Issue - meetings

To consider the Internal Annual Audit Report for 2017-18.

To consider any Advance Questions submitted.

The Committee considered the Annual Internal Audit Report for the 2017-18 municipal year. One advance question was received in relation to the report, and this was tabled at the meeting.

There were a number of questions and comments on the report, relating to the following topics:

·         Southern Building Control Partnership. It was noted that the Southern Building Control Partnership had been established in conjunction with Tandridge District Council (TDC) to address the challenges faced by individual councils attempting to operate building control services. It was identified that the partnership had experienced a number of performance issues in the approximately eighteen months since its establishment, including a selection of IT issues. It was noted that these issues were being reviewed, but were yet to be resolved. The Leader advised that he would be discussing the matter as part of a forthcoming meeting with the Leader of TDC. It was noted that a number of lessons had been learned from the process to date, including awareness of the challenges of operating joint services, and the importance of determining the objectives and limitations of projects undertaken. A number of Members commented that they had a received a high quality service when dealing with the building control partnership.

·         Main Accounting. It was noted that the details of the high priority action resulting from the audit of main accounting would be confirmed following the meeting.

·         Car Parking. It was noted that the auditor’s report did not reference an executive lead for the car parking audit, and that this would be clarified for future reports.

RESOLVED that the Annual Internal Audit Report 2017-18 be noted.