Issue - meetings

The Committee had before it the minute of the previous meeting of 20 June 2017.

With reference to item 6(ii), the Chief Finance Officer confirmed that he had met with Councillor Cooke to discuss the Board Assurance and Escalation Framework (BAEF) and advised that the Good Governance Institute were currently reviewing the BAEF and it would be resubmitted to the Committee in due course; and

With reference to item 7(v), the Clerk explained that he would liaise with colleagues from NHS Grampian to streamline the relevant audit committees and advised that an indicative IJB schedule would be presented to the IJB before the end of the calendar year. The Chief Officer added that the Partnership would also support re-convening a group consisting of the chairpersons of the Audit and Performance Systems Committee; the Council’s Audit, Risk and Scrutiny Committee and NHS Grampian’s Audit Committee to discuss how committee scheduling could be organised to support the audit function.

The Committee resolved:-

(i)         to approve the minute as a correct record; and

(ii)        otherwise note the information provided.

The Committee had before it the minute of the previous meeting of 11 April 2017.

The Committee resolved:-

To approve the minute as a correct record.