

RESOLVED:

a)               That the following members be appointed to the Pensions Sub-Committee for the municipal year 2014/15 or until successors are appointed.

b)   That Councillor Greening be appointed the Chair for the municipal year 2014/15 or until a successor is appointed.

B.  Personnel Sub-Committee

RESOLVED:

a)               That the following members be appointed to the Personnel Sub-Committee for the municipal year 2014/15 or until successors are appointed.

b) That Councillor Greening be appointed the Chair of the Personnel Sub-Committee for the municipal year 2014/15 or until successors are appointed.

The external auditor reported on their progress report and technical update.

The Committee noted that there was one elector issue unresolved, reduced from four previously.

The Committee were interested in considering various income generation streams as a means of providing funding for services, particularly in relation to business rates and it was noted that there may be opportunities to reduce expenditure on waste collection.

RESOLVED that

a) the report be noted

b) further information be obtained regarding income generation;

c) waste collection value for money date and recycling be progressed through discussions with the Chair of the Environment and Regeneration Scrutiny Committee.

The Committee considered that it would be useful to receive information on the key areas of risk management.

Concern was expressed regarding the delay in the implementing of audit recommendations for parking e-permits and further information was requested regarding Individual Electoral Registration.

RESOLVED that:

a) there be a regular risk management report to the Audit Committee;

b) the Head of Internal Audit raise the concern expressed by the Audit Committee regarding the delay in implementing the audit recommendations in relation to parking e-permits, with the Director of Environmental Services and the Executive Member for Environment.

c) there be a report on Individual Electoral Registration to a future meeting of the Audit Committee.

The Committee considered that the cross cutting audits on data protection, leaseholder service and major works charges and the joint review on public health should be priorities and additional days spent on them where possible.

The Committee noted that internal audit would look at the policy regarding bailiff action.

RESOLVED that:

a) The report be noted;

b) The Health and Care Scrutiny Committee Chair be made aware of the public health audit cross cutting review.