Meeting documents

Audit, Best Value and Community Services Scrutiny Committee
Wednesday, 29th November, 2006

County Hall at 10am

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Agenda
Minutes
Minutes
Item 5 - Reconciling Policy and Resources
To enable the Scrutiny Committee to consider the amended Policy Steers and the latest position on financial and policy issues.
Item 6 - Delivery of the Capital Programme
To provide a further update on capital programme slippage, including case studies, and work underway to minimise slippage.
Item 7 - Internal audit reports
7a – Quarter 1 progress report7b – Quarter 2 progress report
Item 8 - Audit Commission Triennial Review of Internal Audit
To appraise the Committee of the results of the recent Audit Commission review of East Sussex County Council's Internal Audit Service.
Item 9 - Strategic Risk Monitoring
To update the Audit and Best Value Scrutiny Committee on the list of current strategic risks, their status and mitigating actions
Item 10 - Review of Annual Governance Report and Corporate Assurance Statement for 2005-06
For the Committee to review the Audit Commission's Annual Governance report and the Corporate Assurance Statement in line with the responsibilities set out in its terms of reference
Item 11 - Schools' surpluses and deficits
To inform the Committee of the position on school balances as at 31 March 2006 and progress in addressing excessive surpluses
Item 12 - Business Transformation Programme Update and Risk Management
To update the Scrutiny Committee on the progress of the Programme and the Management of Risk
Item 13 - Improvements to scrutiny arising from away days and peer review
To consider some practical suggestions for improving scrutiny in East Sussex
Item 14 - Best Value Review of the Feasibility of a Joint Waste Partnership/Organisation
To inform the committee of the progress being made with the best value review on the feasibility of a Joint Waste Authority
Item 15 - Quarter two monitoring report against the 2006/07 Council Plan
To provide an update on performance against the Council Plan for the 2nd quarter of 2006/07
Item 16 - Scrutiny work programme 2006/07
Item 17 - Forward Plan