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(i)       to note that there were no direct recommendations for Aberdeen City Council within Audit Scotland’s report;

(ii)      to endorse the Council’s proposed response to the report’s recommendations; and

(iii)      to congratulate staff involved with the ALEO Hub for the work undertaken to date and the positive audit report.

The Committee had before it a report by the Chief Officer Governance which presented Audit Scotland’s recently published report on ‘Councils’ use of arms-length organisations’ and outlined the Council’s proposed response to Audit Scotland’s report recommendations.

The report recommended:

That the Committee –

(a)      review, discuss and comment on Audit Scotland’s report as attached at Appendix A;

(b)      note that there were no direct recommendations for Aberdeen City Council within Audit Scotland’s report; and

(c)      to endorse the Council’s proposed response to the report’s recommendations.

The Committee resolved:-

(i)       to congratulate staff involved with the ALEO Hub for the work undertaken to date and the positive audit report; and

(ii)      top otherwise approve the recommendations contained in the report.